Paul Holzki

Paul Holzki (born September 26, 1887 in Saadan, Ortelsburg district , East Prussia , † January 26, 1960 in Berlin ) was a German cameraman .

Life

After training as a photographer , he initially practiced this profession before he found film in 1913. He acted as a camera operator and participated in the war from 1916 to 1918 .

He then rose to the position of chief cameraman. He turned primarily entertainment films, including the football movie The Eleven Devils . He worked repeatedly with director Friedrich Zelnik . In 1928/29 he was one of the three cameramen who were responsible for the world's first experimental German sound film Melodie der Welt , followed by the first complete sound film You've loved me .

Then Holzki turned completely to documentary film . At Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia he was part of her large team.

Filmography

1919: eyes 1920: The death shaft 1920: The Medallion of Lady Sington 1920: moles 1920: The hunt for death 1921: The Eternal Curse 1922: The king's mistress 1922: The girl from hell 1922: The Kreutzer Sonata 1922: The black Paula 1922: Se. Excellency the Auditor 1922: Yvette, the fashion princess 1922: Könnyved, the great stranger 1923: Vineta. The sunken city 1923: shine against luck 1923: City fever 1924: The heart of Lilian Thorland 1925: Free people 1925: Götz von Berlichingen named with the iron hand

1925: The Lunapark doll 1925: golden boy 1926: Nana 1927: The eleven devils 1927: Poor little Sif 1927: Previous conditions 1927: The Lord of the Night 1927: Trafficking in Girls - An International Danger 1927: The standard bearer of Sedan 1927: Girls at risk 1928: One day of film 1928: The last gala performance of the Wolfson Circus 1928: He wants to make a joke 1929: Big City Children - Between Spree and Panke 1929: Melody of the World 1929: I loved you 1929: The boxing student 1930: Make the world a paradise for me 1930: Vienna, you city of songs 1938: Olympia

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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

• Paul Holzki in the Internet Movie Database (English)