Gunther von Lepel

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Gunther Karl Wilhelm von Lepel (born February 16, 1903 in Hofgeismar , † August 17, 1993 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German film producer .

Life

family

His ancestors belonged to the Mecklenburg branch of the noble family von Lepel , House Grambow. His father was the future Prussian major general Victor von Lepel (1863-1918) and his mother Sophie, née von Baumbach (1868-1945). He had three siblings: Claus (1899–1948), Burkhard (1901–1945) and Dorothea (1905–1984).

Lepel was first married to Dominica Nadja von Radowitz (1911–1997, the marriage was divorced in 1933) since 1929 and was married to Olga-Désirée von Restorff (1906–1995) for the second time since 1940. His son Burkhard (* 1930), who became a farmer, comes from his first marriage.

Gunther von Lepel was chairman of the Lepel Family Association from 1937 to 1969

Education and career

After graduating from high school in 1922, Lepel joined the 4th (Prussian) cavalry regiment of the Reichswehr in Potsdam as an officer candidate a year later .

After studying law at the University of Greifswald , he was a producer, managing director and then owner of ABC-Filmgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, from 1932 to 1939 . This produced eleven films from 1933 to 1939, some of which featured very prominent actors.

During the Second World War , Lepel was captain of the intelligence service .

After the war, he worked in various positions in the public relations department of companies and associations, most recently as press officer at BASF in Frankfurt am Main .

He received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic on ribbon and was Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John .

Movies

ABC film company as a production company:

  • 1933: Three Kaiserjäger
  • 1933: Homecoming to happiness , u. a. with Heinz Rühmann, Paul Hörbiger
  • 1934: Gypsy blood (later Das Ungarmädel ), u. a. with Adele Sandrock, Erik Ode, Walter Jankuhn
  • 1934: High school
  • 1934: Everything listens to my command , u. a. with Marianne Hoppe, Adele Sandrock
  • 1935: Noise in the Secret Annex , Director: Veit Harlan, u. a. with Henny Porten
  • 1936: The laughing third
  • 1937: The Warsaw Citadel
  • 1937: The red hat , directed by Herbert Selpin
  • 1938: Jokers , etc. a. with Fita Benkhoff
  • 1939: A whole guy , u. a. with Paul Henkels

literature

  • Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch des Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). Developed by Andreas Hansert and Oskar Matthias Frhr on the basis of family history sources. v. Lepel with the assistance of Klaus Bernhard Frhr. v. Lepel and Herbert Stoyan. German Family Archives, Volume 151, Verlag Degener & Co., Insingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7686-5201-8 , pp. 63–70.
  • HG Kliemann, SS Taylor: Who's who in Germany. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1964, Volume 3, Part 1, p. 1025.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch der Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). Pp. 63-70.
  2. ^ Tobias Wimbauer: Register of persons in Ernst Jünger's diaries. Books on Demand, 2010, ISBN 3942090023 , p. 140. Google Books
  3. ↑ ABC-Film GmbH (Berlin) , film portal of the German Film Institute
  4. ^ Zigeunerblut / 34 , website on operetta legend Walter Jankuhn
personal data
SURNAME Lepel, Gunther von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepel, Gunther Karl Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Hofgeismar
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1993
Place of death Frankfurt am Main