Herbert Junghanns (Film Production Manager)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbert Junghanns , also wrongly Herbert Junghans written (* 13 January 1907 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † after 1984) was a German manager and production manager .

Life

The son of a police master attended high school and came early to film, where he u. a. became managing director of the UFA-Theater-Betriebe Berlin. In the next decade and a half, since 1936, he has been the production manager of a large number of films, including The Girl Irene , My Son, the Minister , Diamonds, Guest Performance in Paradise, A Girl Goes ashore , Heimatland, Waldrausch , Jungens , Der Kleinstadtpoet , Annelie , June 5th , crew Dora , the woman of my dreams , 1-2-3 Corona , quartet of five,The Bagnostrafling , The Staircase, Wedding Night in Paradise and Secret of a Marriage . In the years 1953 to 1955 he was temporarily promoted to production manager and in this function was also involved in two successful productions by Helmut Käutner .

Nevertheless, Herbert Junghanns then had to accept a temporary professional decline and was only employed again as a unit manager and production assistant until the end of the 1950s. At the end of 1959 Junghanns switched to television and enjoyed great success there until the mid-1960s with the production of several crime street sweepers based on models by Francis Durbridge , including Melissa with Ruth Maria Kubitschek in the title role. In 1970 Junghanns was also involved in the production of the much discussed viel / Toelle production Das Millionenspiel . Herbert Junghanns ended his television work with two crime scene crime stories about the WDR customs investigator Kressin and retired. When he died is currently unknown; In 1985 his name and his home address in Polling near Mühldorf appear in the media manual Kay's Germany .

Filmography (selection)

as production manager

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 776.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Junghanns, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German unit manager and production manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH after 1984