Heinrich Balasch

Heinrich Balasch (born March 2, 1899 in Vienna , † in the 20th century ) was an Austrian cameraman .

Life

Balasch began his career as a cameraman for animation, advertising and short films for the production company Julius Pinschewers . With the dawn of the sound film age, Balasch switched to feature films. After a camera assistant at Dreyfus - Movie Richard Oswald Balash was engaged in the same year (1930) as a cameraman. By 1933 he was involved in a number of entertainment films, of which the satire The suitcase of Mr OF was the most important.

When the National Socialists came to power , Balasch initially returned to Vienna and subsequently photographed Austrian and Hungarian films. In 1936 he also made a Swedish production. These films were mostly productions with a high proportion of emigrants. In 1937 Balasch went to France , the following year to Japan . In the early autumn of 1938 Heinrich Balasch arrived in the United States , where he settled. There is no evidence of camera activity there. After his last sign of life in 1941, his track is lost.

Filmography

• 1922: Marionettes (short cartoon)
• 1928: Bundestag (short documentary film)
• 1930: Marionette Cabaret (short cartoon)
• 1930: The linden landlady
• 1931: midnight love
• 1931: The Song of Life
• 1931: The suitcase of Mr. OF
• 1932: Hello Hello! This is Berlin speaking!
• 1932: Le roi des palaces
• 1932: A very rich man
• 1932: Golden blonde girl, I give you my heart
• 1933: Voices of Spring
• 1934: Meseautó
• 1935: The Ugly Miss (A csúnya lány)
• 1935: Címzett ismeretlen
• 1935: Elnökkisasszony
• 1935: Nem élhetek muzsikaszó nélkül
• 1936: Mircha (Bubi)
• 1936: Rendezvous in paradise

literature

• Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 564.

Web links

• Heinrich Balash in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Heinrich Balasch at filmportal.de