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Bavaria Film

German film production company
Organization film_production_company Q648034
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Summary

Bavaria Film is a film production company[1]. It draws 952 Wikipedia views per month (film production company category, ranking #226 of 640).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: European Film Award for Best Film[3]
  • Member of: MedienCampus Bayern[4], Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Grünwald[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Instance of: film studio[8]
  • Owned by: WDR mediagroup[9], Südwestrundfunk[10], Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk[11], LfA Förderbank Bayern[12], Bayerischer Rundfunk[13]
  • Headquarters location: Geiselgasteig[14]
  • Chief executive officer: Helmut Jedele[15], Günter Rohrbach[16]
  • Child organization or unit: Askania Media[17], Bavaria Film Interactive[18], Bavaria Studios & Production Services[19], Bremedia Produktion[20], Global Screen[21], Satel Film[22]
  • Commons category: Bavaria Film[23]
  • Industry: film industry[24]
  • Inception: January 1, 1919[25]
  • Official website: http://www.bavaria-film.de/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios[27]
  • Employees: 242[28], 1200[29]
  • Nominated for: European Film Award for Best Film[30]
  • Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[31]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios[32]
  • Owner of: Bavaria Studios & Production Services[33]
  • Different from: Bavaria-Filmkunst[34], Bavaria-Filmkunst Verleih[35], Bavaria Musik Studios[36]
  • Total revenue: 200,000,000 euro[37]
  • P14750: F828-EA72-CE3E-DD39-81B2[38]

Why It Matters

Bavaria Film has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Bavaria Film receive?

Honors received include European Film Award for Best Film[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [5] ↑ . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Retrieved . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Wikitarisch · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'bn', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'lv', 'no',
    Sitelink count → 16
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Grünwald
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F828-EA72-CE3E-DD39-81B2
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  3. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Employees → {'amount': '+242'}, {'amount': '+1200'}
    Member of → —
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+200000000'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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