Fritz Willi Krohn

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Fritz Willi Krohn , often run as FW Krohn (born May 8, 1898 in Annaberg , Saxony , † September 27, 1944 in Karlsbad , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ) was a German film architect .

Life

At the beginning of the First World War, Krohn received artistic training at the Royal Art School in Berlin. In 1915 he began to work as a theater painter and later also as a stage designer. Since 1919 FW Krohn has designed the buildings for a considerable number of films, consistently simple mass entertainment without great demands from the hands of rather insignificant directors.

In sound films, Krohn had to be content with setting up short films. His career ended at the beginning of the 1940s with the sets for a little-known Nazi propaganda documentary with a game plot. Krohn died at the end of the Second World War in the German-occupied spa town of Karlsbad.

Filmography

  • 1919: The luck smith
  • 1919: The minuet
  • 1920: The call from beyond
  • 1922: The novel of a half-world lady
  • 1922: The comedian child
  • 1923. Black earth
  • 1924: The girl from Pontecuculi
  • 1925: The great opportunity
  • 1925: marriage advertisements
  • 1926: the owl
  • 1926: The pink slipper
  • 1927: Parentless
  • 1927: Burglary at Villa Howarth
  • 1927: Killed by life
  • 1927: Emergency cry behind bars
  • 1928: weekend bride
  • 1929: Revenge for Eddy
  • 1929: Dawn
  • 1929: Once at midnight
  • 1931: The love branch
  • 1933: love spring
  • 1934: Äther-Brettl (short film)
  • 1934: The Colorful Palette (short film)
  • 1935: Ida, the pearl (short film)
  • 1935: Thousand Marks reward (short film)
  • 1935: Travel acquaintance (short film)
  • 1935: On your own initiative (short film)
  • 1936: Herr Papa (short film)
  • 1936: City and Country (short film)
  • 1936: The swapped dog (short film)
  • 1936: The Trumpet (short film)
  • 1937: Without diligence, no price (short film)
  • 1937: The Pfennig Battle (short film)
  • 1938: Pitty (short film)
  • 1938: dreams are foams (short film)
  • 1938: Play in the summer wind
  • 1942: The sea is calling

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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 494.

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personal data
SURNAME Krohn, Fritz Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krohn, FW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Annaberg , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1944
Place of death Carlsbad , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia