Eberhard Meichsner
Eberhard Meichsner (born November 20, 1914 in Cologne ; † August 10, 2001 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German film production manager .
biography
Meichsner attended an art college and at the beginning of the Third Reich completed an acting training at the National Theater in Weimar . Until 1937 he worked as an actor and assistant director, then he went to the Munich production company Bavaria , where Meichsner became head of the culture and short film department.
From 1940 to 1942 Eberhard Meichsner was production group leader at two Prague film companies. After his military service he resumed his work as a production manager, this time for West German and Berlin companies. Meichsner was initially production manager for several Veit Harlan productions and films by Paul May , including the popular 08/15 trilogy, in 1958 also for Fritz Lang's double feature The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb, and then for some of the travel and wanderlusts -Sog with Freddy Quinn . At the beginning of the 1960s he was in charge of the production of thrillers with scary elements as well as two subsidiary works from the Karl May film series.
Most of Meichsner's production managements were films from the CCC production company owned by Berlin producer Artur Brauner and KG DIVINA-FILM GmbH & Co. owned by Ilse Kubaschewski , which was also the owner of Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG .
His son is the cameraman Rüdiger Meichsner .
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: jealousy is a passion (short film)
- 1952: I'm waiting for you
- 1953: Stars over Colombo
- 1953: The Maharaja's Prisoner
- 1954: 08/15
- 1954: betrayal of Germany
- 1955: 08/15 - During the war
- 1955: 08/15 - At home
- 1956: Because you are poor, you have to die earlier
- 1956: Where the old forests rustle
- 1956: Cherries in the neighbor's garden
- 1956: The old forester's house
- 1957: White elder
- 1957: Blue today and blue tomorrow
- 1958: homeless
- 1958: The tiger of Esnapur
- 1958: The Indian tomb
- 1959: Heimat - your songs
- 1960: The way is long
- 1960: The crook and the good Lord
- 1960: City without pity
- 1961: Reversed life
- 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire
- 1962: The phone went off at night
- 1962: The bird dealer
- 1963: The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
- 1963: Piccadilly zero twelve
- 1964: The death rays of Dr. Mabuse
- 1965: Through wild Kurdistan
- 1965: In the realm of the silver lion
- 1967: pairings
- 1969: The go-go girl from the blow-up
- 1970: Dracula chases Frankenstein
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. 372.
Web links
- Eberhard Meichsner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meichsner, Eberhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film production manager |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2001 |
Place of death | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |