Inter-Pathé Video

Logo descriptions by kidinbed and GoAnimateFan199Pro Editions by MegaAveron25 Video captures courtesy of InterPathé

Background: Inter-Pathé Entertainment is a German distribution company formed by the merger of PAL Media, LLC and Pathé, which went defunct in the 90s, but has been revived in 2012.

1st Logo (1980s-90s) Inter-Pathe Video (Germany) (1980's?)

Nicknames: "That's a Rooster?", "The Shaking", "The Personification of All That Is Cheesy"

Logo: We see a red silhouette of a rooster (though it doesn't look like it) on a beige background with red spikes. Then, the entire logo "shakes"! After the sudden and cheesy shaking, on a blurrier version of this silhouette, the words:

INTER-PATHÉ

in a font that looks like Storybook, wipe to the right. Then, the word:

Video

in the same font, zooms in. Suddenly, the word Video is replaced with a blue square. Then, three yellow German words wipe down into the blue square (they say "Spiel", games; "Sport", sports; and "Spannung", suspense or thriller). The word "Western" in white and in Helvetica, suddenly replace the 3 German words. Then the word "Krimi" (crime) in light blue replaces "Western". "Krimi" is replaced by a green "Underhaltung" (entertainment), which is replaced by a pink "Klassiker" (classic), which is then replaced by a yellow "Abenteuer-Monster" (monster adventure), which is replaced by a blue "Science-Fiction"; this is then replaced with a white chunk of text that says "Weltraumfahrt Original*Nasa*Film" (space travel and films by NASA). Then, more film genres are listed: "Musik" (music) in pink; "Sport" (sports) in green; "Dokumentar-Zeitgeschichte" (documentary and contemporary history) in blue; "Kintop" (films in Germany's former yearbook of cinema) in yellow; "Zeichentrick" (cartoon) in pink; and "Märchen" (fairy tales) in yellow. Finally, the blue box disappears, and the word:

PRÄSENTIERT

wipes in. Then, the "shaking" repeats!

FX/SFX: The shaking, the text zooming and wiping.

Music/Sounds: A rooster's cry, followed by a funky 70's-style theme, then the rooster's cry again.

Availability: Only can be seen on old German tapes so far.

Editor's Note: It has been noted in the logo community for being one of the cheesiest logos from the 80's, with the bad "shaking", strange rooster design, and poor animation. The music seems to be a favorite though.

2nd Logo (March 23, 2012- )

Logo: We zoom out of a white window in a shape similar to a hat. During the zoom out, the website link "www.inter-pathe.com" fades in, also in white, but with a black border around it. A rooster (which is MUCH more realistically shaped), with what appears to be static inside the rooster, fades in, and starts to shake. After a few seconds, the shaking and static stop, and the words:

INTER- PATHÉ

also in white, with a "3D look", fade in.

Variant: The website link's black border's thickness can range on a few of their films.

FX/SFX: The logo zooming out, the rooster shaking, the text fading in.

Music/Sounds: A quick synth drone at the beginning, followed by a rooster's cry, then a fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon. First seen on Frankfurt 20er Jahre/ 20's, and now appears on their YouTube channel's intro, and other films, like Piranha Piranha, Marilyn Monroe - My Life, and Stagecoach, among others.

Editor's Note: The logo is also cheap as well, but not to the degree as the 1st logo.