Günter Marczinkowsky

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On the III. International Film Festival in Moscow after the screening of the film adaptation of Naked Among Wolves , from left: Ms. Donskoi, director Frank Beyer , cameraman Günter Marczinkowsky, Mark Donskoi , Joachim Mückenberger and Professor Hans Rodenberg , deputy minister for culture of the GDR (in the foreground)

Günter Marczinkowsky , actually Günter Otto Wilhelm Marczinkowsky (born September 10, 1927 in Berlin-Pankow , † December 28, 2004 in Hamburg ) was a German cameraman .

Life

In 1942 he began an apprenticeship as a film maker in the Geyer works . In 1944 he was drafted as a soldier in the mountain troops. As a mine clearer in Italy, he was taken prisoner by the Americans, from which he was released in mid-1945.

He then worked as a photo lab technician and projectionist in Berlin. In 1947 he became assistant to the cameraman Robert Baberske . He worked with him on many early DEFA films. Marczinkowsky first acted as chief cameraman for the children's film Adventure in Bamsdorf .

In the following years he was behind the camera in the classics of the director Frank Beyer Five Cartridge Cases , King's Children , Naked Among Wolves as well as Carbide and Sorrel . After the ban on Spur der Steine , he mainly worked for GDR television. In 1980 he settled in the Federal Republic. Apart from a film about Dieter Hallervorden , Marczinkowsky, who was married several times, was then only involved in a few television series.

Awards

  • 1961: Heinrich Greif Prize 1st class for five cartridge cases in a collective
  • 1963: National Prize of the GDR 1st class for naked among wolves in a collective
  • 1975: National Prize of the GDR 2nd class for Jakob the Liar in the collective
  • 1978: Art Prize of the FDGB for How should a woman decide? in the collective

Filmography

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personal data
SURNAME Marczinkowsky, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marczinkowsky, Günter Otto Wilhelm (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Pankow
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2004
Place of death Hamburg