Helga Krause

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Helga Krause in the 1960s

Helga Krause (born September 1, 1935 in Dresden , † January 17, 1989 in Teltow ) was a German film editor .

life and work

Helga Krause worked from 1953 to 1987 as an editor for the GDR film company DEFA . Initially, between 1953 and 1956, she worked on numerous pioneer monthly shows , which were shown in cinemas as a supporting film , similar to the weekly newsreels . In 1962 she edited her first DEFA feature film, acquittal for lack of evidence . In total, she was responsible for the film editing of almost 40 feature films in her career , including some television films for the German Broadcasting Corporation (DFF) .

Among the most important works in which Krause was involved are the literary film adaptation Der teilte Himmel (1964, director: Konrad Wolf ), as well as the prohibition films The Rabbit I Am (1965, Director: Kurt Maetzig ) and Don't Think, I'm Howl (1965, Director: Frank Vogel ). In addition to Vogel, with whom she made four feature films, Helga Krause also worked several times with Siegfried Kühn (five films), Richard Groschopp (three films) and Iris Gusner (three films). Gusner's debut film, The Dove on the Roof , was also banned and destroyed except for a working copy. The reconstructed film only had its world premiere in 1990, a year after Helga Krause died.

Filmography

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Helga Krause. Film portal , accessed on May 29, 2019 .