Erwin Gitt

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Erwin Paul Oskar Gitt (born February 17, 1910 in Berlin ; † August 12, 1975 in Grünwald ) was a German film production and line producer .

Gitt completed a commercial apprenticeship and attended the higher textile and advertising school in Berlin. He then worked as an export businessman, manager and production assistant on the Terra film .

After the end of the war, he worked in the German film industry as a production manager or executive producer from 1947 , initially for Heinz Rühmann's Comedia Film. Gitt, also called "Papa", was involved in several successful Rialto Film productions in the 1960s as production manager , in which novels by Edgar Wallace and Karl May were adapted.

After shooting the Ganghofer film adaptation of The Edelweiss King , Gitt died of a heart attack during his subsequent vacation. On the forest cemetery Grünwald near Munich, he was buried.

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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. 275.

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SURNAME Gitt, Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gitt, Erwin Paul Oskar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film production and line producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1975
Place of death Grünwald