Heinrich Gärtner (cameraman)
Heinrich Gärtner , in Spain also Enrique Guerner (pronunciation: [enˈɾike ɡæɾˈneɾ]) (born March 17, 1895 in Radautz , Bukowina , Austria-Hungary (today: Romania); † December 12, 1962 in Madrid ), was an Austro-Spanish Cameraman and film director .
Life
He began an apprenticeship as a portrait photographer in Berlin in 1910 . In 1912 he became a camera assistant , from 1915 he was chief cameraman. From 1917 to 1918 he worked as a cameraman in the service of the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War . After the end of the war he became a feature film cameraman again. He turned mainly comedies and from 1923 worked regularly with the director Richard Eichberg .
Because of his Jewish origins, he was boycotted in Germany after the National Socialists came to power in 1933. So he emigrated and lived in Spain from 1934 . There he was able to continue his career as a cameraman and also directed short documentaries several times.
When the Spanish Civil War broke out , Gärtner was arrested by rebellious Spanish national troops at the request of the German consul while filming in Seville , but then not extradited to Germany, but expelled to Portugal . Towards the end of the civil war he was allowed to return and continue working as a filmmaker in Franco's Spain . In Spain he called himself Enrique Guerner in Hispanic language or used a surname composed of father's and mother's names in accordance with Spanish naming conventions ( Gaertner Kolb ).
In 1938 he made a few documentaries about the civil war on the side of the Franco troops and from 1939 again made feature films. In the following years he mainly worked for the directors Florián Rey and Ladislao Vajda . Gärtner, now a Spanish citizen, last shot the crime thriller Es happened in broad daylight with Heinz Rühmann and Gert Fröbe, as well as the reformatory melodrama Die Shadows are longer with Hansjörg Felmy , Luise Ullrich and Barbara Rütting under the direction of Vajdas .
Filmography
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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. 183 f.
Web links
- Heinrich gardeners in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Seidman: The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War. Wisconsin University Press, Madison 2011, ISBN 978-0-299-24964-9 , p. 343 (name register).
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| SURNAME | Gardener, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guerner, Enrique; Guerner Kolb, Enrique; Gaertner, Heinrich; Gaertner Kolb, Heinrich; Gardener Kolb, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-Spanish cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radautz , Bukowina , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1962 |
| Place of death | Madrid |