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Karl Plintzner
Karl Plintzner (1911–1975) was a German cinematographer. He worked largely for DEFA, the state-owned East German studio. Selected filmography * ''Blum Affair'' (1948) * ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (1949) * ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (1950) * ''The Last Year'' (1951) * ''Stärker als die Nacht'' (1954) * '' The Singing Ringing Tree'' (1957) * '' Intrigue and Love'' (1959) * ''Erich Kubak'' (1959) * ''New Year's Eve Punch ''New Year's Eve Punch'' (german: Silvesterpunsch) is a 1960 East German musical film directed by Günter Reisch and starring Erich Franz, Friedel Nowack and Erika Dunkelmann.Koepnick p.72 It was made by the state-owned DEFA company. It is a se ...'' (1960) Bibliography * Poss, Ingrid & Warnecke, Peter. ''Spur der Filme: Zeitzeugen über die DEFA''. Ch. Links Verlag, 2006. External links * 1911 births 1975 deaths German cinematographers Film people from Berlin {{cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DEFA
DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PROGRESS archive platform. History DEFA was founded in Spring 1946 in the Soviet Occupied Zone in eastern Germany; it was the first film production company in post-World War II Germany. While the other Allies, in their zones of occupation, viewed a rapid revival of a German film industry with suspicion, the Soviets valued the medium as a primary means of re-educating the German populace as it emerged from twelve years of Nazi rule. Headquartered in Berlin, the company was formally authorized by the Soviet Military Administration to produce films on 13 May 1946, although Wolfgang Staudte had already begun work on DEFA's first film, '' Die Mörder sind unter uns'' (''The Murderers Are Among Us'') nine days earlier. The original board of di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blum Affair
''Blum Affair'' (german: Affaire Blum) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow and Karin Evans. It is based on a real 1926 case in Magdeburg in which a German Jewish industrialist is tried for murder. The film was produced in the future East Germany and produced by DEFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and Althoff Studios in the Soviet zone. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. Cast * Hans Christian Blech as Karlheinz Gabler * Ernst Waldow as Kriminalkommissar Schwerdtfeger * Paul Bildt as Untersuchungsrichter Konrat * Karin Evans as Sabine Blum * Helmuth Rudolph as Wilschinsky - Regierungspräsident * Alfred Schieske as Kriminalkommissar Otto Bonte * Gisela Trowe as Christina Burman * Kurt Ehrhardt as Dr. Jakob Blum * Gerhard Bienert as Karl Bremer * Herbert Hübner as Landgerichtsdirektor Hecht * Friedrich Maurer as Lawyer Dr. Gerhard Wormser * Klaus Becker as Hans Fischer - Guts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Of Figaro (1949 Film)
''The Marriage of Figaro'' (german: Figaros Hochzeit) is a 1949 East German musical film directed by Georg Wildhagen and starring Angelika Hauff, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender and Sabine Peters. It was based on the opera ''The Marriage of Figaro'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was itself based on the play ''The Marriage of Figaro'' by Pierre Beaumarchais. The film was made by DEFA, the state production company of East Germany, in their Babelsberg Studio and the nearby Babelsberg Park. It sold 5,479,427 tickets. The production used not the original Italian but a German text. The recitatives were replaced with dialogue spoken by the actors. Except for Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender as Figaro and Mathieu Ahlersmeyer as Count Almaviva, the singing parts were supplied by opera singers. ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (1950 Film)
''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (german: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is a 1950 East German musical comedy film directed by Georg Wildhagen. It was based on William Shakespeare's play by the same name. Plot In Elizabethan England, Sir John Falstaff is embroiled in attempting to have a love affair with several women, which soon turns into a humorous adventure. Cast * Sonja Ziemann as Mrs. Fluth * Camilla Spira as Mrs. Gretchen Reich * Paul Esser as Sir John Falstaff * Ina Halley as Anna Reich * Eckart Dux as Fenton * Alexander Engel as Innkeeper Reich * Claus Holm as Mr. Fluth * Joachim Teege as Mr. Spärlich * Gerd Frickhöffer as Dr. Cajus * Rita Streich as Mrs. Fluth (singing voice) * Martha Mödl as Mrs. Gretchen Reich (singing voice) * Sonja Schöner as Anna Reich (singing voice) * Helmut Krebs as Fenton (voice) * Hans Kramer as Sir John Falstaff (voice) * Willi Heyer-Kraemer as Innkeeper Reich (singing voice) * Herbert Brauer as Mr. Fluth (singing voice) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Year
