Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)
[Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f] was a German
production designer
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,
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
and
set decorator
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. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and 1967.
He was nominated for an
Academy Award
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in the category
Best Art Direction for the film ''
Martin Luther
Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...
''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935)
* ''
Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine
''Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (German: ''Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt and Ilse Petri. The film's sets were designed by the art directors P ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Meine Frau, die Perle'' (1936)
* ''
Sergeant Berry
''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.Hull p.145
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1938)
* ''
A Man Astray'' (1940)
* ''
Encounter with Werther'' (1949)
* ''
Wedding Night In Paradise'' (1950)
* ''
When a Woman Loves'' (1950)
* ''
Martin Luther
Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Spring Song'' (1954)
* ''
Three from Variety'' (1954)
* ''
Confession Under Four Eyes
''Confession Under Four Eyes'' (German: ''Geständnis unter vier Augen'') is a 1954 West German crime drama film directed by André Michel and starring Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz and Ivan Desny.Broadbent & Hake p.123 It was shot at Göttingen ...
'' (1954)
* ''
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 ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Inn on the Lahn'' (1955)
* ''
I Know What I'm Living For'' (1955)
* ''
Black Forest Melody'' (1956)
* ''
Spy for Germany'' (1956)
* ''
Precocious Youth'' (1957)
* ''
The Simple Girl'' (1957)
* ''
Widower with Five Daughters'' (1957)
* ''
The Count of Luxemburg'' (1957)
* ''
Munchhausen in Africa'' (1958)
* ''
The Star of Santa Clara'' (1958)
* ''
The Day the Rains Came'' (1959)
* ''
Peter Shoots Down the Bird
''Peter Shoots Down the Bird'' () is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Germaine Damar and Maria Sebaldt.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse'' (1962)
* ''
Café Oriental'' (1962)
* ''
Doctor Sibelius'' (1962)
See also
*
List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Germany.
Acting categories
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Be ...
References
External links
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1908 births
1968 deaths
German production designers
German art directors
German set decorators
Film people from Berlin
1968 suicides
Suicides in West Germany
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