Hermann Saalfrank

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Hermann Saalfrank (also: Hans Saalfrank ) (* 19th century ; † after 1920) was a German cameraman .

background

Saalfrank worked as a motion picture photographer in the silent film era and can be traced back to films between 1912 and 1921.

He mainly shot adventure and crime subjects, including several based on manuscripts by Jane Beß , directed by Wolfgang Neff . He worked several times with other cameramen such as Josef Dietze , Heinrich Gärtner , Eugen Hrich , Kurt Lande and Erich Nitzschmann .

Perhaps his artistically most important work is the design of the 'Altdeutsche Episode' in Fritz Lang's film Der müde Tod together with Nitschmann.

Filmography

  • 1912: How the cinema takes revenge [short film, 1 act = 12 min.] [GECD # 38540]
  • 1918: Children of the Street [GECD # 27023]
  • 1920: human hyenas
  • 1920: The Unrecognized (with Josef Dietze, as Hans Saalfrank)
  • 1920: The black guest
  • 1920: The Woman Without Tuesday [GECD # 22467]
  • 1920: Apache's revenge. 3. The missing million
  • 1920: The hand of the strangler
  • 1920: Nat Pinkerton in the fight, 1st part - The end of the artist Bartolini, also: The end of the artist Bartolini 1
  • 1920/1921: rats of the big city. 1. The mysterious night
  • 1920/1921: City girls. 3 parts (as Hans Saalfrank)
  • 1921: Nat Pinkerton in action, part 2 - thief traps
  • 1921: Lola, the Apache bride. 2 parts
  • 1921: The eight-penny girl. Hunt down villains. 2 parts (with Eugen Hrich)
  • 1921: The diamond chick. 2 parts
  • 1921: The tired death  : Old German episode (with Erich Nitzschmann)
  • 1921: Lies and Truth (with Heinrich Gärtner and Kurt Lande)

Web links

literature

  • Michael Esser, Cinema Quadrat (ed.): Gleissende Schatten: Camera Pioneers of the Twenties. Verlag Henschel, 1994, ISBN 3-89487-216-0 , p. 52 and 253.
  • Hanno Hardt, Elke Hilscher, Winfried B. Lerg (eds.): Press in Exile (= Dortmund contributions to newspaper research. Volume 30). Verlag Saur, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-598-02530-0 , p. 44.
  • Wolfgang Jacobsen, Jörg Schöning, Rudolf Arnheim, Deutsche Kinemathek Foundation: Erich Pommer: a producer makes film history. Verlag Argon, 1989, ISBN 3-87024-148-9 , p. 173.
  • Fabienne Liptay: WunderWelten: fairy tales in film (= film studies. Volume 26). Gardez! -Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-89796-041-9 , p. 431.
  • Gesine Schulz: Jane Beß, film writer. at wordpress.com , published on September 15, 2015. Also at syndikat.com “hall of fame”.
  • Alexander Schwarz: The script: history, theory, practice. Publishers Association Schaudig, Bauer, Ledig, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-926372-04-4 .
  • Ken Wlaschin: Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5 , p. 162.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ next to "cinema operator" this was the official job title before "cameraman" became common practice.
  2. ↑ cf. G. Schulz, Jane Beß, September 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Based on the novel by Siegfried Trebitsch published in 1919
  4. ↑ with “Apaches” here we don't mean members of the Parisian underworld, but véritable “villainous redskins”, and in the two-parter “Lola, the Apache bride” (1921; D: Wolfgang Neff) “the underworld milieu is made up of descendants of Indians, blacks as well as unemployed circus people ”, cf. Alexander Schwarz, The Screenplay, p. 33.
  5. ↑ Bela Lugosi , who stayed in Germany from 1919 to 1921, played a gang boss here.
  6. ↑ Script Jane Bess , with Edith Posca as Magde Henway, "Detective in a mood". Eight-penny girl seems to have been a term for a paid spy, informant or detective, cf. G. Schulz, Jane Beß, September 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Saalfrank, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saalfrank, Hans (alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1920