Max Vorwerg

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Max Vorwerg (born September 20, 1903 in Sarau , † October 26, 1975 in Berlin ) was a German film architect and painter .

Life

The younger brother of the film architect Wilhelm Vorwerg was trained as a decorative painter. In the following years he worked as a painter; it was not until the spring of 1939 that Max Vorwerg joined the film industry as a production designer . In this role he worked for his colleague Ernst H. Albrecht on the productions Alarm auf Station III (1939), Meine Tante - Deine Tante (1939) and Die imperfect love (1940). In March 1940 Vorwerg became an assistant architect and worked a. a. to Between Hamburg and Haiti (1940), Germanin (1942) and the Buchholz family (1943).

Vorwerg was only able to work as chief architect after the Second World War . Most of the time, however, he was not allowed to work independently, rather he had to be content with the implementation of drafts by other film architects, including Albrecht again and the experienced film architects Hermann Warm , Erich Kettelhut and Max's brother Wilhelm.

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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 209.

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personal data
SURNAME Vorwerg, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect and painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarau
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1975
Place of death Berlin