Karl Freund

Karl Freund

Nascimento : 1890-01-16, Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]

Morte : 1969-05-03

História

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In 1937, he went to Germany to bring his only daughter, Gerda Maria Freund, back to the United States, saving her from almost certain death in the concentration camps. Karl's ex-wife, Susette Freund (née Liepmannssohn), remained in Germany where she was interned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and eventually taken in March, 1942 to Bernburg Euthanasia Center where she was murdered. Between 1921 and 1935, Freund also directed ten films, of which the best known are probably The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff, and his last film as director, Mad Love (1935) starring Peter Lorre. Freund's only known film as an actor is Carl Dreyer's Michael (1924) in which he has a cameo as a sycophantic art dealer who saves the tobacco ashes dropped by a famous painter. At the beginning of the 1950s, he was persuaded by Desi Arnaz at Desilu to be the cinematographer in 1951 for the televisions series I Love Lucy. Critics have credited Freund for the show's lustrous black and white cinematography, but more importantly, Freund designed the "flat lighting" system for shooting sitcoms that is still in use today. This system covers the set in light, thus eliminating shadows and allowing the use of three moving cameras without having to modify the lighting in-between shots. And where Freund did not invent the three camera shooting system, he did perfect it for use with film cameras in front of a live audience. Freund and his production team also worked on other sitcoms produced at/through Desilu such as "Our Miss Brooks". Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Freund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Karl Freund

Filmes

Cinzas ao Vento
Director of Photography
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Montana: Terra Proibida
Director of Photography
O pastor australiano Morgan Lane chega a Montana em busca de pastagens de propriedade do governo e acampa suas ovelhas na linha de fronteira - onde termina a pastagem ruim e começa a pastagem boa - criada pelos barões do gado para evitar que as ovelhas se afastem na grama boa.
Mercadores de Intrigas
Director of Photography
With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed. Needing money, will join the Confederate troops, each for their particular motivations.
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Director of Photography
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway, John Hoyt, Mary Wickes and Harry Davenport.
Paixões em Fúria
Director of Photography
Frank McCloud viaja para um hotel decadente em Key Largo para honrar a memória de um amigo que morreu bravamente em sua unidade durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. A viúva de seu amigo, Nora Temple, e seu pai James Temple que está preso numa cadeira de rodas, administram o hotel e o recebem calorosamente. Mas os três logo se veem virtualmente presos quando o hotel é tomado por um grupo de bandidos liderados por Johnny Rocco que se refugiam lá para aguardar a passagem de um furacão. Mr. Temple insulta fortemente Rocco que, porque está sozinho, só pode confrontá-lo verbalmente. Como ficou desiludido pela violência da guerra, Frank está relutante em agir, mas, o tratamento degradante que Rocco dá a sua alcoólatra amante Gaye Dawn, o envolvimento do grupo de Rocco na morte de alguns inocentes índios Seminole e um vice-xerife, Frank McCloud começa a superar sua inação Hamletiana. e10.
Wallflower
Director of Photography
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
Correntes Ocultas
Director of Photography
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Algemas Para Dois
Director of Photography
Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge.
A Letter for Evie
Director of Photography
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
Dangerous Partners
Director of Photography
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Sem Amor
Director of Photography
In World War II Washington DC, scientist Pat Jamieson's assistant, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless marriage with him. Struggles bring them closer together.
O Regresso Daquele Homem
Director of Photography
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
A Sétima Cruz
Director of Photography
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler seeks freedom in Holland.
Dois no Céu
Director of Photography
Uma sentimental, patriótica (se não propagandística) fantasia de Hollywood sobre um piloto de bombardeiro morto na Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maj. Pete Sandidge que se torna anjo da guarda para outro piloto, o capitão. Ted Randall, orientando Randall através de batalhas e ajudando-o no romance de sua ex-namorada, apesar de sua devoção excessiva a memória do Sandidge.
