Hubert Schonger (1897–1978) was a German

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, producer and

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. He began his career working on

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, but in the late 1930s switched to producing

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films.Giesen & Storm p.164-65

Selected filmography

Producer

* '' Pulquebereitung in Mexiko'' (1936) * ''

Mountain Crystal ''Mountain Crystal'' () is a 1949 Austrian-German historical drama film directed by Harald Reinl and featuring a cast of unknown actors including Franz Eichberger, Hans Renz and Cilli Greif. It is a mountain film based on the 1845 novella ''Roc ...

'' (1949) * ''

Rübezahl Rübezahl (, ; ) is a folkloric mountain spirit ( woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (, , hence his name in Czech and Polish), a mountain range along the border between Czechia and Poland. He is the subject of many legends and fairy tales in Germa ...

'' (1957) * '' Hunting Party'' (1959)

References

Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf & Storm, J.P. ''Animation Under the Swastika: A History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1897 births 1978 deaths Film people from Bavaria People from Dillingen (district) {{Germany-film-bio-stub