Karl Brodmerkel

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Karl Brodmerkel (born April 29, 1895 in Upper Franconia; † October 17, 1969 in Rimbach (Odenwald) ) was a German technician and sound film pioneer.

Live and act

Brodmerkel, a childhood friend of Hans Vogt , was among the first technicians who worked on the development of the optical sound film in the "Tri-Ergon" project of the inventors' association Vogt, Engl and Masolle. In the early days of German sound films, he made the voice and music recordings as a "sound camera man", first for short, later for full-length sound films. These included works of art recognized today such as Melodie der Welt by Walther Ruttmann (1928/29), Western Front 1918 - Four of the Infantry by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1930) or Girls in Uniform by Leontine Sagan and Carl Froelich (1931). Later he also tried to trace the history of German talkies as a publicist.

Filmography

Short-tone films
  • 1928: Deutscher Rundfunk (documentary, 3 acts)
  • 1928/29: Melodie der Welt (documentary with game plot)
  • 1929: And Nelson plays ... A sound film hit revue (short feature film, 13 min.)
  • 1929: Returns from Oktoberfest. A sound film Caprice (short feature film, 14 min.)
  • 1929: The Boxing Student (short film, 12 min.)
  • 1929: Max Hansen : We got on well ... (short film, 3 min.)
  • 1929: Max Hansen: Dolly is fine now (short film, 4 min.)
  • 1929: Sweet Yvonne (short feature film, 15 min.)
  • 1929: Wedding in the Oasis (short documentary, 14 min.)
Feature films

literature

  • Frank Bell, Alexandra Jacobson, Rosa Schumacher: pioneers, inventors, illusions: cinema in Bielefeld. Verlag Westfalen, 1995, ISBN 3-88918-084-1 , pp. 71, 74, 85-86.
  • Hans Michael Bock, Wiebke Annkatrin Mosel, Ingrun Walks (eds.): Die Tobis 1928–1945 .: An annotated filmography. Verlag Edition Text + Critique, 2003, ISBN 3-88377-748-X , pp. 29, 31, 37.
  • Karl Brodmerkel: The history of Triergon. In: image and sound. No. 5, Berlin (East) 1953.
  • Karl Brodmerkel: On the prehistory of the German sound film industry. In: image and sound. No. 6/8, Berlin (East) 1953.
  • Gero Gandert: 1929 - The film of the Weimar Republic. Deutsche Kinemathek Foundation. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1993, ISBN 3-11-085261-6 , pp. 104, 367, 437, 439, 883.
  • Jeanpaul Goergen: The broadcast of the sound film. Short sound films from 1929. In: Filmblatt. 8th year, No. 23, autumn / winter 2003, pp. 10-14.
  • Hans Vogt: The invention of the sound film: a look back at the work of the inventor group Engl, Massolle, Vogt. 6th edition. Vogt publishing house, Erlau 1954.
  • Friedrich von Zglinicki: The way of the film. History of cinematography and its predecessors. Rembrandt Verlag, Berlin 1956.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so Vogt, The invention of the sound film, p. 63
  2. ^ (Old) Greek "The work of the three", namely the three founders and inventors Hans Vogt , Joseph Benedict Engl and Joseph Massolle .
  3. ↑ cf. Zglinicki pp. 618-630
  4. ↑ cf. Zglinicki p. 634 (names And Nelson plays , Homecoming from Oktoberfest and The Boxing Student ) and Goergen, Filmbl. No. 23: “In 1929, talkies finally gained acceptance in Germany. The first sound films, however, were short films. They should ennoble the still controversial medium, demonstrate the efficiency of the new technology and try out new aesthetic solutions inexpensively. Today they give us an impression of the enthusiasm for experimentation and creativity of the sound film pioneers in this decisive year of great media upheaval. "
  5. ↑ since the sound is "photographed" with the optical sound method and not "cut" as with the gramophone record, the technician at the sound recording device also spoke of a "sound cameraman" at the beginning, analogous to the video film.
  6. ^ Sound assistant: Fritz Seeger. Also: sounding wave. The German radio. The client was the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft. Parts of the film were shown in a preview on August 31, 1928 at the opening ceremony of the 5th Great German Radio Exhibition in Berlin on the exhibition grounds, cf. filmportal.de
  7. ↑ UA March 12, 29, cf. Zglinicki p. 635 f., Gandert 1929, no. 127. IMDb lists Brodmerkel as cameraman alongside Paul Holzki , Adolf Jansen and Reimar Kuntze , but does not provide any information about the sound engineer.
  8. ↑ Audio sample (excerpt) at youtube.de
  9. ↑ with Leo Peukert , cf. murnau-stiftung.de
  10. ↑ cf. murnau-stiftung.de
  11. ↑ Film adaptation of a hit by Willi Kollo (text and music), cf. murnau-stiftung.de , listening to Grammophon 21 212 / B 42 622 at youtube.com
  12. ^ UA Sept. 24, 1929, cf. Zglinicki pp. 636, 638; Gandert 1929, no.105
  13. ^ UA September 16, 1929, cf. Zglinicki pp. 636, 638; In addition to Brodmerkel and Adolf Jansen, IMDb names Max Brink and Fritz Seeger as sound recordists .
  14. ^ UA November 22, 1929, cf. Zglinicki p. 638; Gandert 1929, No. 25. IMDb lists Brodmerkel here as cameraman alongside Adolf Jansen, while Rudolf Schwarzkopf is the sound recordist ( sound cameraman ).
personal data
SURNAME Brodmerkel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Franconia
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1969
Place of death Rimbach (Odenwald)