Aurora Sangrenta
Director of Photography
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Du Barry Era um Pedaço
Director of Photography
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Tortilla Flat
Director of Photography
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Flores do Pó
Director of Photography
Este drama biográfico do diretor Mervyn LeRoy mereceu uma indicação ao Oscar de melhor filme por retratar com grande sensibilidade a vida da engajada dona de casa Edna Gladney (Greer Garson). Após passar por amargas experiências de vida, ela se casa com o texano Sam Gladney (Walter Pidgeon). O casal tem um filho, que morre precocemente. Ao mesmo tempo, Edna descobre que não poderá ter outra criança e assim decide se dedicar a algo para preencher sua vida. Ao observar que o tratamento dado às crianças órfãs e abandonadas não é exatamente o que poderia chamar de terno, ela abre uma casa de adoção e encaminha as crianças a lares onde possam ter uma vida digna.
O Inimigo X
Camera Operator
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Orgulho e Preconceito
Director of Photography
Mãe de cinco filhas, a Sra. Bennet (Mary Boland) procura ansiosamente por maridos em boa condição financeira para as duas mais velhas, Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) e Elizabeth (Greer Garson). Um belo dia, elas estão comprando novos vestidos, quando avistam os cavalheiros Sr. Bingley (Bruce Lester) e Sr. Darcy (Laurence Olivier) e uma dama em uma carruagem.
Dois Contra o Mundo
Director of Photography
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Florian
Director of Photography
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Inferno Verde
Director of Photography
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
Balalaika
Director of Photography
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
Conflito de Duas Almas
Director of Photography
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Rose of Washington Square
Director of Photography
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
Tail Spin
Director of Photography
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Letter of Introduction
Director of Photography
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.
Port of Seven Seas
Director of Photography
In the French port of Marseille, a young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius. Discovering she is pregnant after Marius sets out to sea for several years, she marries another man to prevent the child being born out of wedlock.
Man-Proof
Director of Photography
A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.
Madame Walewska
Director of Photography
A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent.
Parnell - O Rei Sem Coroa
Director of Photography
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
The Good Earth
Director of Photography
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
A Dama das Camélias
Director of Photography
Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo), uma cortesã, conhece o amor, mas é humilhada pelo antigo amante e o pai de seu novo amor, Armand Duval (Robert Taylor), que lhe diz que ela destruirá o futuro do seu filho. Diante deste quadro, apesar de amá-lo loucamente, ela não só o abandona como o faz acreditar que voltará para o seu antigo amante e protetor.
Ziegfeld - O Criador de Estrelas
Director of Photography
O filme retrata a vida de Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell), um dos maiores empresários do showbusiness norte-americano no começo do século XX. Incluindo seus casos com artistas de seus espetáculo, seu casamento com Anna Held (Luise Rainer) e a crise da década de 30.
Mad Love
Director
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Gift of Gab
Director
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
I Give My Love
Director
After accidentally killing her no-good husband, Judy makes her true love promise not to tell her small son about his imprisoned mother. She is released ten years later...
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Director
A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.
Madame Spy
Director
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
Moonlight and Pretzels
Director
A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway.
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Director of Photography
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
Back Street
Director of Photography
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Os Assassinos da Rua Morgue
Director of Photography
Em 1845, em Paris, o cientista louco Dr. Mirakle sequestra mulheres jovens e as injeta com sangue de macaco para criar uma companheira para Erik, seu macaco falante de show secundário. Pierre Dupin, um jovem e ingênuo estudante de medicina e detetive, a noiva de Pierre, Camille L'Espanaye, e seus amigos Paul e Mignette, visitam o show secundário de Mirakle, onde expõem Erik. Tanto Mirakle quanto seu servo Janos estão encantados por Camille, que Mirakle planeja como companheira de Erik. Mirakle convida Camille para dar uma olhada em Erik, que agarra seu chapéu. Pierre tenta recuperar o capô, mas Erik tenta estrangulá-lo. Mirakle restringe Erik e se oferece para substituir o capô, mas Camille desconfia e reluta em dar seu endereço ao médico. Quando Pierre e Camille partem, Mirakle ordena que Janos os siga.
