Karl Weber (film architect)

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Karl Weber (born December 20, 1897 in Berlin ; † February 2, 1965 there ) was a German film architect .

Life

Weber received practical training as a theater painter and set designer and attended several teaching facilities (art school, arts and crafts school, academy) in his hometown of Berlin. He then worked as a set designer at the Royal Theater in Berlin as well as at the City Theater of Brandenburg an der Havel and the Allenstein State Theater from the early 1920s .

In 1925 Weber switched to film. After a few auxiliary jobs (most recently in 1928 with the Volga-Volga ) he advanced to the position of chief architect shortly before the start of the talky-film era. He was by the end of 1928 colleagues Erich Zander for furnishing Lupu picks biopic about Bonaparte 's last years in exile, Napoleon at Saint Helena , used.

In the next three decades Weber was one of the busiest, always freelance set designers in both Reich and West German cinema, although he was rarely involved in above-average productions. His drafts, often implemented after the war in collaboration with Franz Schroedter or Max Mellin , made films for almost all genres common in German film.

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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 291.

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