Ernst H. Albrecht

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Ernst Helmut Albrecht (born September 9, 1906 in Leipzig ; † October 25, 1982 in Seeheim-Jugenheim ) was a German film architect with a long career in top-class cinema productions, and at the same time one of the busiest production designers for domestic films.

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Albrecht learned his trade from 1925, among others, from the film architects Walter Reimann and Paul Leni ; as an assistant he was involved, for example, in the creation of GW Pabst's masterpiece Die joudlose Gasse . From 1927 to 1934 he was employed as an interior designer.

At the side of Erich Kettelhut , Albrecht rose to become a simple film architect in a Fritsch / Harvey drama ( Black Roses ) in 1935 . The following year, the turbulent, lively Fritsch-Harvey comedy Glückskinder was a great success . From 1937 on, he took sole responsibility and equipped top productions with female UFA top stars such as Zarah Leander ( Zu neue Ufern , La Habanera ) and Marika Rökk ( Hello Janine , I love me ). Albrecht was also involved in three French films made in Berlin in 1938 .

Immediately after the end of the war, Ernst Albrecht caught up with the film scene in West Berlin with the first film, Tell the Truth , shot with a West license , but until the end of his career due to illness in 1970 he had to deal largely with secondary tasks - melodramas, comedies, homeland and war films - to be satisfied. Most recently, he was brought to series productions ( Jerry Cotton , St. Pauli and Heintje films) on several occasions , which were very popular with cinema audiences.

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  • 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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 56.

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