Peter Scharff (film architect)

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Peter Scharff (born June 28, 1924 in Munich , Germany ) is a German production and costume designer for the stage, film and television.

Life

After his military service, Scharff had received training in fine arts and graphics in Hamburg and in his home town of Munich. In 1950 he made his debut as a film architect. First he designed the sets for Bavarian films, with Bernhard Wicki's anti-war film Die Brücke , Scharff was also involved for the first time in an artistically high-quality production. Despite this international critical success, Peter Scharff was only irregularly active in the cinema in the following period. He designed the film structures for secondary works by representatives of the New German Cinema ( Engelchen or Die Jungfrau von Bamberg ) and for ambitious film documentaries ( Die Mitläufer ) as well as for pure entertainment ( Serenade for two spies ) and the Heimatfilm ( Hubertus Castle ).

Occasionally Scharff was brought in for international productions and designed the decorations for Jack Gold's The Man of Metal and Ken Annakin's Paper Tiger . In the 70s and early 80s he was part of the team of producer and director Ottokar Runze , whose productions The Knife in the Back, The Standard and Star Without a Sky he was responsible for scenically. Since the mid-1950s, the Munich-based artist has also been intensively designing television productions. After his last job, Peter Scharff retired to his house in France in the early 1990s .

Filmography

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 7: R-T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 83.

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personal data
SURNAME Scharff, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect, scene and costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany