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Eugen Scotoni (1873–1961) was an influential Austrian-born Swiss businessman from the construction, real estate and film industries. He built the first Swiss skyscraper in Lausanne in the 1930s. In the early 1930s he acquired control of the large German film company Terra Film. He allowed his sons to run it, particularly Ralph Scotoni. After the company, along with the rest of the industry, was nationalised in the mid-1930s the Scotoni's left Germany and the film production business but carried on running a chain of cinemas in Switzerland. He founded the Scotoni-Gassmann foundation, providing affordable housing to families with many children and to economically weak elderly. He was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877–1953), and is sometimes known as Eugen Scotoni-Gassmann. Other children in

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  • Eugen Scotoni (* 29. Juli 1873 in Wien; † 29. Mai 1961) war ein einflussreicher Schweizer Unternehmer in der Bau- und Filmbranche. Eugen Scotoni stammte aus einer österreichischen Bauhandwerkerfamilie, die sich 1889 in Zürich niederliess. Er arbeitete zunächst im Betrieb seiner Eltern und gründete 1893 sein eigenes Unternehmen. Durch den Bau von Kinosälen gelang ihm der Einstieg ins Filmgeschäft. So gehörten das Kino Apollo Cinerama in Zürich sowie die Metropole-Kinos in Zürich und Lausanne zu seinem Unternehmen. Von 1931 bis 1935 kontrollierte er mit der Terra Film AG in Berlin eine der grössten Filmproduktionsgesellschaften des Deutschen Reichs. Er gründete mit seinen Kindern die Scotoni-Gassmann Stiftung, mit dem Zweck bedürftigen, vor allem kinderreichen Familien, betagten Personen sow (de)
  • Eugen Scotoni (1873–1961) was an influential Austrian-born Swiss businessman from the construction, real estate and film industries. He built the first Swiss skyscraper in Lausanne in the 1930s. In the early 1930s he acquired control of the large German film company Terra Film. He allowed his sons to run it, particularly Ralph Scotoni. After the company, along with the rest of the industry, was nationalised in the mid-1930s the Scotoni's left Germany and the film production business but carried on running a chain of cinemas in Switzerland. He founded the Scotoni-Gassmann foundation, providing affordable housing to families with many children and to economically weak elderly. He was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877–1953), and is sometimes known as Eugen Scotoni-Gassmann. Other children in (en)
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  • Zurich, Switzerland (en)
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  • Eugen Scotoni (* 29. Juli 1873 in Wien; † 29. Mai 1961) war ein einflussreicher Schweizer Unternehmer in der Bau- und Filmbranche. Eugen Scotoni stammte aus einer österreichischen Bauhandwerkerfamilie, die sich 1889 in Zürich niederliess. Er arbeitete zunächst im Betrieb seiner Eltern und gründete 1893 sein eigenes Unternehmen. Durch den Bau von Kinosälen gelang ihm der Einstieg ins Filmgeschäft. So gehörten das Kino Apollo Cinerama in Zürich sowie die Metropole-Kinos in Zürich und Lausanne zu seinem Unternehmen. Von 1931 bis 1935 kontrollierte er mit der Terra Film AG in Berlin eine der grössten Filmproduktionsgesellschaften des Deutschen Reichs. Er gründete mit seinen Kindern die Scotoni-Gassmann Stiftung, mit dem Zweck bedürftigen, vor allem kinderreichen Familien, betagten Personen sowie jungen Studenten und Lehrlingen die Miete von Wohnungen zu erleichtern. Eugen Scotoni war mit Angelina Gassmann (1877–1953) verheiratet. Das Paar hatte acht Kinder, von denen Ralph Scotoni, und Anton Eric Scotoni für das Unternehmen ihres Vaters arbeiteten. Eugen Scotoni wurde 1906 in Zürich eingebürgert. Stammsitz der Familie war die 1915 fertiggestellte Villa in Zürich-Oerlikon. (de)
  • Eugen Scotoni (1873–1961) was an influential Austrian-born Swiss businessman from the construction, real estate and film industries. He built the first Swiss skyscraper in Lausanne in the 1930s. In the early 1930s he acquired control of the large German film company Terra Film. He allowed his sons to run it, particularly Ralph Scotoni. After the company, along with the rest of the industry, was nationalised in the mid-1930s the Scotoni's left Germany and the film production business but carried on running a chain of cinemas in Switzerland. He founded the Scotoni-Gassmann foundation, providing affordable housing to families with many children and to economically weak elderly. He was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877–1953), and is sometimes known as Eugen Scotoni-Gassmann. Other children included Adrian, Angela, Edwin, Hildegard and , who became well known for bringing film stars such as Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore to Zurich. (en)
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