History 1930

Munich's first sound film is produced by the subsequent sound-tracking of the silent movie IN EINER KLEINEN KONDITOREI by Robert Wohlmuth.

Wilhelm Dieterle, who later calls himself William Dieterle in the USA, makes LUDWIG II as a silent film.

Nero-Film (Berlin) produces WESTFRONT 1918 in Geiselgasteig. The producer is G.W. Pabst.

On January 25, the journalist Werner Hochbaum writes in the Social-Democratic Hamburger Echo paper: "The government of the German state of peoples announces its interest in popular art, films, by the acquisition of the Emelka. This is a good thing. If the Reich's company Emelka has enough empathy to do justice to the necessary inner and outer restructuring of film production, a great task will be waiting for it, a task which, even if it is only roughly fulfilled, will produce strong ideal successes, which are also necessary for maintenance and expansion.“

On September 24, two weeks after the Ufa-Wochenschau, the EMELKA-WOCHENSCHAU is given sound for the first time. As of this point in time, it is called TÖNENDE EMELKA-WOCHENSCHAU.

In October, the Reich sells its shares in Emelka to Kommerzienrat Wilhelm Kraus.