Erich Waschneck
Erich Johannes Waschneck (born April 29, 1887 in Grimma ; † September 22, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German cameraman , director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
The son of master blacksmith Karl Hermann Waschneck and his wife Therese Emilie, née Schneider, went to the Leipzig Art Academy after graduating from high school and initially studied painting. From 1907 he came into contact with the film industry when he began to paint posters for the medium. He then worked as a still photographer and later as a camera assistant for cameraman Fritz Arno Wagner .
In 1921 he worked as a cameraman for the adaptation of the fairy tale Der kleine Muck by Wilhelm Hauff .
From 1924 he also worked as a director. His film Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) received the gold medal at the Venice Film Festival . In 1932 he became managing director of Fanal-Film GmbH in Berlin and a film producer. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Waschneck joined the National Socialist company cell organization of German-born film directors on April 4, 1933 . In 1940 he made the anti-Semitic propaganda film The Rothschilds .
After the end of the war, Waschneck could only direct two films.
He was married to the actress Karin Hardt from 1933 . Waschneck was buried in the old Wannsee cemetery.
Filmography
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Web links
- deutsches-filminstitut.de
- Erich Waschneck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 645.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Waschneck, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waschneck, Erich Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimma |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1970 |
| Place of death | Berlin |