Hermann Boettger
Karl Hermann Böttger (born May 11, 1878 in Dresden , † after May 1943 ) was a German cameraman .
Life
Böttger, son of the Dresden shoemaker Gottlieb Hermann Böttger, began training as a photographer at the age of 14 and worked primarily as a portrait photographer in this profession for two decades. From 1909 he was a cameraman for the new type of cinematography. He especially cooperated with director Max Mack , with whom he was responsible for the first well-known German feature film Der Andere in 1913 .
In 1915 Böttger was called up for military service. After the end of the war he continued his career as a cameraman, but in the age of the unleashed camera and new dissolving techniques, he was rarely used. From 1935 to 1938 he was deputy head of the camera department in the film department of the Reichsfilmkammer .
He then shot a few advertising and industrial films . In 1940 he suffered a stroke, after which he ran errands for 250 Reichsmarks a month. On the occasion of his 65th birthday in May 1943, the impoverished film pioneer received a gift from the NS-Stiftung Künstlerdank . After that his track is lost.
He had been married to the tailor Leonie Kühr since 1904.
Filmography
- 1909: The little detective
- 1912: The wedding torch
- 1913: the last day
- 1913: The other
- 1913: where is Coletti?
- 1913: The blue mouse
- 1913: The King
- 1914: Laugh, Bajazzo!
- 1915: The ermine coat
- 1915: The enigmatic woman
- 1915: Poor Marie
- 1915: Musketeer Kaczmarek
- 1915: Curse of Beauty
- 1918: Icarus, the flying man
- 1919: The Blue Mouse - Part 2
- 1919: King Krause
- 1924: My Leopold
- 1925: The gentleman without an apartment
- 1925: The second mother
- 1930: And you can only be so lucky
- 1937: German victories in three continents (documentary)
- 1938: Duco (short industrial film)
- 1938: Coca-Cola (short industrial film)
literature
- 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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
Web links
- Hermann Böttger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böttger, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Böttger, Karl Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | after May 1943 |