Alfred Norkus

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Alfred Norkus (born April 21, 1901 in Danzig , Germany , † 1982 in Austria ) was a German-Austrian sound engineer who worked mainly for Austrian films .

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Norkus attended secondary school and then went to a technical college for further training. In 1930 he joined the sound film industry and was employed by Tobis , but in the same year went to Vienna with a sound film machine. From then on, the Austrian capital was to be the center of his life.

In a creative period of over three decades, Norkus was in charge of around 150 films as chief sound engineer, mostly Austrian productions. He only stayed in Germany permanently between 1937 and 1939. Since the outbreak of war in 1939, Norkus was responsible for the sound of central productions by Willi Forst ( operetta , Wiener Blut ) and Gustav Ucicky (like his postmaster production from 1940). In addition, he was responsible for the sound of both the last major Viennese production before the end of the war (Forsts Wiener Mädeln ) and the first Austrian post-war film ( Der weite Weg ).

Norkus took Austrian citizenship in 1948 and worked as a sound engineer until his 60th birthday. He then retired, but continued to live in Vienna. On June 15, 1982 he was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Filmography

literature

  • Ludwig Gesek : Small Lexicon of Austrian Films , p. 43, Vienna 1959
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 1216 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Norkus, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Gdansk , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 1982
Place of death Austria