Karl Plintzner (1911–1975) was a German

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

. He worked largely for

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 PR ...

, the state-owned

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

studio.

Selected filmography

* '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienn ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Last Year ''The Last Year'' () is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich (director), Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in commun ...

'' (1951) * '' Stärker als die Nacht'' (1954) * '' The Singing Ringing Tree'' (1957) * ''

Intrigue and Love ''Intrigue and Love'', sometimes ''Love and Intrigue'', ''Love and Politics'', or ''Luise Miller'' (, ; literally "''Cabal and Love''") is a five-act Play (theatre), play written by the German dramatist Friedrich Schiller. His third play, it was ...

'' (1959) * ''

Erich Kubak ''Erich Kubak'' is an East German film. It was released in 1959. Story A film about lignite Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from ...

'' (1959) * '' New Year's Eve Punch'' (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