Carl Hoffmann (9 June 1885, in Neisse – 13 July 1947) was a German

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 ch ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

* ''

The Vice Vice is a stock character of the medieval morality plays. While the main character of these plays was representative of every human being (and usually named Mankind, Everyman, or some other generalizing of humanity at large), the other character ...

'' (1915) * '' Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * ''

Wedding in the Eccentric Club ''Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (German: ''Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub'') is a 1917 German silent crime action film directed by Joe May and starring Harry Liedtke, Käthe Haack and Bruno Kastner.Thomas p.54 It was part of the long-running seri ...

'' (1917) * '' The Plague of Florence'' (1919) * ''

Der Herr der Liebe ''Der Herr der Liebe'' (''The Master of Love'') is a 1919 silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. It was his second film. Carl de Vogt and Gilda Langer starred, as they had in Lang's debut feature, '' Halbblut''. Lang himself is said to hav ...

'' (1919) * '' The Woman with Orchids'' (1919) * ''

Madness Madness or The Madness may refer to: Emotion and mental health * Anger, an intense emotional response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat * Insanity, a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns * ...

'' (1919) * '' Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' The Head of Janus'' (1920) * '' Patience'' (1920) * ''

Figures of the Night ''Figures of the Night'' (German:''Nachtgestalten'') is a 1920 German silent horror film written, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Paul Wegener, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel and Erna Morena. It is based on the novel '' ...

'' (1920) * '' Kurfürstendamm'' (1920) * '' Der Graf von Cagliostro'' (1920) * ''

The Eyes of the World The Eyes of the World or Eyes of the World may refer to: Film *''The Eyes of the World'', 1917 American silent drama co-starring Jack Livingston, based on Harold Bell Wright's 1914 novel * ''The Eyes of the World'' (1920 film), German silent starri ...

'' (1920) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''

The Lord of the Beasts ''The Lord of the Beasts'' (german: Der Herr der Bestien ) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Wendt and starring Carl de Vogt, Cläre Lotto, and Anna von Palen. It premiered in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and lar ...

'' (1921) * ''

The House on the Moon ''The House on the Moon'' (German: ''Das Haus zum Mond'') is a 1921 German silent science fiction film directed by Karlheinz Martin and starring Leontine Kühnberg, Erich Pabst and Fritz Kortner.Aitken p.53 Shot at the Johannisthal Studios in a ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Conspiracy in Genoa ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (german: Die Verschwörung zu Genua) is a 1921 German silent historical drama film directed by Paul Leni and starring Wilhelm Diegelmann, Maria Fein and Fritz Kortner. It is an adaptation of the 1783 play '' Fiesco'' ...

'' (1921) * ''

Country Roads and the Big City ''Country Roads and the Big City'' (german: Landstraße und Großstadt) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Carola Toelle, Fritz Kortner and Conrad Veidt.Soister p. 138 The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Flight into Death ''The Flight into Death'' (German: ''Der Flug in den Tod'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Bruno Ziener and starring Ernst Winar, Gertrude Welcker and Josefine Dora. It premiered in Berlin on 22 July 1921.Grange p.95 Cast * Ge ...

'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler'' (1922) * ''

A Dying Nation ''A Dying Nation'' or ''Dying Peoples'' (german: Sterbende Völker) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''Heimat in ...

'' (1922) * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * '' Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * '' The Stone Rider'' (1923) * '' Siegfried'' (1924) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * '' Die Nibelungen'' (1924) * '' Varieté'' (1925) * '' Express Train of Love'' (1925) * ''

The Woman Who Did ''The Woman Who Did'' (1895) is a novel by Grant Allen about a young, self-assured middle-class woman who defies convention as a matter of principle and who is fully prepared to suffer the consequences of her actions. It was first published in Lo ...

'' (1925) * '' Faust'' (1926) * '' A Sister of Six'' (1926) * ''

The Bordellos of Algiers ''The Bordellos of Algiers'' (german: Die Frauengasse von Algier) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Hoffmann-Harnisch and starring Maria Jacobini, Camilla Horn and Warwick Ward. The film was shot on location in North Afri ...

'' (1927) * '' Eva and the Grasshopper'' (1927) * ''

Ungarische Rhapsodie ''Hungarian Rhapsody'' (German: ''Ungarische Rhapsodie'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Lil Dagover, Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo. It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat. It was ...

'' (1928) * ''

Hungarian Rhapsody The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244, R.106 (french: Rhapsodies hongroises, german: Ungarische Rhapsodien, hu, Magyar rapszódiák), is a set of 19 piano pieces based on Hungarian folk themes, composed by Franz Liszt during 1846–1853, and late ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Mysterious Mirror ''The Mysterious Mirror'' (german: Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel), aka ''The Mystic Mirror'' is a 1928 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent fantasy film directed by Carl Hoffmann and Richard Teschner, and starring Fee Malten, Fritz Rasp and ...

'' (1928) * '' Looping the Loop'' (1928) * '' High Treason'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * ''

The Tiger Murder Case ''The Tiger Murder Case'' (German: ''Der Tiger'') is a 1930 German mystery film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Charlotte Susa, Harry Frank and Hertha von Walther.Bock & Bergfelder p.206 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. T ...

'' (1930) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * '' A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1930) * '' The Temporary Widow'' (1930) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' Yorck'' (1931) * ''

The Wrong Husband ''The Wrong Husband'' (German: ''Der falsche Ehemann'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Johannes Riemann, Maria Paudler and Gustav Waldau.Sikov p.645 Cast * Johannes Riemann Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 � ...

'' (1931) * ''

In the Employ of the Secret Service ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (german: Im Geheimdienst) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, and Oskar Homolka. It concerns espionage between Germany and Russia during the Firs ...

'' (1931) * '' The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) * '' Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * '' Congress Dances'' (1932) * '' How Shall I Tell My Husband?'' (1932) * ''

Narcotics The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ ''narkō'', "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates ...

'' (1932) * ''

Marschall Vorwärts ''Marshal Forwards'' (german: Marschall Vorwärts) is a 1932 German historical war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Paul Wegener, Traute Carlsen and Hans Graf von Schwerin. It portrays the life of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a German ...

'' (1932) * '' The White Demon'' (1932) * '' Season in Cairo'' (1933) * '' Inge and the Millions'' (1933) * '' Waltz War'' (1933) * '' Court Waltzes'' (1933) * ''

The Tunnel ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...

'' (1933) * ''

'' (1933, French version) * ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * '' Gold in New Frisco'' (1939) * '' The Leghorn Hat'' (1939) * '' Liberated Hands'' (1939) * '' The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) * '' The Girl from Fano'' (1941) * ''

Via Mala Viamala or Via Mala ( Romansh: literally, "bad path") is a narrow gorge along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, as well as the ancient and notorious pathway which traverses ...

'' (1945)

Director

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'' (1928) * '' Victoria'' (1935) * '' After Midnight'' (1938)

Bibliography

* Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1885 births 1947 deaths People from Nysa, Poland People from the Province of Silesia German cinematographers German film directors {{Germany-film-director-stub