Arthaus is a major German producer of art films and classical music DVDs founded in 1994. Arthaus is a brand of Kinowelt Home Entertainment Gmbh, which is now owned by Studiocanal in Berlin. Arthaus acquired the video back-catalogue of Filmverlag der Autoren in 1999, and then EuroArts giving it hundreds of art-films, opera, ballet, and concert titles to draw upon.[1] The producer is specialised in the release of works by major German and European directors. Arthaus also releases masterpieces of film history in special editions.
| Company type | Incentive GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | record label |
| Founded | 1994 Germany |
| Headquarters | Germany |
| Parent | StudioCanal |
History
editArthaus Video Vertriebsgesellschaft was founded in 1994. The first ten films were released on VHS on May 1, 1994. With Boogie Nights and Kundun , the first DVDs were released in October 1998. Since 1999, Arthaus belongs to Kinowelt Home Entertainment. In 2007, the first Blu-ray (The Journey of the Penguins) was added to the program. The lavishly produced general catalog from 2010/2011 presents around 1,000 Arthaus titles on 236 pages.
Special Editions
editThe Arthaus Premium edition includes new editions of classic films such as The Third Man. The Arthaus Collection edition includes 50 works by important directors. This series was continued with Arthaus Collection Classics, Arthaus Collection Classics II, Arthaus Collection Literature, Arthaus Collection Literature II, Arthaus Collection Asian Cinema, Arthaus Collection British Cinema, Arthaus Collection American Independent Cinema and Arthaus Collection Documentary Film. Together with Rolling Stone magazine, Arthaus presents the Music Movies Collection with twelve music films. The limited Filmverlag der Autoren Edition contains 50 works from 1968 to 2008. 22 of them were published on DVD for the first time, and one in the form of an illustrated book containing 160 pages. The Edition Deutscher Film includes 50 works from 1924 to 2009. It is the first elaborated series about New German cinema. The StudioCanal Collection presents older films (The Elephant Man and others) for the first time on Blu-ray with new bonus material and a 20-page booklet.[2]
Literature
edit- Kinowelt GmbH (Hrsg.): Arthaus Gesamtkatalog 2010/2011. Leipzig 2010.
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editKategorie:Medienunternehmen (Leipzig) Kategorie:Gegründet 1994