''The Last Year'' (german: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in communist East Germany. Filming took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Wilhelm Depenau and Artur Günther. Cast * Inge Keller as Charly * Hans Klering as Heini Holler * Hermann Stövesand as Ferdinand * Peter Marx as Schorsch * Gustav Püttjer as Gustav * Ralf Siebert as Moses * Gerd Frickhöffer as Blague * Otto Stübler as Konsul * Reinhard Kolldehoff as Kommissar * Lutz Götz as Moulin * Peter Lehmbrock as 1. Heizer * Hans Rose as 2. Heizer * Werner Pledath as Kapitän * Helmut Bautzmann as Französischer Seemann * Johannes Bergfeldt as Holländischer Seemann * Maria Besendahl as Frau Primm * Albrecht Bethge as Höherer SS-Offizier * Louis Brody * Friedrich Wilhelm Dann as Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stärker Als Die Nacht
''Stärker als die Nacht'' is an East German film directed by Slátan Dudow. It was released in January 1954. Cast * Wilhelm Koch-Hooge: Hans Löning * Helga Göring: Gerda Löning * Kurt Oligmüller: Erich Bachmann * Rita Gödikmeier: Lotte Bachmann * Harald Halgardt: Eddi Nohl * Helmut Schreiber: Hackelbusch * Peter Priemer: Klaus-Peter Löning * Manfred Borges: Helmut Karsten * Hans Wehrl: Bernhard Manthey * Erika Dunkelmann: Käthe Manthey * Aribert Grimmer: Langer, hagerer Arbeiter * Heinz Hinze: Herr Globig * Gertrud Brendler: Frau Globig * Johannes Arpe: Gauleiter * Adolf Peter Hoffmann: Kriminalkommissar Knappe * Theo Shall: Dr. Panneck * Hans-Joachim Büttner: Dr. Hermes * Wolfgang Hübner: Günther * Achim Hübner: Rezitator * Martin Knapfel: Meister * Grete Carlsohn: Bäckersfrau * Gustav Püttjer: Kraftfahrer * Harro ten Brook: Polizeioffizier * Anna-Maria Besendahl: Zimmerwirtin * Karl Brenk: Gefängniswärter * Hermann Dieckhoff: Geistlicher * Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singing Ringing Tree
''The Singing Ringing Tree'' (german: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) is a 1957 children's fantasy film from East German studio DEFA. Directed by Francesco Stefani, the screenplay by Anne Geelhaar is based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm. Plot summary The story concerns a beautiful but selfish and haughty princess who rejects the proposal of a wealthy prince. She scorns the gifts he offers her, and says that she will marry him only if he brings her the mythical "singing ringing tree". The prince locates the tree in the territory of an evil dwarf, who offers to give him the enchanted tree, on the understanding that, if the princess still rejects him, he will be in the dwarf's power and will be turned into a bear. Because the tree will only sing and ring when the princess falls in love with the prince, she is disappointed in it and continues to reject the prince. The prince is forced to return to the dwarf's lair and is turned into a bear. The prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intrigue And Love (film)
''Intrigue and Love'' (german: Kabale und Liebe) is a 1959 East German historical drama film directed by Martin Hellberg and starring Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies and Marion Van de Kamp.Goble p. 483 The film was made by the East German state-owned DEFA studio. It is an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's 1784 play ''Intrigue and Love''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Harald Horn. Plot Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. They fall in love with each other, but both their fathers urge them to end the affair. Cast * Wolf Kaiser as Präsident von Walter * Otto Mellies as Ferdinand, sein Sohn * Marion Van de Kamp as Lady Milford * Willi Schwabe as Hofmarschall von Kalb * Martin Hellberg as Miller, Stadtmusikant * Marianne Wünscher as seine Frau * Karola Ebeling as Luise, seine Tochter * Uwe-Jens Pape as Wurm, Haussekretär des Präsidenten * Hans Finohr as Kammerdiener * Christine S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Kubak
''Erich Kubak'' is an East German film. It was released in 1959. Story A film about lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ... strip mining. External links * 1959 films East German films 1950s German-language films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve Punch
''New Year's Eve Punch'' (german: Silvesterpunsch) is a 1960 East German musical film directed by Günter Reisch and starring Erich Franz, Friedel Nowack and Erika Dunkelmann.Koepnick p.72 It was made by the state-owned DEFA company. It is a sequel to the 1959 film '' The Punch Bowl''. Cast * Erich Franz as Wilhelm Lehmann * Friedel Nowack as Auguste Lehmann * Erika Dunkelmann as Marion Lehmann * Christel Bodenstein as Suse Lehmann * Heinz Draehn as Franz Lehmann * Achim Schmidtchen as Michel Lehmann * Ernst-Georg Schwill as Knispel * Karin Schröder as Ruth * Wolfgang Roeder as Wolfgang * Eberhard Keyn as Eberhard * Erich Weber as Erich * Johannes Frenzel as Hannes * Albert Zahn as Otto * Otto Busse as Karl * Herbert Sturm as Herbert * Edward Selz as Siggi * Hubert Hoelzke as Egon Scheibe * Gustav Müller as Erwin Lüttger * Günter Rüger as Willibald Schmal * Kurt Rackelmann as Briefträger Pätsch * Rudolf Christoph as Werkleiter * Heinz Quermann as Reporter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
