Otto Pischinger

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Otto Pischinger (born February 14, 1919 in Vienna ; † August 5, 1976 in Amstetten ) was an Austrian film architect with many years of experience in German-Austrian entertainment films.

Live and act

Pischinger had studied architecture, stage design and film design with Otto Niedermoser at the Academy of Applied Arts in his hometown of Vienna and then worked as a freelance architect before he came to the Rosenhügel film studios in 1949 and was hired as chief designer.

There Pischinger initially designed for 'Pabst-Kiba-Film', later also for other production companies. In Austria as in the Federal Republic of Germany, Pischinger furnished a considerable number of initially quite simple comedies. Among his better works from those early years are Helmut Käutner's partisan drama The Last Bridge and some late productions by the 'Pabst-Kiba' boss and director GW Pabst ( The Confession of Ina Kahr , The Last Act , Roses for Bettina ).

From 1956 Pischinger worked mostly with the director and comedy veteran Franz Antel , but also increasingly engaged top directors working in Germany such as Bernhard Wicki ( The Miracle of Malachia , The Wrong Weight ), Kurt Hoffmann ( The marriage of Mr Mississippi , Snow White and the seven jugglers , Gripsholm Castle , hocus-pocus or: How do I make my husband disappear ...? , Liselotte von der Pfalz ), Géza von Radványi ( It doesn't always have to be caviar , this time it has to be caviar ) and Robert Siodmak ( The treasure of the Aztecs , The Pyramid of the Sun God ) the accomplished craftsman.

In 1967 Pischinger, who since 1954 had mostly designed the sets with his wife, the film architect Herta Hareiter , created his most challenging work: the decorations for Rudolf Noelte's Kafka film The Castle . Two years later, Pischinger brought in 'Schloß' star Maximilian Schell for his first directorial work, the Turgenev adaptation First Love .

In the last years of his life, Pischinger had also worked on a number of international productions, his last cinema work was the Austrian decorations for the sequences made in Vienna for the British film No Coke for Sherlock Holmes . In the early 1970s, Pischinger often designed the decorations for Austrian television productions; he provided his best designs for operas and operettas.

Otto Pischinger, a heavy smoker, died of cancer in the summer of 1976.

Filmography

Awards

  • 1962: Federal Film Prize for The Miracle of Malachia (Category: Best Film Architecture - together with Ernst Schomer )
  • 1966: Federal Film Prize for Hocus-Pocus or: How do I make my husband disappear ...? (Construction and equipment)
  • 1968: Federal Film Prize for Das Schloß (best film architecture - together with Hertha Hareiter)

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 247.

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personal data
SURNAME Pischinger, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1976
Place of death Amstetten