Georg Witt (film producer)

Georg Witt (born January 2 ^{. Jul} / 14. January  1899 ^greg. In Moscow , Russian Empire ; † 17th April 1973 in Berlin ) was a German film producer .

Georg Witt's grave

Life

Witt came to Germany at a young age and began his professional career in film in 1922 in the press department of the Decla-Bioskop production company. Their co-founder Erich Pommer made him his production assistant and took him to Hollywood in 1926/27 .

From 1929 he worked as a production manager for the Berlin Greenbaum film. In 1932 he founded his own company, Georg-Witt-Film. With Land der Liebe and Altes Herz goes on the journey , he came into conflict with the National Socialist censorship twice in 1937/38. In 1940 his company was taken over by the UFA . Witt initially worked as a production manager or production group leader, but then moved to Bavaria in the same position .

After the war ended, Witt re-founded Georg-Witt-Film in Munich . He had his first big success in 1953 with Ein Herz plays wrong . Since 1955 he has worked exclusively with the director Kurt Hoffmann and achieved two more box office hits with I think often of Piroschka (1955) and Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958), which were also favorably received by film critics . Witt was married to actress Lil Dagover . He is buried next to his wife in the Grünwald forest cemetery.

Filmography

1928: The Tsar's adjutant 1929: mascots 1929: Schönbrunn's favorite 1929: Gimmicks by an empress 1931: The private secretary 1931: The private secretary marries ( Dactylo ) 1932: The adventure of Thea Roland / From the diary of a beautiful woman 1933: Midsummer Night 1933: The tank girl 1934: Annette in paradise 1934: Every woman has a secret 1934: Every day you give me is beautiful, Marie Luise 1934: I marry my wife 1935: lucky guys 1935: Lady Windermeres fan 1936: Annemarie. The story of a young love 1937: The Kreutzer Sonata 1937: land of love 1938: Old Heart goes on a journey 1938: The secret of Betty Bonn 1938: Between the parents

1938: triad 1938: The Deruga case 1939: detours to happiness 1939: Congo Express 1940: The easy girl 1941: wedding night 1941: illusion 1943: Tonelli 1944: Orient Express 1945: Three Comedy ( Defectors ) 1949: tragedy of a passion 1949: The blue straw hat 1950: Hunted by the devil 1952: My name is Niki 1953: A heart plays wrong 1955: I often think of Piroschka 1956: Today my husband is getting married 1957: Salzburg stories 1958: The inn in the Spessart 1959: The angel who moved his harp 1959: The beautiful adventure 1960: The haunted castle in the Spessart

Awards

• 1956: Film tape in silver for I often think of Piroschka (above-average full-length feature film)

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. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

• Georg Witt in the Internet Movie Database (English)