Bohumil Heš

Bohumil Heš , mostly known as Gottlieb Hesch in Germany (* July 12, 1889 in Prague , Austria-Hungary ; † March 16, 1970 there ), was a Czechoslovakian film architect for German and Czech films.

Live and act

Nothing is known about the origin and education of Bohumil Heš at the moment. At the beginning of the 1920s he appeared in German silent film and was involved in the creation of film structures of variously important productions, including classics such as Nju (alongside Paul Rieth ) and Die Büchse der Pandora (alongside Andrej Andrejew ). Heš also contributed the costumes for the latter film. In view of the great success of Pandora's Box , Heš returned to his homeland in the Czech Republic in 1929 during the transition from silent to sound films and was one of the leading set designers in domestic film for the next ten years. The "scandal" ecstasy , the operetta film Poland Blood with Anny Ondra and the sweet dog story Das Gäßchen zum Paradies with Hans Moser also fell during this time .

During the time of the German occupation and the defeat of Czechoslovakia (March 1939 to May 1945), Bohumil Heš, who had to call himself Gottlieb Hesch as a result of the Nazi re-Germanization, stayed in Prague and continued his film architect work for Reich German productions made there into In the spring of 1945. Apparently, Heš / Hesch feared the revenge of his compatriots because of his collaboration and fled with the Germans back to the Allied Reich in 1945. In West Germany, Heš only got one more opportunity, in 1950, to produce the buildings for a (now Federal Republican) film production in Munich-Geiselgasteig. During this time, proof of his residence in Passau must be provided. Apparently Heš later returned to his homeland (which had since become communist), where he died in 1970.

Filmography

1922: Mignon
1923: The midnight train
1924: Nju
1928: Those from the Scholle are
1928: Pandora's box
1929: Svatý Václav
1929: Pasák holek
1930: Opeřené stíny
1930: Your boy (also Czech verse: Když struny lkaji)
1931: Loupežník
1932: ecstasy
1933: The luck of Grinzing
1933: S vyloučením veřejnosti
1934: Polish blood
1934: Rozpustilá noc
1935: Hrdina jedné noci
1936: The alley to paradise
1936: Jízdní hlídka
1936: Port Arthur (French verse only)
1937: Žena na rozcestí
1937: Ze všech jediná
1937: Lízin let do nebe
1937: Leap into happiness
1938: address unknown
1938: Stříbrná oblaka
1938: Umlčené rty
1939: Nevinná
1939: Tulák Macoun
1939: Mořská panna
1939: Ulice zpívá
1940: Prosím, pane profesore!
1940: Madla zpívá Evropě
1940: Pro kamaráda
1940: Píseň lásky
1941: Prednosta stanice
1941: Tetička
1941: Rukavička
1942: Velká přehrada
1942: A train leaves
1943: His best role
1943: Seven letters
1944: Destiny on the river
1945: the big case
1950: The stars don't lie

literature

International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) (Ed.): International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film. Vol. 4: Germany (from the beginnings to 1945). KG Saur, Munich-New York-London-Paris 1984, p. 161.

Individual evidence

↑ Bohumil Heš on filmovyprehled.cz
^ Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorfs international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 658.

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personal data
SURNAME	Heš, Bohumil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hesch, Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czechoslovak film architect for German and Czech films
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	March 16, 1970
Place of death	Prague , Austria-Hungary

[1] Bohumil Heš on filmovyprehled.cz

[2] Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorfs international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 658.