Erwin Kreker

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Erwin Theodor Godehard Kreker (born February 23, 1907 in Hildesheim , † October 8, 1966 in Wiesbaden ) was a German screenwriter , film director and production manager .

Live and act

The son of a government official had studied law and economics at the university and then worked as a journalist and newspaper editor. In his 20s, Kreker began to write manuscripts for films and publish his own plays. His (mostly cheerful) theatrical works include “Celebrities in private”, “The Magician”, “The Divorce Lawyer”, “The Honest Loser” and “Frau Sperling's Raritätenladen” - the latter Kreker play was co-authored in 1997 by colleague Horst Pillau for television Heidi Kabel adapted in the lead role.

Erwin Kreker wrote only 15 scripts for the feature film - always in collaboration with colleagues - including two late Harry Piel sensation stories. In addition, from 1947 to 1949 he was the author of a number of advertising and documentary films for DEFA , some of which were also directed by Kreker and supervised as production manager. He was hardly active in the feature film after 1945. The Hildesheim native and Domnick also provided the accompanying commentary for Hans Domnick's two-part travel film Traumstrasse der Welt in 1958.

Filmography

as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated

  • 1936: Men before marriage
  • 1936: The funny widows ball
  • 1937: Not a word of love
  • 1937: My wife, the pearl
  • 1938: Concert in Tyrol
  • 1938: Small district court
  • 1938: people, animals, sensations
  • 1939: Parkstrasse 19
  • 1941: Before becoming a husband
  • 1942: Three great girls
  • 1943: The bars were blown
  • 1947: Whistle Concert (short documentary, also direction and production management)
  • 1948: Energie (short documentary, also directing and production management)
  • 1948: It's in your hands (short documentary, also direction and production management)
  • 1948: The Most Precious Good (short documentary, also direction and production management)
  • 1949: Leuna - small town, big deed (short documentary film, also direction and production management)
  • 1949: 750 years of Mansfeld (short documentary, also direction and production management)
  • 1951; Help, i'm invisible
  • 1952: Keep your eyes open in traffic (short documentary film)
  • 1954: The sanatorium was totally crazy
  • 1957: Two sailors on the mountain pasture

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 904.

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personal data
SURNAME Kreker, Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreker, Erwin Theodor Godehard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German screenwriter, film director and production manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1966
Place of death Wiesbaden