Johann Schwarzer (30 August 1880 â€" 10 October 1914) was an Austrian
photographer and pioneer producer of adult films through his
Saturn-Film company.Schwarzer was born in Javornik, then part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire and now located in the Czech Republic.In the
early 1900s, Schwarzer resettled in Vienna and became a portrait and
family photographer and chemist. To supplement his income, Schwarzer
began making erotic photos which were used on naughty postcards common
to the era.In 1906, he became interested in the men's-only theatre
nights organized in Austrian cinemas that showed adult films,
so-called Herrenabende ("night shows for men"). Seeing that money
could be made from these types of films, Schwarzer organized the
Saturn-Film company in 1906 to produce such films in competition to
the French product then being exclusively shown. Before Schwarzer's
productions, erotic films in Austria were supplied by the French
Pathé brothers. Saturn-Film was the first native film production
company based in Austria. Schwarzer produced and directed these erotic
feature films, with basic plots (artist and model, bath scene) which
allowed for voyeurism and female nudity but not, he insisted,
pornography. Each film contained young local women fully nude.
photographer and pioneer producer of adult films through his
Saturn-Film company.Schwarzer was born in Javornik, then part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire and now located in the Czech Republic.In the
early 1900s, Schwarzer resettled in Vienna and became a portrait and
family photographer and chemist. To supplement his income, Schwarzer
began making erotic photos which were used on naughty postcards common
to the era.In 1906, he became interested in the men's-only theatre
nights organized in Austrian cinemas that showed adult films,
so-called Herrenabende ("night shows for men"). Seeing that money
could be made from these types of films, Schwarzer organized the
Saturn-Film company in 1906 to produce such films in competition to
the French product then being exclusively shown. Before Schwarzer's
productions, erotic films in Austria were supplied by the French
Pathé brothers. Saturn-Film was the first native film production
company based in Austria. Schwarzer produced and directed these erotic
feature films, with basic plots (artist and model, bath scene) which
allowed for voyeurism and female nudity but not, he insisted,
pornography. Each film contained young local women fully nude.
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