Bruno Moons
Bruno Monden (born April 6, 1900 in Berlin ; † July 5, 1980 in Munich ) was a German film architect and set painter .
Life
After graduating from primary school, Monden trained as a theater painter and then worked as a painter in the theater and film (the 1937/38 productions Dangerous Game, Marriage Trickster, Dance on the Volcano and Adventure in Love ). In 1941/42 he assisted fellow film architects at Rembrandt and Sophienlund and then worked briefly until 1945 at the side of his colleague Karl Machus as the second (= executive) architect.
Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Monden finally switched to the profession of film architect. In this position he worked, initially alongside his experienced colleagues Otto Hunte and Hermann Warm , on three central DEFA productions, including the first German post-war film The Murderers Are Among Us . With the concentration camp escape drama Morituri , Monden began his work for West German production companies at the end of 1947. In the 1950s, he was usually supported by the architect Franz Bi , and later by the young colleague Wolf Englert . Monden was mostly responsible for the execution of the scenery designs by Bis and Englert as well as for all painting activities.
Most recently, Monden had mainly worked as an outfitter for television. Towards the end of his career, he was also active as an assistant to Wolf Englert in the extremely successful ZDF crime series Der Kommissar . At the age of 70, Moons retired.
Filmography
- 1937: The Katzensteg
- 1938: The stars shine
- 1944: The angel with the strings
- 1946: The murderers are among us
- 1946: raid
- 1947: Wozzeck
- 1948: Morituri
- 1949: tragedy of a passion
- 1949: royal children
- 1950: King for one night
- 1950: The Eternal Game
- 1950: land of longing
- 1951: Longing of the heart
- 1952: heart of the world
- 1952: Cuba Cabana
- 1952: The white-blue lion
- 1953: Arlette conquers Paris
- 1953: me and you
- 1953: Street Serenade
- 1954: a woman of today
- 1954: Your Highness ask
- 1954: Eternal Waltz
- 1955: André and Ursula
- 1955: novel by a seventeen year old
- 1956: The whole world just sings Amore
- 1957: Father, our best piece
- 1958: A piece of heaven
- 1958: The green devils of Monte Cassino
- 1958: restless night
- 1958: heroes
- 1959: The fiery red baroness
- 1959: With blonde Kathrein
- 1959: The Truth About Rosemary
- 1959: The Naked and Satan
- 1959: My darling, come with me to the blue sea
- 1960: The angry young men
- 1960: Conny and Peter make music
- 1960: Bridge of Fate
- 1960: Agatha, stop killing!
- 1961: Mrs. Cheney's end
- 1962: Promise Street
- 1963: always on weekdays
- 1964: Password: Herons
- 1964: Don't tell me anything
- 1965: The pious Helene
- 1965: I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat
- 1965/70: Das Kriminalmuseum (TV series, two episodes)
- 1967: When Ludwig goes into maneuver
- 1969/70: The Commissioner (TV series)
- 1970: the females
- 1970: girl at the gynecologist
Awards
- 1963: Federal Film Award for The Black-White-Red Four-Poster Bed (Best Film Architecture - together with Max Mellin and Jürgen Rose )
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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 510.
Web links
- Bruno moons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bruno Monden at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Moons, Bruno |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1980 |
Place of death | Munich |