Rough parity was established between the number of American and domestic features on the market, a balance which persisted until the end of the decade. Dieser Sonderfall war allerdings genauso politisch motiviert, wie all die anderen Produktionen der Nationalsozialisten. It produced several times the number of feature films annually as Germany, its closest rival. Certainly their interest in the cinema was mercenary, but there is ample evidence of broader commitment to a novel medium, one not yet encrusted by convention. In UFA already controlled roughly one quarter of all the motion pictures distributed in Germany.
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