Arnold Pressburger | |
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Born |
Preßburg, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) |
27 August 1885
Died | 17 February 1951 Hamburg, Germany |
(aged 65)
Occupation | Film producer |
Years active | 1913-1951 |
Arnold Pressburger (27 August 1885 – 17 February 1951) was an Austrian Jewishfilm producer who produced 79 films between 1913 and 1951. Pressburger was born in Preßburg, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and died in Hamburg, Germany from a stroke.
In 1932 he set up the production company Cine-Allianz with Gregor Rabinovitch. The company enjoyed commercial success, but was subsequently expropriated from them by the Nazi government of Germany as part of the anti-Jewish policy.