Max Heilbronner
Max Heilbronner , pseudonym Max Bronnet , pseudonym Max Bronell (born February 14, 1902 in Munich , German Empire , † July 23, 1964 in Los Angeles , United States ) was a German-American film architect and painter .
Life
Heilbronner received training in goldsmithing at the end of the First World War , worked in a carpenter's workshop and learned the basic concepts of design and architecture at arts and crafts schools in Pforzheim and Munich. At the age of 19 he was already active as an assistant architect, painter and decorator for the film production company Emelka .
Since 1923 Heilbronner was responsible for Emelka as chief architect. At the beginning of 1926 he went to Berlin and continued his stage design work for other film companies. The majority , however, the films under his supervision had little artistic significance. For more ambitious and elaborate films such as Alraune or Volga-Volga , Heilbronner usually had to be content with the execution of drafts by well-known colleagues.
Following the seizure of power in 1933, the Jew Heilbronner left Germany and went to Paris , where he found some employment in French film for the next two years. In 1937 he produced a remake of Hanns Schwarz 's The wonderful lie of Nina Petrovna under the pseudonym Max Bronnet . Heilbronner had to go into hiding in France during the Second World War . After the end of the war he moved to the USA, where he called himself Max Bronell . Although based in California , he could no longer gain a foothold in the film business. Bronell / Heilbronn had been an American citizen since November 1954.
Filmography
- 1923: The Sagossa Adventure
- 1923: The Rolling Fate
- 1923: The way to God
- 1924: The pearls of Dr. Talmadge
- 1924: The Malaysian jonke
- 1924: The horror of the sea
- 1925: The curse of the evil deed
- 1925: The wives of two bachelors
- 1925: the seventh boy
- 1926: Hunting people
- 1926: trafficking in girls
- 1926: The villa in the Tiergarten
- 1927: Climbing maxi
- 1927: Poor little Colombine
- 1927: The duty to be silent
- 1927: The most sophisticated woman in Berlin
- 1927: The man without a head
- 1927: Mandrake
- 1928: Gynecologist Dr. shepherd
- 1928: Volga-Volga
- 1928: The great Countess
- 1928: Circumstantial evidence
- 1929: Furnished rooms
- 1929: Riots in the bachelor home
- 1929: youth tragedy
- 1929: Stud. Chem. Helene Willfuer
- 1930: The Waltz King
- 1930: The linden landlady
- 1930: Chaste Joseph
- 1930: Pension Schöller
- 1931: The dancing hussar
- 1931: When the soldiers ...
- 1931: Cadets
- 1932: Melody of Love
- 1932: Three from the cavalry
- 1932: The will of Cornelius Gulden
- 1932: overnight happiness
- 1933: And who is kissing me?
- 1933: Greetings and kisses - Veronika
- 1934: The private secretary marries (Dactylo se marie)
- 1935: Csardas
- 1935: Une nuit de noces
- 1935: Paris-Toulon sleeping car (Fanfare d'amour)
- 1937: The Lie of Nina Petrovna (Le mensonge de Nina Petrovna). (production only)
literature
- 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. 234.
Web links
- Max Heilbronner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Max Heilbronner at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year of birth 1900, which is often read, is not applicable
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heilbronner, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bronnet, Max (pseudonym); Bronell, Max (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American film architect and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1964 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , United States |