Arthur von Schwertführer

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Arthur Edler von Schwertführer (born February 3, 1891 in Leoben , Styria , Austria-Hungary , † March 13, 1967 in Wiesbaden , Germany ) was an Austrian cameraman for German film.

Life

The son of a major general retired from Styria. D. had initially continued the family tradition and served as an air officer at a young age. During this time he also tried his hand at photography for the first time and provided his state clients with surveying and series photographs. When a large number of professional officers had to be released into private life after the end of the First World War , Schwertführer attended the Higher Technical School for Photography in Munich from 1919 and learned everything about photo chemistry and photo technology. This was followed by a further two and a half year training as a portrait photographer and cinema technician.

Schwertführer gained his first practical experience in the film business at the beginning of the 1920s in a photocopier, a little later he photographed his first feature film in Munich. Arthur von Schwertführer was behind the camera in only a few feature films, and despite a number of well-known directors (including Kurt Bernhardt , Jaap Speyer and Géza von Bolváry ), none of these productions are of above-average importance.

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power, the cameraman left the industry and moved to the cine camera manufacturer Eugen Bauer GmbH as sales manager . In 1940, the nearly 50-year-old swordsman had himself reactivated and served as a major in the Air Force until the end of the war. After his release from captivity, Arthur von Schwertführer opened his own studio for color photography and began making documentaries.

Filmography

  • 1923: Dr. Sacrobosco, the great sinister
  • 1924: The tragedy of the dishonored
  • 1925: The love of the Bajadere
  • 1926: Our Emden
  • 1927: Climbing maxi
  • 1927: The king of the center forwards
  • 1927: Richthofen, the red knight of the air
  • 1928: the fates of girls
  • 1928: The last fort
  • 1928: The Law of the Black Mountains
  • 1929: The white night
  • 1929: Explosive excavator 1010
  • 1930: Moritz makes his fortune
  • 1934: We park wherever we like
  • 1934: triumph of will
  • 1950: Our Steel Big (short documentary)

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personal data
SURNAME Swordsman, Arthur von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swordsman, Arthur Edler von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Leoben , Styria , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1967
Place of death Wiesbaden , Germany