Friedrich Wilhelm Gaik

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Friedrich Wilhelm Gaik (born December 9, 1896 in Berlin ; † June 4, 1982 ibid) was a German film producer , production and production group leader.

Life

Gaik had studied theology and economics and initially worked as a bank clerk at a bank (most recently as an authorized signatory ). At the end of the 1920s, he gained his first experience as a production manager abroad ( England and Norway ). In 1929 he returned to Berlin, worked for a short time as a production manager for “Memento-Film” and a little later founded his own production company, “ Algefa ”, which released feature length films from 1935 onwards.

At the same time, he and his Russian-born colleague Serge Otzoup worked together in a company to ensure that those Austrian films that were to be approved for export to the German Reich complied with the German quota regulations as part of a German-Austrian agreement. This was especially true for the required Aryan proof of all those involved in these productions. After the remaining private film companies merged to form Berlin-Film , Gaik was appointed production group leader in 1942.

After the end of the war he initially worked as an importer and exporter of films. In 1952, Gaik re-founded "Algefa" and until 1955 again produced his own productions. Gaik productions were consistently the lightest-weight entertaining food: operetta-like musical romances and noble schnulzers, and finally a little more serious material. The producer showed no artistic ambitions.

Filmography

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. 168.

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personal data
SURNAME Gaik, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer, production and production group leader
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1982
Place of death Berlin