fritz lang, one of the most famous directors, shot many of his films here, including his masterpiece "metropolis." babelsberg expanded. "the blue angel" with marlena dietrich shot here, one of the first sound films, and it was a great hit. >> ♪ [singing] ♪ >> it became later a studio involved in propaganda film making. they said there was no place here for jewish workers. many directors had to emigrate. it now stood for anti-semitic propaganda. one of the first postwar films made at the studio, "murder is among us," dealt with the course of that recent past. they were then taken over by the state, which commissioned the film's, though some critical ones did slip by the censors. after german reunification, the studio was modernized and expanded again. the french media giant vivendi bought it and put another in charge. he was an artist, not a businessman. nevertheless, he was able to attract the first international productions. things really took off in 2004, when the company came under the ownership of some others. more and more blockbusters were produced there, and the studio finally