Eberhard Klagemann (20 April 1904 – 30 March 1990) was a German film producer. During the 1930s, he worked for UFA as an assistant producer under

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and later for

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's German subsidiary. Following the

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, Klagemann was issued a license to make films by Pommer, now Film Control Officer for the Allied occupiers of Germany. Pommer judged that he along with several other old colleagues had avoided becoming too closely involved with the

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: "Certainly all of them have been proven to be no Nazis. Eberhard Klagemann seems to have been cleverly able to also stay away from the Nazis. He surely is an opportunist and therefore should be handled with care. Too bad, because he knows more about our business than all the others". Klagemann set up a

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-based firm Klagemann Film and was an important figure in post-war German cinema. He was president of the West German Film Producers' Association.Trumpbour p.104 He was in a relationship with the Austrian actress

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. He produced several of her films, among them her final three post-war productions, including the

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comedy ''

Don't Dream, Annette ''Don't Dream, Annette'' () is a 1949 German comedy film directed by Eberhard Klagemann and Helmut Weiss and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Eckard and Karl Schönböck. It was made by DEFA in the Soviet Zone of Germany which was soon afterwards to ...

'' (1949), before she married Friedrich Benfer in 1950 and retired from acting at the age of 46.

Selected filmography

* '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1934) * '' Pygmalion'' (1935) * ''

The Night With the Emperor ''The Night With the Emperor'' () is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, and Friedrich Benfer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets ...

'' (1936) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * '' The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * ''

A Hopeless Case ''A Hopeless Case'' () is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Hannes Stelzer. The film's sets were designed by Karl Weber. Synopsis A determined female medical student at Berlin Uni ...

'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Our Miss Doctor'' (1940) * ''

Much Ado About Nixi ''Much Ado About Nixi'' () is a 1942 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Albert Matterstock and Hans Leibelt. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. A separate Italian-language version was also produced. C ...

'' (1942) * ''

'' (1949) * ''

Royal Children ''Royal Children'' () is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Jenny Jugo, Peter van Eyck and Hedwig Wangel. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Bad Wimpfen and at Hornberg Castle. ...

'' (1950) * '' Heart's Desire'' (1951) * '' Hanussen'' (1955) * '' Jacqueline'' (1959) * ''

Condemned to Sin ''Condemned to Sin'' (German: ''Verdammt zur Sünde'') is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Martin Held, Hildegard Knef and Heidelinde Weis.Goble p.1003 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hert ...

'' (1964)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. * Trumpbour, John. ''Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920-1950''. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

External links

* 1904 births 1990 deaths German film producers People from Wilhelmshaven Film people from Lower Saxony {{Germany-film-bio-stub