Karl Kuenzel
Karl Künzel (born June 29, 1889 in Vienna ; † February 23, 1945 there ) was an Austrian film production manager , production and production group leader.
Life
Künzel attended high school and the cadet school and then received consular training. With the rank of Austrian consul , Künzel had already worked as a production employee at the film company Sascha for some films, e.g. B. 1930/31 The flower woman from Lindenau ( storm in a glass of water ) and purple and wash blue , first experiences.
Together with the actor Paul Hörbiger and the director EW Emo , he founded the production company Allgemeine Filmaufnahme und Vertriebs GmbH , or Algefa for short , based in Berlin in 1935 . For Algefa he produced the productions Emos without exception until it was temporarily discontinued in 1937. Künzel also headed this company as managing director. Later, too, Künzel worked as a production or manufacturing and manufacturing group leader for Emo, this time in the service of Emo-Film and, after its rapid dissolution, Wien-Film .
Künzel died in the late phase of the Second World War under unknown circumstances. He was buried at the Ober Sankt Veiter cemetery .
Filmography
- 1935: end of the line
- 1936: practical jokes
- 1936: Three girls around Schubert
- 1936: Fiaker song
- 1937: The oyster lilies
- 1938: 13 chairs
- 1938: the optimist
- 1939: Immortal Waltz
- 1939: Anton the Last
- 1940: Krambambuli
- 1940: Dear Augustin
- 1941: Love is duty-free
- 1942: Vienna 1910
- 1942: two happy people
- 1943: travel acquaintance
- 1943: black on white
- 1943: Schrammeln
- 1943/44: Friends (Premiere: 1945)
- 1944: The heart must be silent
- 1944: Like a Thief in the Night (WP: 1949)
Web links
- Karl Künzel in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Künzel grave site , Vienna, Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof, Group C, Row 6, No. 15.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Künzel, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film production manager, production and production group leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1945 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |