Eugen Scotoni

Eugen Scotoni (1873-1961) was an Austrian-born Swiss businessman. 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, and it became increasingly associated with the Nazi Party. After the company, along with the rest of the industry, was nationalised in the mid-1930s the Scotoni's left the film production business but carried on running a chain of cinemas in Switzerland. He was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877-1953), and is sometimes known as Eugen Scotoni-Gassmann.