Alexander Kolowrat
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Count Alexander "Sascha" Joseph von Kolowrat-Krakowsky was an Austrian film producer of Bohemian-Czech descent from the House of Kolowrat. A pioneer of Austrian cinema, he founded the first major film
Sascha Kolowrat (left) at work, around 1916
Count Leopold Kolowrat and his children, 1903
Historic photo of the Kolowrat memorial on the area of the former Wien-Film studio, in Vienna-Sievering, which was removed in 2021
Sascha-Film
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Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.
Alexander Kolowrat
…an Austrian film producer of Bohemian-Czech descent from the House of Kolowrat. A pioneer of Austrian cinema, he founded the first major film studio Sascha-Film in Vienna. He was born in what is now Glen Ridge, New Jersey, which was then part of the now-neighboring town of Bloomfield. He was the son of Count…
Former headquarters in Vienna.
Share of the Sascha Filmindustrie AG, issued 15 November 1919