Karl Anton
Karl Anton (born October 25, 1898 in Prague , Austria-Hungary , † April 12, 1979 in Berlin ) was a German film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
The son of the medical professor Wilhelm Anton and his wife Gisela attended a convent school up to the Matura . He then got theater engagements as an actor in Vienna , Linz and Prague . During the First World War he worked on documentary recordings. In 1920 he became a camera assistant and was able to direct his first Czech film as a director the following year.
In 1923 he founded Anton-Film , which was later renamed Sonor-Film . After the start of the sound film era, Karl Anton settled in Paris in 1931 , produced several French versions of Paramount films and directed comedies. In 1935 he went to Berlin and now worked for the Tobis film company .
Anton reached the peak of his career during the Second World War , when he created lavish revue films such as Wir Tanz um die Welt (1939) and Star of Rio (1940) as well as crime comedies such as Peter Voss, the Thief of the Million (1943/44, released 1946). In the propaganda film Ohm Krüger (1941) he was responsible for the crowd scenes and provided a justification for the German attack on Yugoslavia with the idea for people in the storm (1941).
After the end of the war, Anton first worked in Switzerland and then found connection to the Federal Republican film scene of the 1950s. He ended his directorial work with the Edgar Wallace film The Avenger (1960). Karl Anton Film GmbH , founded in Berlin, continued to produce cultural, industrial and advertising films.
He was married to Ruth Buchardt-Hansen for the second time since 1940 and has two daughters.
Karl Anton died in Berlin in 1979 at the age of 80 and was buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery.
Filmography
- 1921: Gypsy Sauce ( Cikáni )
- 1922: The dead live ( Mrtví žijí )
- 1923: The kidnapping of the banker Fux ( Unos bankéře Fux , also co-script)
- 1925: In the Herrenstand / Mother Kracmerka ( Do panského stavu )
- 1926: May fairy tales ( Pohádka máje )
- 1930: One night experience / The Galgentoni ( Tonka Sibenice )
- 1931: The fall of the General Staff Colonel Redl
- 1931: The naked truth
- 1931: Cordon-Bleu
- 1932: Simone can't help it ( Simone est comme ça )
- 1933: Matricule 33
- 1934: La cinquième empreinte
- 1935: Monsieur Sans-Gêne
- 1936: Martha / Last Rose
- 1936: White Slaves (also co-script)
- 1937: With a sealed order
- 1939: We dance around the world
- 1940: Star of Rio
- 1941: Ohm Krüger (co-director)
- 1941: Always only you (also co-script)
- 1941: people in the storm (idea)
- 1942: The thing with Styx
- 1942: The big number (also co-script)
- 1943: The landlady of the white Rößl
- 1943: colleague is coming soon
- 1943: The impostor
- 1944: The great price
- 1944: Call to Conscience (WP 1949)
- 1945: The Big Fall (WP 1949)
- 1946: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1949: Barry
- 1950: engaged people
- 1952: The exchange of women
- 1953: We'll talk about love later
- 1953: The Rose of Stambul
- 1953: The cousin from Dingsda (also co-script)
- 1954: Clivia (also co-script)
- 1956: Bonjour, Kathrin
- 1956: Christel from the post office
- 1957: Viktor and Viktoria
- 1957: The daring swimmer
- 1960: The Avenger
- 1963: Masked ball at Scotland Yard (co-script)
literature
- Franz Goldscheider, Jörg Schöning: Karl Anton. In: CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Film , Lg. 7; edition text + criticism, 1986.
Web links
- Karl Anton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Karl Anton at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 281.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anton, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech film director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1979 |
| Place of death | Berlin |