Victorine Studios (French:Studios de la Victorine) are afilm studio in the French city ofNice. They are also known as theNice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city.
Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create aHollywood-style studio on theFrench Riviera,[1] the major figures behind the new venture were the producersLouis Nalpas andSerge Sandberg. Initially constructed in the early glasshouse style, the facility was soon converted into a more modern electrified design.[2] It had sevensound stages.[3] They worked in parallel with the other main French studios which were clustered inParis. A key figure in the development of the Victorine was the producerLouis Nalpas. A second studio complex was located in Nice,Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios which existed from 1920 to 1944.
During theSecond World War, the studios took on greater importance. Following thedefeat of France, half of the country wasoccupied by Germany including the capital at Paris. Nice was located in the southern zone ofVichy France. Many technicians and actors fled south to avoid the Nazis, and found work in productions at the Victorine.
Immediately after the war, the studios resumed their subordinate role to Paris and production there was irregular.[4]
For a while (2000–2017), they were managed by a private company and were renamed "Studios Riviera" but the city decided to repurchase them in November 2017 and restored their original name.[5]
On November 22, 2017, at the end of the public service delegation, the city of Nice took over the management of the studios23, which returned to their original name "les studios de la Victorine".[6]
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