- News>
- Environment
Berlin celebrates 35th partnership anniversary with LA
Berlin, Nov 10: Berlin is celebrating the 35th annivesary of its partnership with Los Angeles in the California metropolis this month, with the accent on film and television and cultural events common to both cities.
Berlin, Nov 10: Berlin is celebrating the 35th annivesary of its partnership with Los Angeles in the California metropolis this month, with the accent on film and television and cultural events common to both cities.
Both cities having been pioneers in the film industry, it seemed appropriate that the partnership between Los Angeles and what was then West Berlin was made at the 1967 International Film Festival.
Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit will personally go to Los Angeles to be on hand for the many events celebrating the two cities' links, including an exhibition of Berlin-born actress Marlene Dietrich at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. The exhibition, entitled ''Forever Young,'' stems from the Berlin Film Museum's Marlene Dietrich collection.
German cinema scored a historic first in 1895 when the Sklandanowsky brothers Max and Emil presented the first motion pictures to a paying audience at the Berlin Wintergarten.
After World War I, the golden age of German cinema arrived. It was during this era that Dietrich made her international breakthrough in ''The Blue Angel'' directed by her mentor Josef Von Sternberg.
Los Angeles meanwhile came into its own in 1910 with the founding of the early American majors, including Paramount, Universal City, the Fox Film Metro Picture Corporation and the Goldwyn Pictures corporation.
And many Jewish members of Berlin's film community in the 1930s played a big role in shaping America's movie industry after they fled to Los Angeles to escape Nazi persecution.
Among the events taking place in Los Angeles this month is a workshop ''Inspirations 02'' during which Berlin entrepreneurs will exchange experiences with their American counterparts.
A reception staged by the organization ''Partners for Berlin'' will take place at the Getty Center. A number of individual activities and exchange visits will take place as well as seminars on city planning and architecture.
Bureau Report
Both cities having been pioneers in the film industry, it seemed appropriate that the partnership between Los Angeles and what was then West Berlin was made at the 1967 International Film Festival.
Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit will personally go to Los Angeles to be on hand for the many events celebrating the two cities' links, including an exhibition of Berlin-born actress Marlene Dietrich at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. The exhibition, entitled ''Forever Young,'' stems from the Berlin Film Museum's Marlene Dietrich collection.
German cinema scored a historic first in 1895 when the Sklandanowsky brothers Max and Emil presented the first motion pictures to a paying audience at the Berlin Wintergarten.
After World War I, the golden age of German cinema arrived. It was during this era that Dietrich made her international breakthrough in ''The Blue Angel'' directed by her mentor Josef Von Sternberg.
Los Angeles meanwhile came into its own in 1910 with the founding of the early American majors, including Paramount, Universal City, the Fox Film Metro Picture Corporation and the Goldwyn Pictures corporation.
And many Jewish members of Berlin's film community in the 1930s played a big role in shaping America's movie industry after they fled to Los Angeles to escape Nazi persecution.
Among the events taking place in Los Angeles this month is a workshop ''Inspirations 02'' during which Berlin entrepreneurs will exchange experiences with their American counterparts.
A reception staged by the organization ''Partners for Berlin'' will take place at the Getty Center. A number of individual activities and exchange visits will take place as well as seminars on city planning and architecture.
Bureau Report