Heinz Fenchel (1906–1988) was a German
art director
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, who designed the sets for a number of films in
Weimar Germany
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and
Czechoslovakia
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. He worked on several films with the director
Pál Fejös
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.
[Büttner p.231-33] The
Jewish
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Fenchel later emigrated to
Israel
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where he worked as an
architect
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Ship in Distress'' (1929)
* ''
The Model from Montparnasse'' (1929)
* ''
Phantoms of Happiness
''Phantoms of Happiness'' (German: ''Phantome des Glücks'') is a 1930 German drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Michael Chekhov, Karina Bell and Gaston Modot. It was originally made as a silent, then re-released in 1930 wit ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Black Forest Girl'' (1929)
* ''
The Convict from Istanbul
''The Convict from Istanbul'' (German: ''Der Sträfling aus Stambul'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Heinrich George, Betty Amann, and Paul Hörbiger.Prawer p.84 It was shot at the Babelsberg Stud ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Troika
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* Troika (driving), a traditional Russian harness driving combination, a cultural icon of Russia
Politics
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'' (1930)
* ''
The Squeaker'' (1931)
* ''
The Forester's Daughter'' (1931)
* ''
Mamsell Nitouche'' (1932)
* ''
Kiki'' (1932)
* ''
The Ringer'' (1932)
* ''
Ways to a Good Marriage'' (1933)
* ''
The Golden Smile'' (1935)
References
Bibliography
* Elisabeth Büttner. ''Paul Fejos''. Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2004.
External links
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1906 births
1988 deaths
German art directors
20th-century German architects
Israeli architects
20th-century German Jews
German emigrants to Israel
Artists from Berlin
Architects from Berlin
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