Kurt Ulrich

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Kurt Arthur Erwin Ulrich (born June 28, 1905 in Berlin ; † September 11, 1967 there ) was a German film producer .

Life

Ulrich worked from 1919 in the film and was initially manager . As early as 1932 he founded his first film company, the Kurt Ulrich-Film , which produced several short films. In 1939 he became production manager at Algefa and from 1942 he worked for Berlin-Film .

After the end of the Second World War , Kurt Ulrich was director of the Berlin Lustspielhaus des Westens for three years and, for a short time, of the guest performance stage “The Rainbow”. In 1948, together with the cameraman Kurt Schulz, he founded Berolina-Film GmbH with its headquarters in West Berlin . After his partner left the company, Kurt Ulrich-Film GmbH followed in 1959.

Ulrich became one of the great producers of German-language films in the post-war period . In addition to numerous successful homeland films - including the first West German color film Schwarzwaldmädel with Sonja Ziemann and other entertainment films - Ulrich also produced sophisticated literary adaptations from the mid-1950s.

He found his final resting place in the Dahlem forest cemetery in Berlin .

Awards

Filmography (selection)

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. 102.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. also: Kiu Eckstein : One Life - Two Worlds. Biographical Notes in Times of Change. Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7439-3297-5 , p. 61.
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulrich, Kurt Arthur Erwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1967
Place of death Berlin