Erich Nitzschmann
Erich Nitzschmann (born February 13, 1901 in Danzig ; † January 16, 1980 in Potsdam ) was a German cameraman .
Life
On February 15, 1916, he began training as a camera assistant at Decla-Bioscop, the predecessor of the Babelsberg film studio , which he completed on December 15, 1919. He was camera assistant until September 1, 1920, then second cameraman until 1925.
In this role, Nitzschmann was involved in many important productions of the time, including Dr. Mabuse, the player , The Nibelungs , Metropolis and The Last Man . In Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod , he was responsible for the recordings in the old German part.
From 1926 he was chief cameraman, but was unable to make a name for himself and worked again as a camera assistant at Tobis from 1930 until August 31, 1941 , only in 1936 he was one of many cameramen who were available to Leni Riefenstahl for her two-part Olympia .
From September 1941 he was again an independent cameraman at Tobis until he was drafted into the Air Force as a driver in March 1944. He became an American prisoner of war, from which he was released in July 1945.
In 1946, Nitzschmann joined DEFA, which had been founded shortly before . He filmed articles for her newsreel Der Augenzeuge and received the first Heinrich Greif Prize, 1st class, with others on May 25, 1951 . This was followed by numerous documentaries that were all about state ideology and particularly showed SED party conferences, youth meetings, state acts and state-controlled mass demonstrations. By 1960 he made over 25 films of this type.
He then worked again as a newsreel cameraman and was a member of the collective responsible for recordings at the State Council of the GDR . In 1965 he left DEFA because of invalidity.
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of films , Volume 5, Berlin 2001
Web links
- Erich Nitzschmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nitzschmann, Erich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1980 |
Place of death | Potsdam |