Albrecht Hennings

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Albrecht Fritz Karl Gerhard Hennings (born April 20, 1920 in Warnemünde ) is a former German film architect of the Adenauer era .

biography

Hennings had received his professional training at the technical faculty of the University of Rostock at the beginning of the Second World War before he was drafted into military service. After the end of the war, he began his professional career in a Hamburg architecture firm, before joining film in 1949 as assistant to the production designer Herbert Kirchhoff .

In 1953 Hennings became chief architect at the side of his colleague Rolf Zehetbauer . Hennings formed a solid team with Zehetbauer until 1955, after which he also worked with other colleagues. His best-known works include the home-style décor of the high-quality entertainment films Canaris , Hotel Adlon and The Miracle of Malachias . At the beginning of 1961 he was part of the German team that was responsible for some of the film decorations for the large-scale Hollywood production The Judgment of Nuremberg .

From 1963 until his retirement, Hennings worked for television as deputy head of equipment at Hessischer Rundfunk . For this station he designed both the sets for entertainment shows ( One will win , Zum Blauen Bock ) and for television games (for example the multi-part series Parkstrasse 13 , 1960, and The Winter That Was a Summer , 1976).

Filmography (feature films)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 634.

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personal data
SURNAME Hennings, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennings, Albrecht Fritz Karl Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect of the Adenauer era
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Warnemünde