Conrad Flockner

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Conrad Flockner (born May 8, 1891 in Solingen ; † December 2, 1963 in Berlin ) was a German film producer , production and production manager .

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Flockner had completed training as a businessman and then decided to work as an actor. His first major engagement took him to the Berlin Theater des Westens in 1918 , and in 1926 he also appeared in the film ( I had a comrade ).

Since 1924 he has been active for the cinema, first as a production assistant and location manager . Although Flockner was occasionally allowed to work as a production manager, he mainly remained production manager until 1938 - most recently for Majestic-Film, which took him on as production and line manager. After the Majestic was dissolved in 1941, Conrad Flockner was hired by the Tobis state company .

After 1945, Flockner hired himself primarily as a dubbing director or producer of dubbed versions of foreign films; In this role he was also involved in the German version of Carol Reed's classic film The Third Man . Flockner continued to work as a production manager (for Berlin and Munich companies). Under his direction, high-quality cinema equipment such as Fireworks , Hotel Adlon and the ambitiously worn politician biography Stresemann , Flockner's last feature film, was created.

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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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 25.

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personal data
SURNAME Flockner, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer, production and production manager
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1963
Place of death Berlin