Fritz Maurischat

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Artur Georg Fritz Maurischat (born April 27, 1893 in Berlin ; † December 11, 1986 in Wiesbaden ) was a German set designer .

Life

From 1907 to 1910 Fritz Maurischat trained as a stage painter at the Berlin company Nikolai, Janowitz & Co. From 1910 to 1914 he worked on theaters in Dresden. During the First World War he served as a soldier and was most recently a non-commissioned officer.

After the war he found a job as an equipment consultant for the department store chain Hermann Tietz . From 1922 he worked for the film, where he carried out the designs of established set designers. From 1926 he was responsible for the design himself, but Maurischat often worked with other film architects. In addition, he created the decorations for the variety theater "Die Gondel" in Berlin.

As a competent specialist, he was used by a wide variety of producers, he cooperated with directors such as Frank Wysbar , Luis Trenker , Detlef Sierck and Herbert Selpin . In the anti-British propaganda film Titanic , the trick-skilled Maurischat effectively staged the sinking of the giant ship.

After the end of the war he traded in old materials for reconstruction for a while, until he was able to return to film in 1948. He also worked as a set designer for the Theater in der Josefstadt and the Renaissance Theater . Since 1920 he was married to Anna Lilienthal.

Awards

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. 345 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Maurischat, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maurischat, Artur Georg Fritz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German production designer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1986
Place of death Wiesbaden