A Múmia
Director
Em 1921, uma equipe de arqueologistas no Egito, liderados por Sir Joseph Whemple, descobre a múmia do príncipe Imhotep, que vivera há 3.700 anos e teve como castigo ser enterrado vivo. Também foram encontrados manuscritos com o poder de fazer mortos ressuscitarem, e uma noite, um dos membros da expedição traz o príncipe de volta à vida. Agora, Imhotep vive e se passa por Ardath Bay, um egípcio contemporâneo que persegue uma mulher que acredita ser a reencarnação de sua adorada princesa.
Strictly Dishonorable
Director of Photography
A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.
Up for Murder
Director of Photography
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.
A Irmã Má
Director of Photography
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
Drácula
Co-Director
Drácula (Bela Lugosi) é um conde vindo dos Cárpatos que aterroriza Londres por carregar uma maldição que o obriga a beber sangue humano para sobreviver. Após transformar uma jovem em vampira, ele concentra suas atenções em uma amiga dela, mas o pai da próxima vítima se chama Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), um cientista holandês especialista em vampiros que pode acabar com seu reinado de terror.
Drácula
Director of Photography
Drácula (Bela Lugosi) é um conde vindo dos Cárpatos que aterroriza Londres por carregar uma maldição que o obriga a beber sangue humano para sobreviver. Após transformar uma jovem em vampira, ele concentra suas atenções em uma amiga dela, mas o pai da próxima vítima se chama Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), um cientista holandês especialista em vampiros que pode acabar com seu reinado de terror.
A Oeste Nada de Novo
Director of Photography
Sete estudantes patriotas alemães apresentam-se como voluntários para o serviço militar em plena Primeira Guerra Mundial. Baseado no conto homônimo de Erich Maria Remarque, "Sem Novidade No Front" é um grande filme pacifista, que mostra a loucura e futilidade da guerra. As cenas de guerra nas trincheiras são retratadas de forma brilhante e dolorosa. Mesmo muitos anos após o seu lançamento, continua sendo um tema atual e dominante nos países que sofreram e sofrem com a guerra. Vencedor dos Oscars de Melhor Filme e Melhor Diretor. Considerado o maior filme anti-guerra de todos os tempos.
Sleeping Partners
Director of Photography
A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.
Fräulein Else
Director of Photography
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
A Knight in London
Director of Photography
A prince makes a socialite think she spent the night in his room.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Producer
A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning, about 5:00 AM, and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are some signs of activity, and a few early risers are to be seen on the streets. Soon the new day is well underway. It's just a typical day in Berlin, but a day full of life and energy.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Director of Photography
A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning, about 5:00 AM, and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are some signs of activity, and a few early risers are to be seen on the streets. Soon the new day is well underway. It's just a typical day in Berlin, but a day full of life and energy.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Author
A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning, about 5:00 AM, and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are some signs of activity, and a few early risers are to be seen on the streets. Soon the new day is well underway. It's just a typical day in Berlin, but a day full of life and energy.
Metrópolis
Camera Operator
O futuro ė distante e o mundo está sob o comando dos poderosos, que isolaram os mais pobres no subsolo como se fossem seus escravos, para que trabalhassem em prol dos mesmos. Comandados por Freder Fredersen, os operários são obrigados a trabalharem sem parar para que a cidade não pare.
Metrópolis
Director of Photography
O futuro ė distante e o mundo está sob o comando dos poderosos, que isolaram os mais pobres no subsolo como se fossem seus escravos, para que trabalhassem em prol dos mesmos. Comandados por Freder Fredersen, os operários são obrigados a trabalharem sem parar para que a cidade não pare.
