Photos and the City

Category: In The Movies

  • Rosenhügelstudios – Halle 1

    This part of the Rosenhügelstudios is one of the oldest. Around 1919, when Vita-Film built these studios, daylight was used to shoot movies. The studios used to have huges windows and ceilings made of glass. But Vita-Film choose to believe in technologie and built one of the first studios for artifical light.

    Halle 1 is 24 metres wide, 90 metres long and around 40 metres high. A 3 metres deep basin enabled underwater pictures.

    Movies like “Samson and Delila”, “Hoffmans Erzählungen”, “Hotel Potemkin”, “Maskerade” and many many more were produced at Rosenhügelstudios. Or more recent the tv-show “Mundl” or movies like “Der Bockerer”, “Funny Games” and “Die Klavierspielerin”.

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  • Rosenhügelstudios – first impressions

    Last week I had the opportunity to visit the former “Filmstadt Wien” at the Rosenhügel Studios. Built from 1919 to 1923 by Vita-Film it was one of the most modern and innovative studio-complexes of that time. Over the course of years many well known movies were produced there until the majority of the site has been sold recently. Only two of the big (studio) halls were named listed buildings and are already on their way to new destinations.

    Here are some first impressions of the former studio-complex, it´s mainly the entrance area and barracks I saw on the way to the first hall. Demolition work of the complex has already begun.

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    …to be continued

  • Franziskanerplatz

    This idyllic square lies a little bit hidden in the first district and to be honest the main reason I go there is another one of my favourite cafés: “Kleines Café”. Probably one of the smallest coffee houses in Vienna and one of the most cosiest! In the summertime one is able to enjoy the calm surroundings of Franziskanerplatz while having some coffee and bread with chieves.

    You might recognize the café, some scenes from the movie “Before Sunrise” were shot there.

     

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    Franziskanerplatz is located in one of Vienna’s oldest quarters, not far from St. Stephens. Franziskanerkirche (Franciscan Church) was built in the 17th century in a Renaissance style, incorporating some Gothic elements. In the middle of the square there is a fountain with the Moses statue, calles “Mosesbrunnen”.

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