ABSTRACT
“There is an answer to every question about German film…” In 2004, visitors to the central Internet access page of German film, filmportal.de, were welcomed with this phrase. To every question? Well, in one area of film research at least – that of business-film research – there were and are more questions than answers. In the following paper, I will limit myself to the situation in Germany, using films from the Krupp Historical Archives as concrete examples.
