Anton Weber (director)

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Anton Weber , also called Toni Weber or Antoine Weber (born August 30, 1904 in Bollschweil ; † June 4, 1979 in Fréland , Alsace, France), was a German film architect , director , screenwriter and photographer.

Life

Anton Weber, born in 1904 in Bollschweil near Freiburg im Breisgau , studied painting with Karl Hubbuch in Karlsruhe , where he also worked on the editorial team of the artist magazine Zakpo . From 1931 he was married to the artist Marta Kuhn-Weber .

In 1934 he began training as a film architect with Robert Herlth in Berlin . From 1936 to 1945 Weber was responsible for the construction of numerous Ufa productions, including La Habanera by Detlef Sierck and Unter den Brücken by Helmut Käutner .

After the war he worked in Freiburg im Breisgau - often under a pseudonym - as a short film director and author of radio plays . In 1965 he moved to Fréland in the Alsatian Vosges, where he developed new photographic concepts under the stage name Antoine Weber in collaboration with the actress Edith Lechtape ( laboratoire imagier ).

Exhibitions

  • 2002: Cross Over - interfaces between photography and painting , Volksbad Buckau (Magdeburg), April 20–9. June 2002
  • 2005: Artist gallery: Anton Weber , Filmmuseum Potsdam, February 17–16. May 2005

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1950–1952: Water, the myth of an element
  • 1951: In the magical land of love
  • 1958: An adventurous journey
  • 1960: from head to head
  • 1961: old iron
  • 1962: A summer afternoon
  • 1963: Building the Illusions

production

script

  • Building the Illusions (1962/1963)
  • A summer afternoon (1961/1962)
  • Old Iron (1961)
  • Head to Head (1960)
  • After the rain, the sun shines (1949)

cut

  • Building the Illusions (1962/1963)
  • Adventurous Journey (1958)
  • Water, the myth of an element (1950–1952)

Scenes

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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 290.
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (Ed.): Anton Weber. The art photographer. Radio play and portrait shots . Schellerten 2004, ISBN 3-88842-025-3 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (ed.): Anton Weber (1904–1979) - film architect at UFA . Schellerten 2005, ISBN 3-88842-030-X .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (Ed.): Sun shines after rain. A film production by Alexander Krafft and Anton Weber . Schellerten 2005, ISBN 3-88842-031-8 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast: Helmut Käutner - Under the bridges. 1944/45 . Schellerten 2007, ISBN 978-3-88842-033-7 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast: Helmut Käutner - In those days. 1947 . Schellerten 2007, ISBN 978-3-88842-034-4 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (Ed.): Eve of Destruction. There is war outside, inside too . Schellerten 2005, ISBN 3-88842-029-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Exhibition by Anton Weber in the Filmmuseum Potsdam from February 17th to May 16th 2005
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Toni; Weber, Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect, director and artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Bollschweil
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1979
Place of death Fréland , Alsace, France