Peter Dürst

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Peter Dürst (born April 14, 1936 in Gera ) is a German prop master in film and television. He has worked for well-known cinema productions such as Das Boot , Enemy Mine - Geliebter Feind , Schtonk! , U-571 or Buddenbrooks , as well as for the TV series Lawyer Abel and Munich 7 .

life and career

Peter Dürst, born in Gera in 1936, originally wanted to become an aircraft manufacturer. After abandoning his studies in mechanical engineering, he initially worked as a tour guide, taxi driver or butler, as a career changer he finally came to film in the mid-1970s and began his career as a set designer for romantic dramas such as Das Schweigen im Walde by Alfred Vohrer or Waldrausch by Horst Hächler . In 1978 he met the director Wolfgang Petersen who hired him for his television film Black and White as Days and Nights . Later in the 1980s, they also worked together on the successful cinema productions Das Boot and Enemy Mine - Geliebter Feind . Further commissions followed in the 1980s, including for Frank Strecker's Anna - Der Film and Klaus Maria Brandauer's Georg Elser - Eine aus Deutschland . In the 1990s, Dürst worked for such films as The Neverending Story II - In Search of Fantasies for Go Trabi Go or for Helmut Dietl's comedy Schtonk! . In the 2000s, productions like Jonathan Mostow's action drama U-571 or the lavish literary film adaptation of Buddenbrooks based on the novel by Thomas Mann followed .

As an outside prophet, Dürst worked closely with the set designer and the director on location. In addition to the screen, Peter Dürst was also regularly active for television. For example, as a prop master, he equips the sets on location for television miniseries such as Patrik Pacard or Die Manns - A novel of the century . In addition, he has also worked for various TV series such as Morlock , Rechtsanwalt Abel and Munich 7 .

Peter Dürst has lived in Rosenheim since September 2012. Peter Dürst's son is the former German cyclist Thomas Dürst .

Filmography (selection)

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literature

  • Peter Dürst. In: Hans Jürgen Syberberg Hitler, a film from Germany. , Rowohlt, 1978, p. 71

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Dürst. In: Tim Heptner; Hans-Peter Reichmann Das Boot: in search of the crew of the U 96. , Deutsches Filmmuseum, 2006, p. 144
personal data
SURNAME Thirst, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prop master in film and television
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera , Germany