Reimar Kuntze
Reimar Kuntze (born January 27, 1902 in Berlin , † August 18, 1949 in Munich ) was a German cameraman .
Life
Kuntze began an apprenticeship as a photographer in Berlin in 1918 and worked in the news department at Pathé in Paris as early as 1919 . From 1922 he was behind the film camera in Germany. He was involved in two Fridericus Rex films and shot with Axel Graatkjær I.NRI (1923, director: Robert Wiene ) and Nju (1924, director: Paul Czinner ). In doing so, he developed his personal artistic profile, whose form of expression was based on variable light-dark compositions.
Kuntze was open to cinematic experiments and filmed in 1927 with his colleagues Robert Baberske and László Schäffer with a hidden camera in the streets of Berlin for Walther Ruttmann's composed documentary Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City . Then he shot the experimental film Morning Spook for Hans Richter .
In the 1930s, Kuntze began with Girls in Uniform (1931, director: Leontine Sagan ) and Die Koffer des Herr OF (1931, director: Alexander Granowski ) and developed into an experienced cameraman for numerous entertainment films.
After the war, only two films were made under his camerawork, the last being Königskinder by Helmut Käutner . Kuntze was buried in the forest cemetery in Munich , old part.
Filmography
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Web links
- Reimar Kuntze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Reimar Kuntze at filmportal.de
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| SURNAME | Kuntze, Reimar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1949 |
| Place of death | Munich |