Gevacolor is a color motion picture process. It was introduced in 1947 by Gevaert in Belgium, and an affiliate of Agfacolor. The process and company flourished in the 1950s as it was suitable for on location shooting. Both the companies merged in 1964 to form Agfa-Gevaert, and continued producing film stock till the 1980s. [1]
Although Gevacolor was first produced by Gevaert in 1947, the brand name was only protected three years later, due to the company assuming no-one else would claim the name. [2] In their internal magazine Foto-dienst, the company specified the two initial types of Gevacolor: one for filming by daylight and one for filming by artificial light. Both were available in small format film (35mm). [3] While there are claims that Gevaert was the first company to produce color film in the post-war period, Roosens doubts this claim. Ferrania had already produced a diapositive film during 1942-1944, and again in 1951. Furthermore, in 1946, color film using Agfacolor technology was being produced under Soviet supervision in a factory in Shostka, under the brand name Sovcolor. [3]
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narom Garom | Gevacolor | Unknown | First feature Bangla film shot in Gevacolor. |
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat | Gevacolor | 1975 |
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Çanakkale Aslanları | Gevacolor | 1964 |
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La maison du printemps | Gevacolor | 1949 | First ever film shot in Gevacolor. | |
| Lúdas Matyi | 1950 | First feature film in Hungary to be shot in Gevacolor. | ||
| Blaubart | Color | 1951 | Shot in Gevacolor. | |
| The Heath is Green | Gevacolor | 1951 | [4] | |
| Cet âge est sans pitié | 1952 | |||
| Senza veli | 1952 | |||
| Imperial Violets | 1952 | [4] | ||
| Tarantella napoletana | 1953 | |||
| The Lady of the Camellias | 1953 | |||
| L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù | Partly in colour | 1953 | Some scenes were shot in Gevacolor. | |
| La nave delle donne maledette | Gevacolor | 1953 | ||
| Königliche Hoheit | 1953 | For legal reasons, German films shot on Gevacolor had a disclaimer: "Gevacolor nach Agfa und Gevaert Patenten". | [4] | |
| Joan of Arc at the Stake | 1954 | [4] | ||
| Orient Express | 1954 | [4] | ||
| Le comte de Montechristo | 1954 | |||
| Quay of Blondes | 1954 | |||
| Suspiros de Triana [5] | 1955 | |||
| India: Matri Bhumi | 1958 | First documentary-hybrid film to be shot in Gevacolor. | ||
| The Devil's Nightmare | 1971 | |||
| El asesino de muñecas | 1975 | |||
| L'albero degli zoccoli | 1978 | Last ever film shot in Gevacolor. |
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalyaanam Pannippaar | Partly in colour | 1952 | First Tamil and South Indian film with a colour sequence. Song sequence of "Engu Sendraayo" filmed in colour. | |
| Shahenshah | Gevacolor | 1953 | First full length Indian movie shot in Gevacolor. | |
| Succa Jhoota | Gevacolor | First full length Indian movie shot in Gevacolor. | ||
| Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam | Partly in colour | 1955 | Second Tamil film to have colour sequence. Song sequence of "Jagajothiye" and ending dance sequence in colour. | |
| Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum | Colour | 1956 | First full length Tamil colour film | |
| Marma Veeran | Partly in colour | Tamil film. Some scenes shot in colour. | ||
| Kannin Manigal | Contains sequences in Gevacolor. Tamil film.Lost film. | |||
| Thangamalai Ragasiyam | 1957 | Tamil film. Sequence of the song "Ehalogame" in colour | ||
| Rathnagiri Rahasya | Kannada film. Sequence of a song in colour | |||
| Ambikapathy | Tamil film. Sequence of duet songs in colour | |||
| Allaudinum Arputha Vilakkum | Tamil film. Song sequence of "Chelaadum Neerodai Meethae" in colour | |||
| Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam | Telugu film. One song sequence in color | |||
| Nadodi Mannan | 1958 | Tamil film. Second half in colour | ||
| Illarame Nallaram | Tamil film. Dance sequence by Saroja Devi and Kumari Kamala in colour. | |||
| Engal Kudumbam Perisu | Tamil film. Children's dance drama in colour | |||
| School Master | Kannada film. Children's dance drama in colour | |||
| Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu | Telugu film. A dance sequence in color | |||
| Thirumanam | Tamil film. Dance sequence by Gopi Krishna, Kumari Kamala and B. Sarojadevi in colour. This is a lost film with no surviving prints. | |||
| Minnal Veeran | 1959 | Tamil film. Some sequences in color. | ||
| Deiva Balam | Tamil film. Second half of the film and other segments in colour. | |||
| Daiva Balam | Telugu film. Second half of the film and other segments in colour. | |||
| Veerapandiya Kattabomman | Gevacolor | Tamil film. Shot entirely in Gevacolor, then prints released in Technicolor. | ||
| Athisaya Penn | Partly in Gevacolor | Tamil film. Film was shot in Gevacolor. The climax of this film was shot in Technicolor for 45 minutes. | ||
| Adutha Veetu Penn | Partly in colour | 1960 | Tamil film. The song "Enakkaga Nee Raja" was shot in colour. | |
| Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu | Tamil film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
| Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam | Telugu film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
| Makkala Rajya | Kannada film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
| Runanubandham | Telugu film . | |||
| Sri Valli | Colour | 1961 | Tamil film. | |
| Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan | Only Malayalam film in Gevacolor | |||
| Kappalottiya Thamizhan | Partly in colour | Tamil film. A song sequence shot in colour. | ||
| Aradhana | 1962 | Telugu film. Song sequence of "Ohoho Mavayya" in colour. | ||
| Lava Kusa | Gevacolor | 1963 | Last Tamil film to be shot in Gevacolor. | |
| Lava Kusa | The first full length Telugu film to be shot in Gevacolor. |
| Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buloh Perindu | Gevacolor | 1953 | First feature film in Malaysia shot in Gevacolor. | |
| Ribut | Gevacolor | 1956 | Third colour film in Malaysia and the second Gevacolor film. | |
| Mahsuri | Gevacolor | 1959 | Third Gevacolor in Malaysia |
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