Lothar Wolff

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Lothar Wolff (born May 13, 1909 in Bromberg , Province of Posen , † October 2, 1988 in Hawthorne , New York , United States ) was a German-American film editor and producer and director who mainly worked in documentary films .

Live and act

Wolff grew up in Bromberg and did not move to Berlin with his parents until the city was annexed by Poland after the First World War. In 1927 he went to the Parufamet's picture service , the following year Wolff was hired by the press department of Nero-Film , where he took over the press support for some later silent films by GW Pabst . At the beginning of the sound film age (1930/31) Lothar Wolff worked as an assistant director.

In 1931 Lothar Wolff went to Paris to work as an editor on French films. When Hitler came to power , Wolff was just editing the French version of Fritz Lang's film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse busy. He then fled to Austria, but returned to France in 1934. From 1934 to 1936 Wolff was based in Denmark, where he again worked as an assistant director and film editor. In October 1936 Lothar Wolff moved to the USA, but kept returning to Europe (Sweden, England) until the eve of the Second World War.

From the beginning of October 1939 Wolff lived permanently in the USA. During the war he was mainly busy with the final editing of contributions for the monthly cinema show The March of Time . Since 1947 Wolff has mainly produced educational and documentary films, which were made by Louis de Rochemont Associates and later (since 1975) by his own company 'Lothar Wolff Productions'. Sporadically, he returned to the feature film. Wolff's most important post-war production was the film biography Martin Luther, filmed in Germany in 1952 . In 1953 he went to Indonesia for two years to help build a film industry there. After his return to the United States, he remained in de Rochemont's service until 1965. For his short, in 1964 produced documentary about Switzerland with the German title Wehrhafte Switzerland (English title Fortress of Peace ) was Lothar Wolff in 1966 for the Oscar nominated. Wolff's last works (1980s) were created for the National Geographic Society and for US television.

Filmography

as editor
  • 1931: Le parfum de la dame en noir
  • 1931: Monsieur le maréchal
  • 1932: Baroud
  • 1932: baby
  • 1932: Le roi des palaces
  • 1932: Marie, a Hungarian legend (Marie, légende hongroise)
  • 1933: The will of Dr. Mabuse (only French version)
  • 1933: Sunbeam
  • 1933: Voices of Spring
  • 1934: Poliche
  • 1934: Flygten fra millionerne
  • 1935: Det gyldne smyl
  • 1935: Fredløs
  • 1936-1944: The March of Time
  • 1940: Ramparts We Watch (documentary)
  • 1941: Story of the Vatican (documentary)
as production manager or producer unless otherwise stated
  • 1942: We are the Marines (documentary)
  • 1944: Beachhead to Berlin (short documentary)
  • 1947: Storm over Britain (documentary)
  • 1947: End of an Empire? (Documentary)
  • 1948: Parlons Français (director of three educational films)
  • 1949: When Parents Are Silent (Lost Boundaries)
  • 1951: Whistle at Eaton Falls (production assistant only)
  • 1952: Walk East on Beacon
  • 1953: Martin Luther
  • 1958: Windjammer (Windjammer) (documentary)
  • 1959: Secret Files M (Man on a String)
  • 1960: Question 7 (Question Seven)
  • 1961: Mrs. Stone's Roman Spring
  • 1964: Well-fortified Switzerland (Oscar title Fortress of Peace ; short documentary)
  • 1967: Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle (short film, director)
  • 1976: I Sought My Brother (documentary)
  • 1977: The Joy of Bach (TV documentary)
  • 1980: The Sun (documentary)
  • 1980: The Solar System (documentary)
  • 1981: The Moon (documentary)
  • 1984: A Parade of Witness (TV documentary)
  • 1985: The Sky's the Limit (TV documentary)

literature

  • CineGraph : Lothar Wolff, Delivery 4, July 15, 1985
  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 615.

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personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American film editor, producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bydgoszcz , Poznan Province
DATE OF DEATH October 2nd, 1988
Place of death Hawthorne , New York