Wandsbek Studios

The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construction of a studio.

Real Film was one of the first German companies to receive a production licence in the wake of the Second World War.

The studios were located in the British Zone of Occupation which in 1949 became part of West Germany.

While Wandsbek was primarily the base of Real Film, it also rented out space to other companies for their productions, such as the 1952 hit Toxi (1952).

In 1961, it was renamed Studio Hamburg and branched increasingly into television production.