Gustave Preiss

Gustave Preiss (born July 2, 1881 in Weinfelden , † January 7, 1963 in Zurich ) was a Swiss cameraman .

Life

The son of the inventor and film pioneer Louis Preiss worked for his father from the start. He filmed and staged a few short documentaries, as they were typical for the early days of cinematography .

During the First World War he moved to Germany , where he became one of the busiest cameramen of the silent film era. He worked with numerous directors, including Harry Piel , Manfred Noa , Carl Froelich and Georg Jacoby . Preiss was considered a professional veteran who barely showed any artistic ambitions. Shortly after the emergence of the talkie, he stopped working for the cinema and returned to Switzerland.

Filmography

• 1916: The verification master's daughters
• 1916: Theophrastus Paracelsus
• 1917: How Bubi became a detective
• 1917: Miss Schwindelmeier
• 1919: The seventh great power
• 1919: Samson
• 1919: The Outlaws / The Ritual Murder
• 1919: The end of the song
• 1920: From the workshop of a dancer
• 1920: The air pirates
• 1920: The Secrets of the Barré Circus
• 1920: The festival of the black tulip
• 1920: The charity performance of the four devils
• 1920: Humanity unleashed
• 1920: The death caravan
• 1921: Debt of honor
• 1921: The Amazon
• 1921: The Barelli siblings
• 1921: Pearls mean tears
• 1922: The golden network
• 1922: Between day and dream
• 1922: Nathan the Wise
• 1923: Koenigsmark
• 1924: Helena
• 1924: The girl from Capri
• 1924: Prater
• 1924: mother and child
• 1924: The golden calf
• 1925: One minute to twelve
• 1926: The poacher
• 1926: The Man from Beyond
• 1926: The stupid August of the Romanelli Circus
• 1926: Young blood
• 1926: why get divorced?
• 1926: The gray house
• 1926: The three mannequins
• 1926: The armored vault
• 1927: Violantha
• 1927: When the young wine blooms
• 1927: The world holds its breath
• 1927: My aunt - your aunt
• 1927: The white slave
• 1927: The city of a thousand joys
• 1927: The false prince
• 1928: Lotte
• 1928: Mary's great secret
• 1928: love and thieves
• 1928: Refuge
• 1928: Five anxious days
• 1928: love in the cowshed
• 1929: The death ride in the world record
• 1929: The woman everyone loves is you!
• 1929: Liebfraumilch
• 1929: Roses bloom on the heather grave
• 1929: The Guard Diva
• 1930: The love market
• 1930: Quiet home with use of the kitchen
• 1930: a stormy night

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

• Gustave Preiss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gustave Preiss at filmportal.de