Herbert Nitzschke

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Fritz Herbert Nitzschke (born November 29, 1897 in Leipzig , German Empire , † February 22, 1969 in Berlin ) was a German film architect and painter .

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Nitzschke had received lessons in drawing and painting in his hometown of Leipzig. In 1923 he became self-employed as a painter, initially working in Görlitz and later also in Berlin. There, at the beginning of the sound film era, Nitzschke made several painting works for cinema productions.

He only started his career as a film architect in 1938 with a French production in Babelsberg Studios. In 1940 Nitzschke implemented the designs by the architect duo Karl Vollbrecht / Otto Hunte for their first purely German production, the nationalist equestrian drama ... rides for Germany . Until the end of the war in 1945, he worked as a freelance artist for various production companies ( UFA , Bavaria , Terra , Berlin-Film ) and realized the designs of several colleagues, including Wilhelm Vorwerg , Max Seefelder , Hermann Asmus and Willi Eplinius .

After 1945 Nitzschke initially worked in other areas and only resumed his work as an architect for the film in 1953. Until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, he was in the service of DEFA, where, however, he created rather less important and in some cases strongly tendentious productions.

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  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 691.

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SURNAME Nitzschke, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nitzschke, Fritz Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 22nd February 1969
Place of death Berlin