Franz Seemann
Franz L. Seemann (born August 3, 1887 in Berlin , † December 19, 1963 in Los Angeles , United States ) was a German architect and film architect of the 1920s.
Live and act
Seemann came to film after his artistic training and military service at the beginning of the Weimar Republic . In the 1920s he designed an abundance of film structures for predominantly secondary productions. In this decade he worked until the end of the silent film era a. a. with the directors Johannes Guter , Richard Oswald , Ludwig Berger , Viktor Janson , Rudolf Meinert , Constantin J. David , Fred Sauer , Erich Schönfelder , Franz Osten and Richard Eichberg . He also directed the short film documentary Head Cold - Feet Warm in 1928. After the kidnapping story from the underworld " blackmailer ", Seemann withdrew from the film business in 1929 and worked from then on as an architect.
Classified as a so-called "full Jew" by the National Socialists , Franz Seemann was no longer able to continue working in Germany from 1933 onwards. He finally emigrated to the USA, where he was naturalized in 1955. The exact activities of the Berliner, who lives in California as Franz Seeman , are not known.
Filmography
- 1920: The woman in heaven
- 1920: Johannes Goth
- 1920: moles
- 1920: The Tophar mummy
- 1921: The murder on Green Street
- 1921: driving force
- 1921: The novel by Christine von Herre
- 1922: The stowaway
- 1922: His is the judgment
- 1922: The fortune teller
- 1923: The vagabond
- 1923: Dudu, a human fate
- 1924: The Bacchante
- 1925: The old ballroom
- 1926: The poor on the street
- 1926: Those persecuted by fate
- 1926: The victory of the youth
- 1927: The king of the center forwards
- 1927: The glowing alley
- 1927: Dr. Bessel's transformation
- 1927: Men before marriage
- 1928: the beaver fur
- 1928: The Lady in Black
- 1928: Head cold - feet warm (short film, also director)
- 1928: The girl from the revue
- 1929: blackmailer
literature
- Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 608.
Web links
- Franz Seemann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Franz Seemann at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seemann, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seemann, Franz L .; Seeman, Franz (in the USA) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1963 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , United States |