Mar 7, 2020
‘Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari‘ 1920.
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‘Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari‘ 1920.
Decla-Film-Gesellschaft’s logo in the opening of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (dir. Robert Wiene, 1920).
Decla Film was formed in 1911 as the German subsidiary of the French company Eclair, it was taken into German ownership in 1915 during the First World War. Decla is an abbreviation for Deutsche Eclair.
In 1916 Decla-Film-Gesellschaft Holz & Co was founded by Erich Pommer and the co-founder Berlin film distributor Fritz Holz.
In 1920 Decla merged with Bioscop Film to form Decla-Bioskop A.G. In 1923 the company became a part of the UFA – Universum-Film AG, and acted as a subsidiary. Nowadays, it's known as Studio Babelsberg.