Berthon-Siemens / Siemens-Berthon / Siemens-Perutz-Verfahren / Opticolor
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Principle of capturing and projecting lenticular film. Credit: Joakim Reuteler and Rudolf Gschwind, Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel, Switzerland. Illustration by Sarah Steinbacher, Multimedia & E-Learning-Services, University of Zurich.
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Principle of capturing and projecting lenticular film. Credit: Joakim Reuteler and Rudolf Gschwind, Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel, Switzerland. Illustration by Sarah Steinbacher, Multimedia & E-Learning-Services, University of Zurich.
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Principle of capturing and projecting lenticular film. Credit: Joakim Reuteler and Rudolf Gschwind, Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel, Switzerland. Illustration by Sarah Steinbacher, Multimedia & E-Learning-Services, University of Zurich.
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Credit: Illustration by Sarah Steinbacher, Multimedia & E-Learning-Services, University of Zurich. Source: Ede, François (1994): Jour de fête ou la couleur retrouvée. Cahiers du Cinéma: Paris.
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Schmidt, Richard / Kochs, Adolf (1943): Farbfilmtechnik. Eine Einführung für Filmschaffende. Berlin: Hesse, pp. 54-72. (Schriftenreihe der Reichsfilmkammer, 10.) (in German)
Original Technical Papers and Primary Sources
Anonymous (1936): Das Berthon-Siemens-Farbfilmverfahren (Der Opticolor-Film). In: Die Kinotechnik, 18,15, Aug., pp. 241–244. (in German) View Quote
Gretener, Edgar (1937): Kurzer Überblick über Physik und Technik des Berthon-Siemens-Farbfilmverfahrens. In: Zeitschrift für technische Physik, 18, 90–98. (in German) View Quote
Gretener, Edgar (1937): A Brief Survey of the Physics and Technology of the Berthon-Siemens Color Process. In: Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, 28,3, pp. 447–463. View Quote
Gretener, Edgar (1937): Projection Requisites of the Berthon-Siemens Lenticular Color Film. In: International Projectionist, 12,4, p. 18 and pp. 30–31. View Link
Olimsky, Fritz (1936): Start des deutschen Farbenfilms. Das Berthon-Siemens-Verfahren. Ein Triumph deutscher Technik. Jul., n.p. (in German) View Quote
(This text was published in an official newspaper of the NSDAP, which supported nazi politics and ideology.)
Storch, P. (1936): Das Berthon-Siemens-Farbfilmverfahren. In: Siemens Zeitschrift, 16, Sept., n.p. (in German) View Quote
Secondary Sources
Alt, Dirk (2011): “Der Farbfilm marschiert!” Frühe Farbfilmverfahren und NS-Propaganda 1933-1945. München: Belleville, on p. 40 View Quote, on pp. 50–52 View Quote, on pp. 113–116 View Quote, on pp. 117–118 View Quote, on pp. 118–119 View Quote, on pp. 120–122 View Quote, on p. 124 View Quote, on pp. 133–134 View Quote, on p. 139 View Quote, on pp. 140–142 View Quote, on p. 143 View Quote, on p. 145 View Quote, on p. 147 View Quote, on p. 151 View Quote, on pp. 153–155 View Quote, on pp. 155–156 View Quote, on p. 322 View Quote, on pp. 345–346 View Quote, on pp. 409–410 View Quote and on pp. 413–414. (in German) View Quote
Anonymous (1951): French Lenticular Film System. In: International Projectionist, 26,6, p. 26. View Link
Beyer, Friedemann; Koshofer, Gert; Krüger, Michael (2010): UFA in Farbe. Technik, Politik und Starkult zwischen 1936 und 1945. München: Collection Rolf Heyne, on p. 50. (in German) View Quote
Cauda, Ernesto (1938): Il cinema a colori. Quaderno mensile. Roma: Bianco e nero, anno II, nr. 11, on p. 66 View Quote and on pp. 73–74. (in Italian) View Quote
Dr. N. (1937): Linsenraster. In: Film-Kurier, 183, 2.8.1937, Serie “Farb-Film-Fibel”. (in German) View Quote
Eggert, John; Heymer, Gerd (1937): Der Stand der Farbenphotographie. In: Veröffentlichungen des wissenschaftlichen Zentral-Laboratoriums der photographischen Abteilung Agfa, pp. 7–28, on pp. 15–17 View Quote and on pp. 26–28. (in German) View Quote
Heymer, Gerd (1943): Die neuere Entwicklung der Farbphotographie. In: Ergänzungswerk zum Handbuch der wissenschaftlichen und angewandten Photographie. Wien: Julius Springer, pp. 337-463, pp. 397-399. (in German) View Quote
Klein, Adrian Bernhard = Cornwell-Clyne (1940): Colour Cinematography. Boston: American Photographic Pub. Co.. 2nd revised edition, p. 198. View Quote
Koshofer, Gert (2018): Was war vor Agfacolor? In: Cine 8-16, 48, pp. 20–21.
Luppi, Livio (1954): Dizionarietto tecnico del colore. In: Giuseppe Sala (ed.): Bianco e Nero. Il colore nel cinema. Rassegna mensile di studi cinematografici, XV,2–4, pp. 177–236, on pp. 183–184. (in Italian) View Quote
Schmidt, Richard; Kochs, Adolf (1943): Farbfilmtechnik. Eine Einführung für Filmschaffende. Berlin: Hesse, pp. 54-72. (Schriftenreihe der Reichsfilmkammer, 10.) (in German) View Quote
Films
Das Schönheitsfleckchen (GER 1936, Rolf Hansen)1
Deutschland (GER 1937, Svend Noldan)
Tag der deutschen Kunst, München 1937 (GER 1937, Hans Ertl)
Nürnberg 1937 (GER 1937, Carl Junghans)
1 Als Das Schönheitspflästerchen in:
Eggert, John; Heymer, Gerd (1937): Der Stand der Farbenphotographie. In: Veröffentlichungen des wissenschaftlichen Zentral-Laboratoriums der photographischen Abteilung Agfa, pp. 7–28, on pp. 15–17. (in German) View Quote
Contemporary Reception
Beyer, Friedemann; Koshofer, Gert; Krüger, Michael (2010): UFA in Farbe. Technik, Politik und Starkult zwischen 1936 und 1945. München: Collection Rolf Heyne, on p. 50. (in German) View Quote
Das Schönheitsfleckchen (GER 1936, Rolf Hansen):
Alt, Dirk (2011): “Der Farbfilm marschiert!” Frühe Farbfilmverfahren und NS-Propaganda 1933-1945. München: Belleville, on pp. 117–118. (in German) View Quote
Dr. N. (1937): Siemens-Berthon. Verbessertes Farbfilmverfahren. In: Film-Kurier, 183, Aug., n.p. (in German) View Quote
Olimsky, Fritz (1936): Der erste deutsche Farbtonfilm uraufgeführt. Ein epochaler Fortschritt der Filmtechnik. In: Frankfurter Volksblatt, Aug., n.p. (in German) View Quote
(This text was published in Frankfurter Volksblatt, an official newspaper of the NSDAP, which supported nazi politics and ideology.)
Deutschland (GER 1937, Svend Noldan):
Olimsky, Fritz (1937): Farbfilme in Venedig. Deutschland-Film ein grosser Fortschritt. In: Neue Leipziger Zeitung, Aug., n.p. (in German) View Quote
(This text was published in Neue Leipziger Zeitung, an official newspaper of the NSDAP, which supported nazi politics and ideology.)