Madame Wants No Children
Producer
Manon Lescaut
Director of Photography
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Tartufo
Director of Photography
Um jovem mostra um filme que se baseia na obra “Tartufo” de Molière ao seu avô milionário, com a intenção de expor a governanta hipócrita do velho que cobiça sua própria herança.
Variety
Director of Photography
The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
A Última Gargalhada
Director of Photography
O idoso porteiro do Atlantis, um elegante hotel de Berlim, sente orgulho do seu trabalho, que faz com dedicação, e se comporta como um general em seu resplandecente uniforme, sendo tratado com respeito pelos seus amigos e vizinhos. Entretanto, o novo gerente do hotel se mostra insensível quando o velho porteiro para um pouco para se recompor, após carregar uma pesada bagagem, e assim o gerente decide que o atual porteiro é velho demais para o cargo e o rebaixa para criado do banheiro masculino. Isto provoca um efeito desastroso no prestígio do homem e na sua autoestima.
Michael
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
A famed artist fights his passion for a male model, until the young man falls for a woman.
Michael
Director of Photography
A famed artist fights his passion for a male model, until the young man falls for a woman.
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Director of Photography
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Director of Photography
In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Lucrezia Borgia
Director of Photography
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
The Burning Soil
Director of Photography
The film follows tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.
Marizza
Director of Photography
All men are under lovely Marizza’s spell. Tired of working for the old woman Yelina, who forces her to cajole customs officials to help the smugglers, she flees and finds work at Mrs. Avricolos’ farm. The latter is in business with an unscrupulous moneylender, whose daughter is promised to Leone, the family’s eldest son. But Leone will fall quickly for Marizza...
Torgus
Director of Photography
John, a young man raised by his aunt, is in love with Anna, a servant girl who is going to have his baby. He is willing to marry her but his stern aunt wants him to marry a rich girl. To separate the lovers, she arranges for her nephew to be enrolled at a university in a distant town. She then has Anna sent away to live with Torgus the coffinmaker and his mother where she will be secluded until the birth of the child. Torgus, a golemesque sort of fellow, is immediately charmed by the beautiful girl and takes pity on her. Meanwhile, Anna anxiously awaits John's return...
O Golem, Como Veio ao Mundo
Director of Photography
Em meados do século 19, uma comunidade judaica da cidade de Praga é ameaçada por um decreto do imperador. Na tentativa de salvar seu povo da desgraça, o Rabino Loew dá vida a um Golem.
Catherine the Great
Cinematography
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Panic in the House of Ardon
Director of Photography
A silent movie by Rober Wiene.
The Head of Janus
Director of Photography
The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but the source material went unrecognized by some of the German media due to changes in the characters' names. Released in 1920, this is one of Murnau's lost films. While the film itself does not survive, the scripts and related production notes do. Because the film is lost, its full length is unknown. Dr. Warren is the Dr. Jekyll character who changes into Mr. O'Connor, a parallel of Mr. Hyde. This transformation is brought about, not by experimentation with chemicals as in Stevenson's original, but through the supernatural agency of a bust of Janus (the Roman god of the doorway), which Warren / O'Connor purchases in the opening sequence as a gift for his sweetheart, Jane. When she refuses the gift, horrified, Warren / O'Connor is forced to keep the statuette himself...
The Hunchback and the Dancer
Director of Photography
Wilton, a hunchback, who was always scorned and ridiculed by women, returns from Java a rich man after having discovered a diamond mine. He romances Gina, who is on the rebound from a broken affair, and showers her with expensive gifts. After Gina reconciles with her boyfriend, she continues to see Wilton because of what he gives her. After he discovers her perfidy, Wilton develops a poison and mixes it into her lipstick, which will kill any man who kisses her.
