Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Named afterFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Formation1966; 58 years ago (1966)
TypeFilm Foundation
Legal statusActive
PurposeArchiving, maintaining, restoring, and educating the public on German cinema.
Location
  • Murnaustraße 6, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
Coordinates50°03′58″N 8°14′57″E / 50.066182°N 8.249061°E / 50.066182; 8.249061
ServicesArchival access, restoration, film and political education.
Official language
German
Managing Director
Ernst Szebedits
Key people
Award(s)Best Archive Restoration
2015 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Websitehttps://www.murnau-stiftung.de/
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The Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation (German: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmʊʁnaʊ ˈʃtɪftʊŋ]), based in Wiesbaden, was founded in 1966 to preserve and curate a collection of the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau as well as a collection of other German films[7] totaling to about 6,000 produced between 1890 and 1960.[8][3]

  1. ^ "Ernst Szedebits". Filmfestival Kitzbühel. n.d. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018. Ernst Szebedits, partner of new pegasos filmproduktion and longtime chairman of the Association of the Hessian Film Industry, was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Murnau Foundation under the chairmanship of Eberhard Junkersdorf.
  2. ^ Johnson, Alex (July 15, 2015). "'Nosferatu' Director F.W. Murnau's Head Stolen From German Crypt". NBC News. Retrieved October 31, 2018. "We have received this news with disbelief," documentary film director Ernst Szebedits, managing director of the foundation, said Wednesday.
  3. ^ a b Hetebrügge, Jörn (July 2016). "50th anniversary of the Murnau Foundation: Keeper of the German Film Treasure". Translated by Jonathan Uhlaner. Goethe-Institut. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
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  6. ^ "Kuratorium". Murnau Stiftung. n.d. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  7. ^ ""Metropolis" in der Urfassung". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Filmbestand der Murnau-Stiftung" (in German). Retrieved November 2, 2018.