Franz Rath
Franz Rath (born June 22, 1932 in Eltville am Rhein ) is a German cameraman .
Life
Rath began as a camera assistant in the early 1950s and was part of the team of three cameramen in 1952 for the biography The obedient rebel about Martin Luther . Since 1957 he was employed by television, later he worked as a freelancer.
As head cameraman from 1961 he made documentary and industrial films . He became known in 1966 with Volker Schlöndorff's The Young Törless , which was also Rath's first full-length feature film. Later he was repeatedly behind the camera in productions by Margarethe von Trottas . Rath received significant awards for his performance in various artistically ambitious works. In addition, he also filmed less demanding productions and series.
Filmography
- 1952: The obedient rebel
 - 1966: The young Törless
 - 1967: murder and manslaughter
 - 1967: Mike Bluebeard
 - 1968: Attempts That Never End (industrial film)
 - 1971: The pot
 - 1971: The sudden wealth of the poor people of Kombach
 - 1971: Crime scene: Kressin stops the Nordexpress (TV series)
 - 1972: Novellas from the Wild West (series)
 - 1972: The Widows or A Perfect Solution
 - 1972: Students on the scaffold
 - 1972: Ferdy and Ferdinand
 - 1972: hot and cold
 - 1974: Overnight in Tyrol
 - 1976: Konrad Steiner's sudden loneliness
 - 1976: Young W.
 - 1977: The Weilburg cadet murder
 - 1977: Cella or Die Überwinder
 - 1977: Probation period
 - 1978: The second awakening of Christa Klages
 - 1979: Andreas Vöst
 - 1979: Sisters or The Balance of Happiness
 - 1980: Svabica
 - 1981: the inventor
 - 1981: The lead time
 - 1981: Country air
 - 1982: Pilgrim, Farewell
 - 1982: Meeting point at the airport
 - 1982: war and peace
 - 1984: The Neverending Story (2nd camera)
 - 1984: Haunted
 - 1984: Sigi, the street sweeper
 - 1984: man with no memory
 - 1986: Rosa Luxemburg
 - 1986: Of Pure Blood
 - 1987: Hatschipuh
 - 1987: The Invisible One
 - 1988: Felix
 - 1988: The Bertinis (multi-part)
 - 1989: Mrs. Berta Garlan
 - 1989: Last summer in Kreuzberg
 - 1989: Two Munich residents in Hamburg (series)
 - 1989: a scary career
 - 1990: Crime scene: medicine men
 - 1991: Anna Göldin - Last Witch
 - 1991: It would be good that a person were killed for the people
 - 1991: dead letters
 - 1992: The fear will remain
 - 1992: Unruly Victoria
 - 1994: Black intervenes (TV series, episode Eye for an Eye )
 - 1995: The Promise
 - 1996: The murderer and the whore
 - 1997: winter flower
 - 1998: The King of St. Pauli (multi-part)
 - 1999: dark days
 - 1999: Sperling (TV series, episode Sperling and the false friend )
 - 1999: The revenge of Carola Waas
 - 2000: anniversaries (multi-part)
 - 2001: All My Daughters (series)
 - 2003: Rosenstrasse
 - 2003: Secret Stories
 - 2004: Casanova
 - 2005: The other way around
 - 2006: St. Matthew Passion
 - 2007: Disturbance - and a kind of poetry. The film legend Bernhard Wicki
 - 2007: The ferry master
 
Awards
- 1967: Gold film tape in the category of best camera work for murder and manslaughter
 - 1969: German Industrial Film Prize for attempts that never end
 - 1996: German Camera Prize for The Promise
 - 2003: German Camera Prize: Appointment as an honorary cameraman
 - 2004: Bavarian Film Prize 2003 in the camera category for Rosenstrasse
 
Web links
- Franz Rath in the Internet Movie Database (English)
 - Franz Rath at filmportal.de
 
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rath, Franz | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1932 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eltville on the Rhine |