The Spiders - The Diamond Ship
Director of Photography
When last we saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, Naela. But the past struck quickly. Hoog’s arch-nemesis, the homicidal femme Lio Sha, murdered Naela on the very grounds of Hoog’s estate, prompting him to swear revenge upon her and her criminal organization, the Spiders. Now he must find them, as the Spiders continue their global quest for the Buddha-head Diamond. The head, it’s said, has the power to restore Asia to world dominance.
Satanas
Director of Photography
A lost film. Only 40 seconds survive today.
The Spiders - The Golden Sea
Director of Photography
In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately plans an expedition to find it. But Lio Sha, the head of a criminal organization known as the Spiders, is determined to get the treasure for herself and plans a rival expedition.
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
Director of Photography
The Arc
Director of Photography
Engineer Walter Fahr has constructed a massive passenger submarine, the 'Gloria'. The vessel undertakes a test journey with various esteemed invitees aboard, together with several animals, and the blind passenger Professor Keigo Sotuma. […] When those aboard the 'Gloria' return to the surface, they find a ship whose entire crew is dead. It is the astronomer Sotuma who figures out what has happened: during their undersea journey, the Earth was scorched by the tail of a comet, and all life extinguished. The 'Gloria' sails back to shore, carrying the final humans into a dead world…
Intoxication
Director of Photography
Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed. This film is considered lost.
Emerald of Death
Director of Photography
A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor.
Augen
Camera Department Manager
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Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
Director of Photography
Die blaue Laterne
Director of Photography
Based on a novel by Paul Lindau.
Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
Director of Photography
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
Director of Photography
Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
Director of Photography
Auf Probe gestellt
Director of Photography
Countess Kitchenmaid
Director of Photography
Henny Porten plays the dual role of a rather indecorous Countess and her kitchen maid Karoline Blum, an amateur actress.
The Giant's Fist
Director of Photography
Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
Director of Photography
Gefangene Seele
Director of Photography
Christa Hartungen
Director of Photography
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
Director of Photography
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
Director of Photography
The Robber Bride
Director of Photography
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Das wandernde Licht
Director of Photography
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Little Angel's Wedding
Camera Operator
A sequel to 1914's Engelein, recounting the wedding of the titular protagonist. This film is considered lost.
Frau Eva
Director of Photography
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Bummelstudenten
Director of Photography
The Man in the Mirror
Director of Photography
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director of Photography
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is faithfully adapted, although Watson's character is absent. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons.
A Venetian Night
Director of Photography
The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello directs him immediately to the hotel of his boss, and Anselmus lands in the middle of a wedding party. Mestre Mangiabene, a wealthy oilman, marries the beautiful but completely depleted Marchesina dei Bisognosi. But the secretly loves an officer.
Das Feuer
Writer
Wanda marries a Count but falls in love with his son. When their relationship is discovered by the Dowager Countess, she locks them in the garden shed and sets fire to it.
Zapata's Gang
Director of Photography
Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingly accused. In the end the real robbers are brought to justice. One of the earliest films portraying bisexual characters.
Little Angel
Director of Photography
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago. Her unruly “play-acting” for the uncle is preceded by an earlier incident in the film that results in Jesta being evicted from her girl’s school. Wearing a long, woman’s skirt, she climbs up a ladder and onto a thatched roof. She reaches over the top of the wall to kiss her boyfriend, who appears from the other side. However, Jesta is caught by the headmistress, and her forced descent is precipitous. Pulled downward, she reveals a great deal of a black-stockinged leg. She looks distinctly sexual as she falls into the matrimonly arms of the law, whose duty is to enforce the rules of female decorum.
The Film Prima Donna
Director of Photography
Film star Ruth Breton has a habit of falling in love. When dating Walter she meets Von Zornhorst. When Zornhorst discards her, she pines away. As a last token of his love for Ruth, Walter writes a play for her, but during the final act of "Pierrot's Death", Ruth expires.
The Suffragette
Director of Photography
Nelly's mother is a suffragette and persuades her daughter to join the good cause. Placing a bomb under Lord William's chair love develops between the two.