Otto Gülstorff

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Otto Gülstorff (born February 5, 1878 in Tilsit , East Prussia , † July 3, 1959 in Berlin ) was a German film architect.

Life

The son of an East Prussian furniture manufacturer attended the Tilsiter secondary school and trained as an architect after graduating from school. He also initially worked in this profession. In 1923 Gülstorff came to film, three years later he was allowed to work as a chief scene designer for the first time. During the silent film, he mainly designed the sets for the productions of Bruno Rahn , Martin Bergers and Wilhelm Dieterle .

Gülstorff did not work regularly with the sound film until 1932. For a number of years he mainly designed the buildings for Robert Neppach's productions . Until the end of the 1930s Gülstorff had to be content with making secondary films, after which he hardly worked for the industry. He realized his most interesting decorations in 1942 as Emil Hasler's partner for the UFA anniversary film Münchhausen , where he was involved in the magnificent design of the oriental, Venetian and lunar worlds.

After working occasionally for DEFA , his only post-war film, Gülstorff retired into private life in 1948 at the age of 70.

Filmography

  • 1926: women who lost their way
  • 1926: Hell of Love
  • 1926: sin in women
  • 1927: The outcasts
  • 1928: Rasputin's love affair
  • 1928: Through night to light
  • 1928: Broken shackles
  • 1929: Spring awakening
  • 1929: saint or prostitute
  • 1929: The silence in the forest
  • 1930: Faded dreams
  • 1932: For once I don't want to worry
  • 1933: The dream of the Rhine
  • 1933: happiness in the castle
  • 1934: In the matter of Timpe
  • 1934: Adventure in the south express
  • 1934: The horror of the Heidekrug
  • 1934: La Paloma
  • 1934: Love and the first railroad
  • 1934: Punks comes from America
  • 1935: The courageous seafarer
  • 1935: Hilde Petersen in poste restante
  • 1935: Sustaining society
  • 1935: Hangover lamp
  • 1936: An order is an order
  • 1936: Stronger than paragraphs
  • 1936: Over there on the heath
  • 1937: The glass ball
  • 1937: The model husband
  • 1938: The naked sparrow
  • 1938: Our little woman
  • 1939: The Singing Gate
  • 1940: boys
  • 1941: Annelie
  • 1943: Münchhausen
  • 1943: The Majorate Lord
  • 1948: 1-2-3 Corona

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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 442.

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personal data
SURNAME Gülstorff, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect and architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Tilsit , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1959
Place of death Berlin