Gernot Bock-Stieber

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Gernot Bock-Stieber (born August 25, 1892 in Bad Gleichenberg , Styria , Austria-Hungary , † December 7, 1943 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Germany ) was an Austrian director , screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.

Live and act

Born in Styria, he attended the conservatory in Vienna after graduating from high school and was trained as an actor by Josef Kainz . On the side, Bock-Stieber visited the graphic teaching and research institute . Even before the outbreak of World War I , Bock-Stieber had completed training as a photographer and film operator (cameraman).

Based in Germany since 1909, he played mainly on theaters in the Rhineland (including Cologne , Bonn and Düsseldorf ) and finally went to Berlin, where he appeared as an actor at the Luisen Theater and was hired as an assistant director by the Duskes film production company. During the war, Gernot Bock-Stieber, who had served between 1915 and 1918, was sporadically active as a screenwriter and journalist. In 1919 he started working as a director. His early works include several episodes from the Mac Wood series. These were stories that focused on a smart, adventurous jack of all trades. The script for his productions was regularly written by Bock-Stieber's wife (since 1917) Ada van Roon , and Alexander von Antalffy played the leading role in these films.

As early as the mid-1920s, he was no longer able to land any directing jobs. Bock-Stieber then concentrated on the production of scripts and since the start of the sound film almost only had the opportunity to direct Nazi propaganda films , including Victims of the Past , a film that propagated the forced sterilization of so-called " hereditary diseases ".

In the last years of his life, Gernot Bock-Stieber got into constant difficulties. In 1940 there was a procedure for the purpose of exclusion from the film student council of the Reich Film Chamber for alleged film funding contacts with Jews . He was also insolvent and eventually had to take the oath of disclosure .

Filmography

as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated

  • 1914: The embarrassing father
  • 1914: Teddy in the sofa bed
  • 1916: The Grehn case (actor)
  • 1916: The Dead Land
  • 1920: The haunt of life
  • 1920: The invisible thief
  • 1920: The rays of death
  • 1921: Pearls mean tears
  • 1921: The man in the closet (also director)
  • 1922: Die Drei von der Straße (also director)
  • 1923: Escape from Life (director)
  • 1923: The Prince of the Landstrasse (director)
  • 1923: The Fool and the Others (also actors)
  • 1924: People in the Fog (also director)
  • 1924: The House in the Dark (Director)
  • 1925: The Inca Manuscript (director)
  • 1925: The Unknown Adversary (Director, Production)
  • 1927: Facade Ghost (director)
  • 1927: The world without weapons (also director)
  • 1929: Shame (Hanba)
  • 1929: Three make their fortune
  • 1929: The armored car (Pancerove auto)
  • 1930: marriage strike
  • 1930: Alimony
  • 1930: Through Africa with rifle and lasso (documentary film)
  • 1930: The mountain guide of Zakopane
  • 1932: Swimming artist (short documentary)
  • 1933: Water Sports and Water Hikes (short documentary film)
  • 1935: Cherries in the neighbor's garden
  • 1937: Victims of the Past (also director)
  • 1937: Aunt Inges Garten (short documentary film)
  • 1942: The Will to Fly (short documentary)

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. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 434.

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personal data
SURNAME Bock-Stieber, Gernot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Gleichenberg , Styria
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1943
Place of death Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Germany