Bavaria Film

Bavaria Film GmbH is one of Europe's largest film production and distribution companies, headquartered at its historic studio complex in Geiselgasteig near Munich, Germany. Founded in 1919, it operates as a management holding company with over 30 subsidiaries spanning four core business units: Content, Rights & Distribution, Studios & Services, and Real Estate. The group is renowned for landmark productions including Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (1981) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), and continues producing major German-language fiction, entertainment, and factual content for public broadcasters and international streamers. Its shareholders are the public broadcaster-affiliated entities WDR Mediagroup, SWR Media Services, MDR Media, Bavaria Filmkunst, and the Bavarian State Bank (LfA).