Gustav Rathje

Gustav Rathje (born May 11, 1895 in Staßfurt ; † November 27, 1947 in special camp No. 1 Mühlberg ) was a German film production manager .

Life

Rathje had trained as a bookseller before he was drafted in 1914. After his discharge from military service, Rathje went to film in 1919 and was hired as a production manager, but also occasionally worked as a production assistant. In these subordinate functions, Rathje was involved in a number of high-quality film productions, including the 1930/31 masterpieces Die Dreigroschenoper , M and Kameradschaft .

In 1936 Rathje acted for the first time as production manager, then again briefly until the end of 1938 as production manager ( Der Maulkorb , 1937; Salonwagen E 417 , 1938), from the beginning of 1939 partly as deputy ( Robert Koch, the fighter of death ), partly as sole production manager ( Marguerite : 3 ). Rathje was most recently assigned to the Karl Ritters manufacturing group as production manager at UFA .

At the end of the war he fell into the hands of the Red Army and was finally taken to special camp No. 1 Mühlberg near Riesa , where Rathje, meanwhile emaciated and ill, died in autumn 1947.

Filmography

as production manager or manufacturing group leader

1936: practical jokes
1936: Pediatrician Dr. Angel
1939: Marguerite: 3
1939: Robert Koch, the fighter against death
1940: The three codonas
1940: Friedrich Schiller - The triumph of a genius
1941: Stukas
1942: GPU
1943: Occupation of Dora
1943: love letters
1944: summer nights
1944: Looking for a teacher

Web links

Gustav Rathje in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Gustav Rathje at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

↑ Life data and biography according to the film archive Kay Less . In the death register of the Soviet special camp Mühlberg, however, there is no Gustav Rathje [Initiativgruppe Lager Mühlberg e. V. (ed.). Book of the Dead - Special Camp No. 1 of the Soviet NKVD, Mühlberg / Elbe, 2008 ISBN 9783000269998 ]. There is only one Gustav Rathe * 1895 +10. February 1948 . That could be Rathje, but it doesn't have to be.

personal data
SURNAME	Rathje, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German film production manager
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Staßfurt
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1947
Place of death	Special camp No. 1 Mühlberg

[1] Life data and biography according to the film archive Kay Less . In the death register of the Soviet special camp Mühlberg, however, there is no Gustav Rathje [Initiativgruppe Lager Mühlberg e. V. (ed.). Book of the Dead - Special Camp No. 1 of the Soviet NKVD, Mühlberg / Elbe, 2008 ISBN 9783000269998 ]. There is only one Gustav Rathe * 1895 +10. February 1948 . That could be Rathje, but it doesn't have to be.