Emil Hasler

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Emil Hasler (born November 8, 1901 in Berlin ; † January 15, 1986 there ) was a German set designer .

Life

After finishing school, Emil Hasler accepted an apprenticeship as a theater painter and set designer at the Royal Art School in Berlin. From 1919 he was a stage painter in film studios and, as an assistant, he painted the sets for Ernst Lubitsch's Die Bergkatze (1921), Robert Wienes I.NRI (1923) and Ewald André Dupont's Varieté (1925), among others .

From 1927 to 1933 he worked as a set designer on several artistically important German films. Together with Karl Vollbrecht and Otto Hunte , he was the film architect of the Fritz Lang films Frau im Mond , M and Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse . Hasler designed the scenic space with Hunte in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel and with Ernő Metzner he worked for Diary a Lost by Georg Wilhelm Pabst .

From 1933 he was the outfitter of countless entertainment films. He made his first color film equipment for Münchhausen (1943). After the war, Hasler worked briefly for DEFA - Die Buntkarierten ( Kurt Maetzig , 1949) and The Cold Heart ( Paul Verhoeven , 1950). He then worked in West Germany until the 1960s, from 1962 to 1968 for television.

Awards

In 1976 Emil Hasler was awarded the Gold Filmband for many years of outstanding work in German film.

Filmography (selection)

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. 561.

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personal data
SURNAME Hasler, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German production designer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1986
Place of death Berlin , Germany