Cinema of Germany

The film industry in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema made major technical and artistic contributions to early film, broadcasting and television technology. Babelsberg became a household synonym for the early 20th century film industry in Europe, similar to Hollywood later.

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Cinema of Germany
No. of screens	4,803 (2017)[1]
• Per capita	6.2 per 100,000 (2011)[2]
Main distributors	Warner (19.5%) Walt Disney (11.5%) Sony Pictures (11.1%)[3]
Produced feature films (2011)[4]
Fictional	128 (60.4%)
Animated	5 (2.4%)
Documentary	79 (37.3%)
Number of admissions (2017)[1]
Total	122,305,182
• Per capita	1.48 (2017)
National films	28,300,000 (23.1%)
Gross box office (2017)[1]
Total	€1.06 billion

Germany witnessed major changes to its identity during the 20th and 21st century. Those changes determined the periodisation of national cinema into a succession of distinct eras and movements.[5]