Erich Kettelhut

Erich Kettelhut (born November 1, 1893 in Berlin , † March 13, 1979 in Hamburg ) was a German stage and set designer.

Life

Gravestone of the Kettelhut family in the Ohlsdorf cemetery

Kettelhut completed an apprenticeship as a stage painter at the Städtische Oper Berlin and then worked in Aachen, among other places. In 1919 he began working as a film architect for Joe May's production company. Together with Martin Jacoby-Boy as well as Otto Hunte and Karl Vollbrecht , he designed the buildings for the exotic eight-part film series The Mistress of the World (1919) and both parts The Indian Tomb (1921). In the 1920s, Kettelhut worked several times for Fritz Lang , who was previously employed by May as a screenwriter. The impressive buildings for the Fritz Lang films Dr. Mabuse, the player , The Nibelungsand Metropolis were significantly shaped by him, as well as the buildings of the Hans Albers films Bombs on Monte Carlo and FP1 does not answer . Kettelhut worked as a lecturer at the German Film Academy in Babelsberg . He was awarded the gold film ribbon in 1968 .

Kettelhut was married to the costume designer Aenne Willkomm .

His grave is located in the main cemetery Ohlsdorf in Hamburg , grid square H 8 (north of Bergstrasse ).

Erich Kettelhut: Der Schatten des Architekten Edited by Werner Sudendorf, Belleville, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-936298-55-0

personal data
SURNAME	Kettelhut, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German film architect and set designer (production designer)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1979
Place of death	Hamburg