Günther Anders (cameraman)

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Günther Anders (born November 8, 1908 in Berlin , † September 16, 1977 in Munich ) was a German cameraman .

Life

The son of the businessman Georg Anders, manager of the Eiko film production and later commercial director at Ufa , was given children's roles in silent films as early as 1918.

After graduating from school in 1922 and doing an apprenticeship in the photography department at Ufa, he received training at the State University for Photo Technology in Munich. Years of assistance followed under Carl Hoffmann , Karl Freund and Eugen Schüfftan . In 1934 he was the first to direct the camera himself in a short film directed by Hoffmann.

After a few other short films, Anders was one of the first set of cameramen in the Third Reich from 1937. He has also been behind the camera on several unequivocal propaganda films such as the Request Concert and the anti-Polish production Heimkehr . He mainly worked with the directors Karl Ritter and Gustav Ucicky . In the winter of 1944/45 he filmed the last, unfinished large-scale production of this era with the title Life goes on .

In 1947 he began his post-war work with the returnees drama Between Yesterday and Tomorrow . Anders received numerous tasks as a cameraman in the wake of the cinema miracle of the 1950s, mostly in Austria. In 1965 he succeeded in bringing Attila Hörbiger and Paul Hörbiger together in front of the camera for the film adaptation of the theater play The Alpine King and the Misanthrope.

Günther Anders was married to the costume designer Charlotte Flemming for the second time .

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  1. ↑ The statement: July 12, 1902 in Breslau at the IMDb refers to the social philosopher and essayist Günther Anders
personal data
SURNAME Different, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1977
Place of death Munich