Paul Seltenhammer
Paul Seltenhammer (born September 18, 1903 in Biedermannsdorf , † July 17, 1987 in Berlin ) was an Austrian graphic artist and costume designer .
Life
Born near Vienna , Seltenhammer had attended the arts and crafts school in the Austrian capital and then went to the arts and crafts school in Berlin for two years. From 1927 Seltenhammer worked as a commercial artist for various clients. He created posters and advertising drawings, provided fashion designs, took part in the design of plays and revues and also hired himself as a painter.
Until 1936 he worked in these fields in Paris for nine years . Travels also took him to the USA and Berlin, where he temporarily settled at the beginning of 1937. During the Nazi era, Seltenhammer also made a name for himself as a teacher at the Vienna Textile and Fashion School.
Paul Seltenhammer did not come across films until 1950. Initially, he preferred to supply revue and costume films , escapist entertainment films that were typical for West German cinema of the Adenauer era . At the beginning of the 1960s, Seltenhammer returned a series of film orders to Austria, where they were originally from. Up until 1964, he mainly designed costumes for various comedies with Peter Alexander .
In his later years he found employment in television; so Paul Seltenhammer participated z. B. 1968 on the three-part ZDF crime street sweeper Babeck with his costume designs. He later worked for various episodes of the crime series Der Kommissar , Der Alte and Tatort .
Post mortem curiosity : nine months after his death, an investigation was launched against the deceased in April 1988. In the second half of 1987, Seltenhammer had received four unanswered letters from the Berlin State Statistical Office asking them to take part in the census - a request that the ex-costume designer, who had recently been seriously ill, was no longer able to comply.
He is buried in an honorary grave of the city of Mödling at the Mödlinger Friedhof.
Filmography
- 1950: The third from the right
- 1951: The veiled Maja
- 1952: Dancing stars
- 1952: Queen of the arena
- 1952: The colorful dream
- 1952: The thief of Baghdad
- 1953: Flower of Hawaii
- 1954: Dance in the sun
- 1954: money out of thin air
- 1956: girl with poor memory
- 1959: The night before the premiere
- 1959: The beautiful liar
- 1959: Salem Aleikum
- 1960: Mrs. Warren's trade
- 1961: The bat
- 1962: The sweet life of Count Bobby
- 1962: The bird dealer
- 1962: wedding night in paradise
- 1963: The model boy
- 1963: Charley's aunt , directed by Géza von Cziffra
- 1963: The great love game
- 1963: The last ride to Santa Cruz
- 1963: Schweik's flail years
- 1963: is Geraldine an angel?
- 1964: Help, my bride steals
- 1964: Marry me, Chéri
- 1964: ... and something like that has to go to bed at 8
- 1966: crooks honor
- 1966: The hell of Macau
Web links
- Paul Seltenhammer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seltenhammer, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian graphic artist and costume designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biedermannsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1987 |
| Place of death | Berlin |