Harald Philipp

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Harald Philipp (born April 24, 1921 in Hamburg , † July 5, 1999 in Berlin ) was a German film director , screenwriter and actor .

Career

Memorial plaque on the house at Kudowastraße 15

After completing his school years with the upper secondary qualification, Harald Philipp began an apprenticeship as a retail salesman at Alfred C. Toepfer's Hamburg grain trading company from January 1, 1938 to January 1, 1941 . In 1940, as an apprentice, he managed the newly established pottery branch in Poznan. In 1941 he passed the commercial assistant examination at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Then he was drafted into army service, joined Army Group South and was dismissed as a first lieutenant in 1945. Harald Philipp received acting lessons from Helmuth Gmelin in Hamburg . In 1946 he made his debut as an actor. On October 25, 1947, he married the actress Erika (called Viola) Liessem. He appeared on the stages in Osnabrück, Hanover and Cologne. He then took over work as a camera assistant and worked as a dubbing director for the Berlin broadcaster RIAS . He was also the director of the first program of the Berlin cabaret Die Stachelschweine .

In 1956 he directed his first feature film. Several musical comedies and war films followed, for which he mostly provided the script. In the sixties he directed the Karl May films Winnetou and the half-blood Apanatschi and The Oil Prince as well as the Jerry Cotton films Murder Night in Manhattan and At Zero O'clock the trap snaps shut .

In the movie review Philipps performances were almost always negatively received very. Again and again it was criticized that in spite of excessive heartiness, sentimentality and often brutality, there was hardly any tension in his films. Kay Less judged that Philip's films "showed routine craftsmanship, but did not reveal any inspiration or even their own handwriting."

In later years, Harald Philipp concentrated entirely on contributions to television series such as the Buchholz family, Sergeant Berry , The Protocols of Mr M. and Three Ladies from the Grill .

On March 11, 2005, a brass plaque was placed in his honor on his former home in Berlin, Kudowastraße 15 / corner of Flinsberger Platz 3.

Filmography (selection)

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 , p. 219.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less: Das Großes Personenlexikon des Films , Berlin 2001, Volume 6, p. 220
personal data
SURNAME Philipp, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, screenwriter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1999
Place of death Berlin