Reichsfilmkammer | |
Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels has a meeting with State Secretary Walther Funk in his office. In the background, Goebbels' assistant Karl Hanke takes a call. | |
Statutory corporation overview | |
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Formed | 1933 |
Preceding Statutory corporation |
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Dissolved | 1945 |
Jurisdiction | Nazi Germany |
Headquarters | Wilhelmplatz, Berlin |
Minister responsible |
The Reich Chamber of Film (Reichsfilmkammer, abbreviated as RFK) was a government agency which operated as a statutory corporation controlled by the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda that regulated the film industry in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Membership in the association was obligatory for everyone in the German Reich who wanted to work on films in any capacity; lack of membership meant in effect a ban on employment. Based in Berlin, the establishment of the RFK was an important element of the Gleichschaltung process and Nazi film policy.