Klaus von Rautenfeld

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Klaus von Rautenfeld (Klaus Berens von Rautenfeld) (born April 5, 1909 in Dorpat , † February 5, 1982 in Munich ) was a German cameraman .

Live and act

He studied law and then trained as a cameraman at UFA . In 1932 von Rautenfeld took part in the Montenegro mountain film The Song of the Black Mountains as a sports director. From 1933 he was camera assistant for cameraman Albert Benitz and his mountain films by and with Luis Trenker .

In 1936 Benitz employed him as co-cameraman responsible for the film Condottieri , after which he worked as chief cameraman for Trenker until 1940 and made a name for himself as a mountain film specialist. When Trenker came into conflict with Propaganda Minister Goebbels in 1940 and went to Rome, von Rautenfeld worked with other directors.

In the 50s and 60s he was behind the camera in numerous German productions. He gained some recognition through films like Rose Bernd (1957), The Girl Rosemarie (1958) and The Miracle of Malachias (1961). For his camera work in the Labyrinth of Passions he received the silver film tape in 1960 .

Origin and family

Klaus Berens von Rautenfeld came from the German-Baltic noble family Berens von Rautenfeld . His father was the businessman Viktor Eduard Berens von Rautenfeld (* 1876 in Riga, † 1935 in Berlin ), who was married to Clara von Loudon (* 1879). Klaus had two brothers: Arndt (* 1906 in Tartu, † 1996 in Munich ), who was also a cameraman, and Götz (* 1913 on Good Ringmundshof, Livonia † 2001 in São Paulo , Brazil ), who in the Waffen-SS had served .

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 419.

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personal data
SURNAME Rautenfeld, Klaus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berens von Rautenfeld, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorpat
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1982
Place of death Munich