Milo Harbich

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Milo Harbich , born Emilio Harbich (born August 12, 1900 in Porto Alegre , Brazil ; † September 13, 1988 in Nova Petrópolis , state of Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil) was a German film editor and film director .

Life

The son of the Austrian immigrant to Brazil, Friedrich Harbich, and his wife Philomena came to Dresden with his parents in 1904 . He worked here as an employee of the Richter art shop and took acting lessons from Erich Ponto . As an actor he appeared at the city theaters of Hirschberg and Hanau . Between 1922 and 1927 he was married to the German actress Flory Jacobi .

He was trained as a stage painter with Adolf Mahnke at the State Theater , and in 1929 he showed his pictures at the Dresden art exhibition . He made short educational films for the Dresden Hygiene Museum . In 1930 he was trained as an editor by Erich Schmidt as a trainee with Joe May . Soon afterwards he assisted Schmidt in some of May's films.

From 1933 on he worked as an editor on several UFA films, including the propaganda film Hitler Youth Quex . At the same time, he worked as assistant director to several directors such as Hans Steinhoff and Detlef Sierck . In 1938 he became head of the editing class at the Berlin Film Academy .

After two short films, Harbich was able to direct a feature film with Paul Klinger for the first time in 1940 with the crime detective Inspector Eyck , to which the mistaken and romantic comedy How could you, Veronika! followed.

At the end of the war, Harbich was taken over by DEFA . In 1946 he shot the documentary film Free Land for them on the subject of land reform . He became artistic director of DEFA-Kulturfilmproduktion Brandenburg and directed a few short films.

In 1947 he went to Brazil, where he initially worked as a representative for a paper company. He was able to direct one more film and did the editing for others. At the same time he worked as a set designer for the Kammerspiele in Rio de Janeiro . In 1957 his children's book A história dos cogumelos was published .

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personal data
SURNAME Harbich, Milo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harbich, Emilio (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film editor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto Alegre
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1988
Place of death Nova Petrópolis , State of Rio Grande do Sul