Alexander Sawczynski
Alexander Sawczynski (born January 15, 1924 in Vienna ; † December 6, 1985 there ) was an Austrian film architect .
Life
Sawczynski had started to work as a painter and sculptor during his apprenticeship in the middle of the Second World War and in this context also gained his first experience in film (also in 1942 with the romance " Sommerliebe ").
It was not until 1953 that he began to work regularly as a film architect, the following year the director Ernst Marischka brought him in and initially appointed him as assistant to the experienced production designer Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff . Sawczynski assisted this colleague with a number of extremely elaborate, costume and set-rich furnishing and historical materials, including the Sissi trilogy. Since 1955, when he was hired by the most important production company in Austria, Sascha-Film , Sawczynski was named as an equal film architect under the direction of his mentor Jüptner-Jonstorff. In this context, he was also involved in setting the last Sissi film Sissi - Fateful Years of an Empress and various other productions (until 1958) with Karlheinz Böhm and Romy Schneider .
When Sascha film production ceased in 1965, Sawczynski's cooperation with Jüptner-Jonstorff largely ended. While his teacher was still sporadically designing film structures for domestic and German cinema projects, Alexander Sawczynski withdrew from the industry towards the end of the decade. He died shortly before his 62nd birthday.
Filmography (selection)
- 1953: once without worry
- 1953: You are the world to me
- 1954: Girlhood of a Queen (only assistance)
- 1955: The German Masters (only assistance)
- 1955: Sissi (only assistance)
- 1955: Crown Prince Rudolf's last love
- 1956: When Poldi moves into maneuvers (maneuver twin)
- 1956: Lies have pretty legs
- 1956: Sissi - The Young Empress (only assistance)
- 1957: broken pieces bring luck (seven years of bad luck)
- 1957: The winemaker from Langenlois
- 1957: The dear family
- 1957: Sissi - fateful years of an empress
- 1958: The Dreimäderlhaus (only assistance)
- 1958: The Radetzky March sounds high
- 1958: beloved beast
- 1958: The magic of clothing
- 1959: I'm not a Casanova
- 1959: Twelve girls and one man
- 1959: If only my big brother only knew
- 1960: My niece doesn't
- 1960: Criminal Tango
- 1960: Everything goes better with raspberry spirit
- 1961: The adventures of Count Bobby
- 1961: Young people need love
- 1961: Mariandl
- 1961: Season in Salzburg
- 1961: The bat
- 1962: The sweet life of Count Bobby
- 1962: The Merry Widow
- 1962: Mariandl's homecoming
- 1962: wedding night in paradise
- 1963: The model boy
- 1963: Charley's aunt
- 1963: An alibi breaks
- 1963: Schweik's flail years
- 1964: Help, my bride steals
- 1965: This is my Vienna
- 1968: Thunderstorm! Thunderstorm! Bonifatius Kiesewetter
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1472 (only filmography).
Web links
- Alexander Sawczynski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alexander Sawczynski at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sawczynski, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1985 |
| Place of death | Vienna |