Herbert G. Luft

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Herbert G. Luft (born August 21, 1907 in Essen , † January 13, 1992 in Los Angeles ) was a German - American journalist and film producer .

Life

Herbert G. Luft, the son of a Jewish businessman, was arrested on November 9, 1938 during the “ Reichspogromnacht ” and taken to the Dachau concentration camp . From there he came with the help of his wife Josefine "Pepi" Luft, geb. Fire, free again after a few months. American relatives of Pepis made it possible for Luft to flee to England in 1939 and from there to the USA in 1940 . Pepi Luft was only able to leave Germany in 1941. In Des Moines ( Iowa ) air began to work as a journalist, where he u. a. Published reports on his experiences in Germany . In 1944, the couple went to Hollywood , where Luft began a career as a film critic . As a Hollywood correspondent, he soon served around 100 newspapers around the world. He later became known as a film historian , screenwriter and film editor .

Luft worked for Hollywood for more than 30 years. From 1950 he produced numerous feature films, in which he often worked on the script . His best-known film in German-speaking countries was Zeppelin (1970, with Michael York and Elke Sommer ). He produced the film for the Getty Picture Corporation , for which he worked for 20 years and whose vice president he eventually became. Publicist and in (not filmed) scripts, he dealt with the Holocaust long after the war . His estate was indexed and archived by Josefine Luft († 1997) and is now kept by the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: The Hong Kong Death Trap ( Hong Kong Affair , screenplay)
  • 1958: Panzer Scout Troop Totenkopf ( Tank Battalion , production management)
  • 1959: The Secret of the Gift (screenplay)
  • 1959: Speed ​​Crazy (production manager)
  • 1960: Naked greed for life ( Why Must I Die?, Production manager)
  • 1964: The Naked Kiss ( The Naked Kiss , head of production)
  • 1965: Decision at Big Horn ( The Great Sioux Massacre , production manager)
  • 1969: Big Daddy (co-production)
  • 1974: The Laboratory of Horror - The Freakmaker (The Mutations) (co-production)
  • 1976: The Devil's Men (co-production)
  • 1976: War in Peace ( Shoot , co-production)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut G. Asper, "Something better than death ...". Filmexile in Hollywood, Schüren-Verlag, Marburg. 2002 (pp. 411-419).
personal data
SURNAME Luft, Herbert G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American journalist and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1992
Place of death los Angeles