Johan Ankerstjerne

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Johan Ankerstjerne

Johan Ankerstjerne (born January 17, 1886 in Randers , Denmark , † August 20, 1959 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish cameraman , a pioneer of Scandinavian silent film .

Life

Along with Axel Graatkjær, Johan Ankerstjerne was considered the most important camera pioneer in Danish film. He trained as a watchmaker in his hometown of Randers , but soon switched to photography and began his film career as early as 1907. Initially employed as a cinema operator (simple cameraman), Ankerstjerne was hired as chief cameraman in 1911 by Nordisk , Denmark's largest production company . Many of these films, made up to the outbreak of World War I, including an early (1913), ambitious theatrical version of Arthur Schnitzler's Liebelei , were shown with great success in the German Empire. In the period that followed, Ankerstjerne filmed hundreds of works - mostly dramas, comedies and melodramas - under leading film directors of the time such as Benjamin Christensen and August Blom .

In 1915 he moved to the Dansk Biografkompagni, where he started with Christensen's drama Vache! ( Hævnens Nat ), the story of a man who innocently spent many years in prison was a success. Ankerstjerne's most artistically satisfying creative period began when he moved to Sweden in the early 1920s. There he created a dark, medieval world with his most important film Witches - Superstitions in the past and present . After he had finished working as a cameraman in 1924, Johan Ankerstjerne moved to Nordisk's technical department that same year. In 1931 he left the company. In 1932 Johan Ankerstjerne set up his own film laboratory ( copier ), which he ran until the end of his life. At the end of the war in 1945, the cinema pioneer was granted the license to run a cinema for the first time.

Ankerstjerne in honor of the Johan Ankerstjernes Fotografpris for the best performance as a cameraman in Danish film is awarded at irregular intervals as part of the Bodil film prize.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1911: The Fateful Lie (Fru Potifar)
  • 1911: The dark point (Det mørke point)
  • 1912: Djævelens datter
  • 1912: Den første kærlighed
  • 1912: Guvernørens datter
  • 1912: Heart fight ( Hjerternes Kamp )
  • 1912: The Prince's Secret (En hofintrige)
  • 1912: Escape through the clouds (Den sande kærlighed)
  • 1912: Operabranden
  • 1912: The tredie likes
  • 1913: love affair (Elskovsleg)
  • 1913: Atlantis (Atlantis)
  • 1913: Bristan Lykke
  • 1913: Fem copy
  • 1913: At a high price (Højt spil)
  • 1913: Karnevalsdjævelen
  • 1913: De mygifte
  • 1913: The Press Board (Pressens magt)
  • 1913: Sladder
  • 1913: Troløs
  • 1913: Playing with fire (Vasens Himmelighet)
  • 1914: Aeventyrersken
  • 1914: Fædrenes synd
  • 1914: The School of Life (Et læreår)
  • 1914: Revolution wedding (Revolutionarybryllup)
  • 1914: The middag store
  • 1914: The Savior of the Fatherland (Pro Patria)
  • 1915: Addys ægteskab
  • 1915: gentlemen's secretaries
  • 1915: revenge! (Hævnens nat)
  • 1915: Justice wins! (Lotteriseddel No. 22152)
  • 1915: Sønnen
  • 1915: Believe in me (Syndens datter)
  • 1915: Marriage in the shadow (Du Skal elske din næste)
  • 1915: Voksdamen
  • 1915: The Last Judgment (Verdens Undergang)
  • 1915: Syndig kærlighed
  • 1916: Gillekop
  • 1917: Pigen fra palls
  • 1917: Dommens dag
  • 1917: Laegen
  • 1917: You are meant to be
  • 1917: Præsten fra
  • 1918: Bajadser
  • 1918: Hævneren
  • 1918: En aften scene
  • 1919: Dømmer ikke
  • 1919: Lykkeper
  • 1919: agony of the soul (Sammvittighedskvaler)
  • 1919: Scenens børn
  • 1920: Hendes fortid
  • 1920: Munkens fristelser
  • 1921: Timeglasset
  • 1921: Witches - past and present superstitions
  • 1922: Pan
  • 1922: Republicans
  • 1923: Hadda Padda
  • 1924: who is to blame? (Det store hjerte)

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 , p. 121.
  • Manfred Behn (Red.): Black dream and white slave. German-Danish film relations 1910–1930 (= A CineGraph book ). Edition Text and Criticism, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-88377-483-9 , p. 143.

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