Horst Knechtel

Filmes

Hatschipuh
Lighting Technician
In the Bavarian village of Schladerbach, the kobold Hatschipuh and his comrades live, of whose existence only Grandpa Reiter is aware. When the building constructor Lederer builds himself a new mansion, the subterranean settlement of the kobolds gets destroyed, and Grandpa Reiter sees himself forced to move them into his barn. But this abode as well is soon threatened: Since the farm is no longer profitable, Father Reiter plans to sell it…
Strike Back
Director of Photography
Dave knows what it is to suffer. Especially when he takes the rap for a gang of motorbike thieves and ends up in jail. All for the love of Corinna, his beautiful girlfriend. Refused parole and nearly insane with frustration he makes a violent escape to be with her and strike back.
Looping
Director of Photography
A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of shape and beset by internal feuds and bickering. One day a beautiful young woman shows up and suggests a way of attracting customers: put on a strip show, with her as the main attraction. Her act attracts customers in droves, but it turns out that the girl has her own agenda, and it isn't to help out the carnival.
O Casamento de Maria Braun
Assistant Camera
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maria e Hermann Braun se casam apressadamente, mas ficam juntos menos de 24 horas porque Hermann precisa voltar à frente de batalha. Ao final da guerra, ele é dado como desaparecido. Maria se emprega em um bar, conhece um soldado americano e fica grávida. Certa noite, Hermann volta para a casa e a surpreende com o soldado. Enfurecido, ele os agride e acaba sendo preso. Pouco depois, Maria vai trabalhar para um homem de negócios, sendo sua secretária e confidente. Ao sair da prisão, Hermann decide tentar a sorte em outro país. Alguns anos mais tarde, ele e Maria se reencontram e procuram esclarecer seu trágico passado.
Spiel der Verlierer
Director of Photography
Corações Flamejantes
Director of Photography
When Peter Huber the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand, wins a free trip to New York City in a magazine contest, he is overjoyed. Filled with romantic ideas from the movies, his actual encounter with the gritty realities of the Big Apple are sobering. Nonetheless, he is in for the adventure of his life. First, he meets Karola Faber, the German wife of a U.S. G.I. who has found life in the States not all it's cracked up to be: she has left her husband and makes her living through prostitution. Peter and Karola visit the local German emigré community's Oktoberfest, and win the festival's King and Queen crown. Their prize is a cow, which accompanies them on their further journeys in New York City.
Julia
Assistant Camera
A young woman discovers that there's more to do than ski when in the Swiss Alps.
Blau blüht der Enzian
Assistant Camera
The students at a school of hotel management repurpose the institute into a hotel with a show stage, double-cross the principal, the groundskeeper, and a grumpy millionaire, and cause so much mischief and confusion that, in the end, there is only one thing left to do: laughing to the bitter end!