Lorenz Bätz
Lorenz Bätz , also Lorenz Baetz (born July 10, 1889 in Munich , † 1926 in Berlin ) was a German film director and producer .
Life
Bätz attended drama school at 16 and made his stage debut the following year. His first permanent engagement brought him to Jena in 1909 , where he stayed until 1911. Then he went to Colmar in Alsace as a stage manager . In this function Bätz also worked in Berlin in 1913 (guest performance tour), the following year he worked at Berlin's theater on the Weidendammer Bridge . In addition, the Munich resident was given the opportunity for one or two small appearances in the theater choir.
Bätz, who repeatedly traded as "Baetz", made his debut towards the end of the First World War with a specially produced drama in three acts, The Poacher . In the following years, Lorenz Bätz, who was initially in-house director of AG Filmfabrikation Arthur Günsberg Berlin , staged fabrics based on models by Ludwig Ganghofer and peasant dramas as well as series stories about the film detectives Tom Parker (played by Heinrich Peer ) and Harry Hill (played by Valy Arnheim ). In addition, Bätz was behind the camera in three melodramas with the US silent film diva Fern Andra .
Bätz, who recently received no more directorial offers, died completely unexpectedly, not yet 37 years old. Nothing is known about the cause of death.
Filmography
- 1918: The Poacher (also production)
- 1918: Woman against Woman (co-director)
- 1918: Without any frills
- 1919: Don't nonsense, Krause
- 1919: Mountain Sins
- 1919: Christ
- 1919: The battle below sea level
- 1919: The avenger
- 1919: The daughter of the mountains
- 1920: The other world
- 1920: Chose doesn't work entirely without men
- 1921: The refugee from Sing-Sing
- 1921: The waves of life and love
- 1922: Praschna's secret
- 1923: Harry Hill, Lord of the World
- 1924: Harry Hill's Hunt for Death
literature
- Kurt Mühsam, Egon Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film . Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 11.
Web links
- Lorenz Bätz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lorenz Bätz at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bätz, Lorenz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baetz, Lorenz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1926 |
| Place of death | Berlin |