Fritz Lück

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fritz Lück (born December 20, 1880 in Berlin , † April 8, 1967 in Geretsried ) was a German film architect , set designer and painter .

Life

After completing his training as a theater painter and set designer at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and the Academy, Lück began to work as a painter in 1898. Years later he began to turn to the stage and became a set painter. In 1916 he was engaged by the Paderborn City Theater for one season. After his military service in 1917/18, Lück was brought to the German-speaking stage in Rigas as an artistic advisor towards the end of 1918. In 1919/20 he worked in the same position and as a painter at Jena's Kammerspiele. From the early 1920s Fritz Lück worked primarily at theaters in Berlin ( state theater ), and in 1924/25 he was also employed as an artistic advisor at the Brandenburg City Theater.

Apart from a few sets of scenes, which he carried out between 1922 and 1925 based on designs by Walter Reimann and some later works as a painter for the sound film (for example with Reinhold Schünzel's Land of Love , 1937, and Curt Goetz 's Napoleon is to blame for everything , 1938), Lück stayed away from the cinema as a production designer until shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Since then, he has continued to be active in an executive function and until the end of the war worked mainly with his important colleagues Fritz Maurischat and Heinrich Weidemann . During this time he also took part in the last four productions by Herbert Selpin .

Now based in Grünwald just outside Munich , Fritz Lück worked closely with his respected colleague Hans Sohnle after 1945 . Lück did his most remarkable post-war work in 1954 together with Hein Heckroth , when he designed the sets for Helmut Käutner's monarch psychogram Ludwig II . At the age of 80, Fritz Lück retired from the film business.

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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 127.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Luck, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect, set designer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1967
Place of death Geretsried