Milo Harbich (13 August 1900 – 13 September 1988) was a Brazilian-born German

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and

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. He was born to Austrian-Brazilian parents who moved to

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

when he was a small child. He began career as

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, but by the early 1930s was increasingly involved with the

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. He edited his first film in 1933. During the Nazi era he worked on a mixture of

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and less overtly political entertainment such as '' To New Shores'' (1937) and the

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vehicle '' Hello Janine!'' (1939). He often worked with the directors

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and ''

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''. After having previously made a couple of

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, Harbich directed ''

Commissioner Eyck ''Commissioner Eyck'' (german: Kriminalkommissar Eyck) is a 1940 German crime film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger and Herbert Wilk.Moeller p. 32 It was shot at Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting ...

'' his first feature film in 1940. In 1946 he directed '' Free Land'' for

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.Feinstein p.27 The following year he returned to his native Brazil where he continued to work on films intermittently until the early 1960s.

Selected filmography

Editor

* '' Inge and the Millions'' (1933) * ''

What Men Know ''What Men Know'' (German: ''Was wissen denn Männer'') is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.Kreimeier p.218 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The ...

'' (1933) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * ''

Love Must Be Understood ''Love Must Be Understood'' (german: Liebe muss verstanden sein) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Rosy Barsony, Georg Alexander, and Wolf Albach-Retty. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin ...

'' (1933) * '' Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * ''

The Higher Command ''The Higher Command'' (german: Der höhere Befehl) is a 1935 German historical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Heli Finkenzeller. Produced and distributed by UFA, it was shot at the company ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Gypsy Baron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...

'' (1935) * ''

One Too Many on Board ''One Too Many on Board'' (german: Einer zuviel an Bord) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lída Baarová, Albrecht Schoenhals and René Deltgen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 275 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios i ...

'' (1935) * '' To New Shores'' (1937) * ''

Men Without a Fatherland ''Men Without a Fatherland'' (german: Menschen ohne Vaterland) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Willy Fritsch, Maria von Tasnady and Willy Birgel.Richards p. 371 The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1937) * '' Hello Janine!'' (1939)

Director

* ''

'' (1940) * '' Free Land'' (1946)

References

Bibliography

* Feinstein, Joshua. ''The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949-1989''. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

External links

* 1900 births 1988 deaths Film people from Dresden German male stage actors Brazilian film editors Brazilian film directors Brazilian male stage actors People from Porto Alegre 20th-century German male actors Brazilian emigrants to Germany {{Germany-film-bio-stub