Otto Rippert
Otto Rippert (born October 22, 1869 in Offenbach am Main , † January 18, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German theater actor and film director and a pioneer of German silent films .
Life
Rippert worked at theaters in Baden-Baden , Forst , Bamberg and Berlin. In 1906 he directed his first film for the French company Gaumont in Baden-Baden . It wasn't until 1912 that he came into contact with film again when he starred in the Titanic film In Nacht und Eis . In the same year he began directing film. In the 1910s, Rippert was one of the most productive German directors.
His greatest achievements for early German film are the six-part series on the artificial human Homunculus from 1916 and the historic monumental film Die Pest in Florenz (1919), for which Fritz Lang wrote the screenplay. In 1919, Lang worked as a scriptwriter for Rippert on two other films.
After 1925 Otto Rippert withdrew from directing and worked as an editor . Today his work has almost been forgotten.
Movies
- 1912: In Nacht und Eis (Actor)
- 1912: The foreign legion
- 1913: Yellow Star
- 1913: The sample collection
- 1913: Between heaven and earth
- 1913: After death
- 1913: Scheingold
- 1913: Surry, the stayer
- 1913: Like the leaves ...
- 1913: Dispersed ideals
- 1915: girls go to the front!
- 1915: The fateful hour at Svaneskjöld Castle
- 1915: When the woman cooks
- 1916: BZ-Maxe & Co (also screenplay)
- 1916: The Green Man of Amsterdam (also screenplay)
- 1916: Homunculus (six parts)
- 1916: Countess Hella
- 1916: Lumpenliesel (screenplay, director: Hans Oberländer )
- 1916: The last game
- 1916: The knitting needles
- 1916: The death of Erasmus
- 1917: The Book of Vice
- 1917: Countess Hanne
- 1917: The king's daughter of Travankore
- 1917: The daughter of Countess Stachowska
- 1917: The Stranger
- 1917: Friedrich Werder's broadcast
- 1917: The oath of Renate Rabenau
- 1917: The good match
- 1917: The girl next door
- 1917: The chain of sins
- 1917: And if I love, be careful ...!
- 1917: When the avalanches fall
- 1917: who kisses me?
- 1918: Poor Lena
- 1918: Barons on penal leave
- 1918: The wives of Josias Graffenreuth
- 1918: Mrs. Beate's happiness
- 1918: The good match
- 1918: Hanne and her seven suitors
- 1918: The enchanted castle
- 1918: Heide-Gretel
- 1918: Inge
- 1918: The crown of life
- 1919: The Path That Leads to Damnation, Part 1. The fate of the Aenne Wolter
- 1919: The Path That Leads to Damnation, Part 2. Hyenas of lust
- 1919: Marinettes of Hate
- 1919: Dance of Death
- 1919: The plague in Florence
- 1919: The shadow of an hour
- 1919: The woman with the orchids
- 1920: Mankind's advocate
- 1920: Countess Walewska
- 1924: That's life
- 1924: winter storms
- 1925: The tragedy of two people
Web links
- Otto Rippert at The German Early Cinema Database
- Otto Rippert at filmportal.de
- Otto Rippert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rippert, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berlin |