Please answer the following question: Facts: - death date: 29 may 1961 - othername: eugen scotoni-gassmann - birth date: 29 july 1873 - name: eugen scotoni - death place: zurich , switzerland - birth place: vienna , austrian empire - occupation: businessman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eugen scotoni .
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eugen scotoni -lrb- 1873-1961 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1877-1953 -rrb- , and is sometimes known as eugen scotoni-gassmann .