"UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (German: [ˈuːfa] (listen)), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of Bertelsmann in Germany. Its name ...
derives from Universum Film AG (normally abbreviated as UFA), which was a major German film company headquartered in Babelsberg, producing and distributing motion pictures from 1917 through to the end of the Nazi era. The name UFA was revived by Bertelsmann for an otherwise unrelated film and television outfit, UFA GmbH.
The original UFA was established as Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (UFA) on December 18, 1917, as a direct response to foreign competition in film and propaganda. UFA was founded by a consortium headed by Emil Georg von Stauß, a former Deutsche Bank board member. In March 1927, Alfred Hugenberg, an influential German media entrepreneur and later Minister of the Economy, Agriculture and Nutrition in Hitler's cabinet, purchased UFA and transferred it to the Nazi Party in 1933." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021)
