Gerhard Krüger (cameraman)

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Gerhard Krüger (born March 24, 1920 in Berlin , †  April 25, 1986 in Munich ) was a German cameraman .

life and work

Krüger attended the master school for graphics in the field of photography in Berlin. At the beginning of the 1940s, he began his career as a camera operator and camera assistant, among others with Oskar Schnirch .

After the end of the war he worked in these functions and as a simple cameraman as well as in One calls it love as co-cameraman under Werner Krien . He was involved in films such as Bonjour Kathrin (1956), The Trapp Family (1956) and Girls in Uniform (1958).

Veit Harlan's last film I will carry you in my hands was Kruger’s first assignment as sole chief cameraman in 1958. He then mainly shot travel and music films for the production company Piran, in which contemporary pop stars such as Vivi Bach , Rex Gildo , Peter Kraus and Freddy Quinn were the focus. In 1971 he switched to television, where he recorded the children's series Kli-Kla-Klawitter , among other things .

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SURNAME Kruger, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1986
Place of death Munich