Gerd von Bonin

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Gerd von Bonin , born as Gerhard Friedrich Fürchtegott von Bonin , (born September 12, 1911 in Pasewalk ; † November 3, 1979 in Munich ) was a German cameraman, documentary film director and film producer, whose fame can be traced back to his camera work on Bernhard Wicki's masterpiece Die Brücke justified.

Life

Bonin received training as a cameraman in the 1930s and began his practical work shortly before the outbreak of World War II in feature films (“Heimatland”) under the guidance of cameraman Walter Pindter of the same age . After the war ended in Munich, Bonin began to photograph mostly short documentaries. He also manufactured some of them from 1955 onwards. Shortly before, Bonin had produced his only feature film ("Sun over the Adriatic") with his own production company B-Film (and a Yugoslav partner) in 1954. In 1957 Bonin temporarily returned to the feature film (“Beloved by Everyone”) as a camera assistant and the following year was taken over by the actor and debut director Wicki as the cameraman responsible for his experimental debut “ Why are they against us? “Committed . In 1959, the Pasewalker received the silver film in the Best Camera category for the line he performed there .

1959 saw Bonin's second cooperation with Wicki. The result, Die Brücke , was, on the one hand, a huge success with critics and brought Gerd von Bonin considerable renown, but on the other hand only a few follow-up orders from the cinema. In 1960, under Bonin's visual design, Will Tremper's east-west drama Escape to Berlin and Wicki's highly acclaimed follow-up director Das Wunder des Malachias , two socially critical contemporary dramas from today's Germany , were created in quick succession . After working on camera for two productions by Peter Lilienthal , Gerd von Bonin withdrew from active film production at the age of 60.

Filmography

as a cameraman unless otherwise stated

  • 1950: Schwabing carousel
  • 1950: The Strobl case
  • 1951: You never stop learning
  • 1954: Sun over the Adriatic (co-production, co-production management)
  • 1955: Heimatstadt am Lech (documentary director, production)
  • 1956: Warning - duds! (Documentary film coregie, production)
  • 1956: Difficult Patients (documentary director, production)
  • 1956: Save in time (documentary film direction, production)
  • 1958: School for humans and animals (documentary film coregie, production)
  • 1958: why are they against us?
  • 1959: oil
  • 1959: Nachtasyl (documentary film director, production)
  • 1959: The bridge
  • 1960: Witches - business with superstition (documentary film direction, production)
  • 1960: mosaic of a city
  • 1960: My dream country (documentary film director, camera, production)
  • 1960: Escape to Berlin
  • 1961: The miracle of Malachia
  • 1961: Visit to Busch
  • 1962: A forest accuses
  • 1962: wages on the scales (also production)
  • 1963: Christmas (production)
  • 1964: One day in Berlin (also production, production management)
  • 1966: Berlin Report (also production, production management)
  • 1966: Europa-Center Berlin (also production, co-production management)
  • 1967: Crimes with Forethought
  • 1971: Attacking the sun

Web links

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 158 f.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Life data according to the film archive Kay Less , based on information from the Munich City Archives
personal data
SURNAME Bonin, Gerd von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonin, Gerhard Friedrich Fürchtegott von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman, documentary film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasewalk
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1979
Place of death Munich