Karl Löb

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Karl Löb , also Karl Loeb (born March 15, 1910 in Teplitz-Schönau , Austria-Hungary , † January 20, 1983 in Berlin ) was a German cameraman .

Life

The son of a cinema owner came to Berlin in 1927, where he was Charles Stumar's camera assistant from 1928 . From 1930 he assisted Willy Winterstein , occasionally he also acted as co-cameraman. Under the direction of the trained cameraman Carl Hoffmann , Löb first worked as chief cameraman in 1936.

During the Second World War , Löb took part in the war from the beginning of 1940 and took part in the service of the Wehrmacht's propaganda company as a cameraman in regime-compliant documentaries such as Deutschtum in Slovakia (1943). Some film reports in the German newsreel about the war against the Soviet Union come from him.

After the end of the war, he and the photographer Leo Weisse founded the Löb & Weisse photo studio in Berlin , which mainly took passport photos of occupation soldiers. He also worked as a photographer for the Schloßpark-Theater . In 1950 he was able to return to film as a co-cameraman with Fritz Arno Wagner .

His heyday came in the 1960s, when he made a significant contribution to the success of the Edgar Wallace films through his camera work . He was also involved in several Karl May films and Dr. Mabuse films. His grave is in the Lichterfelde cemetery in Berlin (Dept. V-WR B No. 5/6).

Filmography

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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 69.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Karl Löb
personal data
SURNAME Löb, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loeb, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Teplitz-Schönau
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1983
Place of death Berlin