Studio Bellerive
The Studio Bellerive is the birthplace of the Swiss television . It is now used by Condor Films as the company's headquarters.
location
The former film studio is located in Zurich at Kreuzstrasse 2 in the Seefeld district . It is only a few meters from Lake Zurich and the Bellevue . There are tram stops and the Zurich Stadelhofen train station near the studio .
history
The building was built in 1928/29 by the architects Anton Fritz Scotoni and Karl Rudolf Völlmy as a garage with gymnastics rooms and two tennis halls . The tennis halls belonging to the Hotel Bellerive in the two side wings of the property were the first indoor tennis facilities in Europe at that time. In 1932 the gymnastics rooms on the first floor were converted into a car repair workshop and a dance studio.
In 1941 the Bellerive film studio was set up in the tennis hall on the Kreuzstrasse side. The building was planned by Otto Dürr (1894–1952) and PTT engineer H. Furrer was responsible for the acoustics.
In 1952, the PTT decided to gain first experience with television productions in Switzerland for a few hours a day.
The former tennis hall was rented in a clean swept condition by PTT in 1953 and gradually converted into a TV studio and was the first TV studio for Swiss television. The studio was only accessible via a narrow staircase. The basic infrastructure was built within 9 months: a closed booth was placed directly in the studio room as a broadcast control room, the technology installed one floor below and a total of three small offices set up. During briefings by the program manager, the employees initially had to sit on the floor, the cutting room was housed in a shower room. A total of three cameras, a film scanner, a scanner for slides (photos) and a few microphones were available in Studio Bellerive at the start of the trial operation.
1963 in Studio Bellerive from Swiss television its own version of Dinner for One with the original actors Freddie Frinton and May Warden turned. In 1964, the production and broadcasting of the first advertising films began. At the same time, the first color TV pictures were produced on a test basis in the Bellerive studio from 1965. In 1968 color television was introduced in Studio Bellerive and on Swiss television. In 1969 Swiss television broadcast a live broadcast on the moon landing from the Bellerive studio . Swiss stars like Heidi Abel , Mäni Weber and Ruedi Walter started their careers in Studio Bellerive, as did Vico Torriani , Ettore Cella , Ines Torelli , Peter K. Wehrli and Hans O. Staub for the first time in front of the cameras. Presenter Hans A. Traber recorded his TV programs that are well known throughout Switzerland. The Rundschau and the legendary TV series Visiting the Zoo and Visiting the Vet were also broadcast for the first time from Studio Bellerive.
In 1972 Condor Films took over the studio and expanded it as a film and TV production facility. In addition to the actual studio, the latest technical infrastructure for commercials, feature films, commissioned films and TV productions was operated and office space was set up on a further three floors. Director Rolf Lyssy shot parts of his feature film Cassette Love in the studio in 1982 . Dieter Meier and Boris Blank from Yello filmed their music videos in Studio Bellerive , for example in 1988 "The Race". In 1999 the property and the Bellerive studio were placed under monument protection by the city of Zurich. In 2008 the picture studio was completely cleared and converted into new office space for Condor Films. These were obtained in late summer 2010. The original lighting control from the days of Swiss television was left in the premises and newly restored. The soundproof cabin made of glass and wood, located 10 meters above the roof, is now accessible via a new gallery.
Web links
- Studio Bellerive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The new Bellerive studio. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ The synchronization system in Studio Bellerive. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ^ History of the SRG: Trial programs on Swiss television ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Message from the press service of Swiss television DRS from March 1, 1953
- ^ Every year again , Swiss family, December 2019.
- ↑ schnittberichte.com : The 90th birthday or Dinner for One .
- ^ Condor Films company history: Studio Bellerive
- ↑ kleinReport: Last party in Studio Bellerive before renovation
- ↑ persoenlich.com: Studio Bellerive gives way to office space. Legendary SF location disappears
Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '45 " N , 8 ° 32' 52.4" E ; CH1903: 683795 / 246330