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346: 250: 233: 214: 195: 176: 338: 354: 503: 27: 392:, was shot there. The volume of films shot at the studio increased rapidly. Barrandov had three hundred permanent employees, was making up to eighty films a year, and had begun to attract foreign producers. It was the best-equipped studio in Central Europe and in the early years, foreign production companies such as UFA, MGM, and Paramount developed their own distribution systems in Czechoslovakia because of it. 411:, the Nazis drew up plans for three large interconnecting stages. Construction work started in 1941 but the final stage was not completed until early 1945. These three huge stages (with more than 37,000 square feet (3,400 m) of shooting space) still form the main attraction of the studios to filmmakers throughout the world. 377:
recording had to be built. At the beginning of the 1930s, Miloš's brother Václav planned to build a luxurious residential complex on a hill on what were then the outskirts of Prague. Miloš Havel had suggested that he include a modern film studio in the development. The area was to be called Barrandov after
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In 1921, Miloš Havel created the A-B Joint Stock Company by merging his own American Film distribution company with the Biografia film distributors. At first, A-B studios were located in the garden of a Vinohrady brewery. However, with the emerging sound film, new modern stages equipped for sound
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Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Barrandov continued to produce feature films, particularly comedies and fairy tales, turning out an average of seventy pictures a year. In the 1980s, some major American productions were made in the studios, including
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stations and producers of commercials for television also made extensive use of the facility. Barrandov Studios now provides complete production services for feature film producers and for the increasing volume of local audio-visual productions.
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In December 2006, Barrandov Studios opened a massive new soundstage aimed at attracting bigger productions. According to studio representatives, in terms of size, the new facility is now the largest in Europe, at 4,000 square metres.
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in 1989, Barrandov was privatized. The studio almost closed down in 2000. However, the decline in local films was balanced out by an increase in foreign productions, particularly feature films made by US producers.
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and remained under state ownership until the beginning of the 1990s. During this time, Barrandov's new film laboratories were constructed, as was a
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Czech film history is closely connected with that of Prague's entrepreneurial Havel family, and especially with the activities of the brothers
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Barrandov Studios in August 2019. Apparent expansion of activity to the western parts of the land. Total area: 487,397 m / acreage: 120.44 ac
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In the 1960s, a new wave of Czech films attracted worldwide attention. Czech film directors working at Barrandov at this time included
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stage with a back projection tunnel and a water tank equipped for underwater shooting.
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Several major Hollywood productions have been made here, including
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Barrandov Studios are owned by investment company Moravia Steel.
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Radio Prague article about new technologies at Barrandov studios
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Seventy-five years of film at Barrandov studios – Czech Radio
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Shortly after the war, Barrandov and its smaller sister,
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