Siegfried Weinmann

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Siegfried Weinmann (* 1910 in Königshütte , Upper Silesia ; † September 3, 1996 in Berlin ) was a German cameraman and photographer .

Live and act

Weinmann was born as the son of the silent film cameraman Friedrich Weinmann in Upper Silesia. At the end of the 1920s, he began working as a lighting technician before training to be a cameraman. In addition, Weinmann completed an internship at the production company Afifa .

His first work in 1931 was camera assistant for the films No Man's Land and Straw Widower . In the same year Luis Trenker brought him in as one of several cameramen for his mountain and war film Mountains in Flames . In 1934 he was also part of Leni Riefenstahl's camera team for her NSDAP party conference film Triumph des Willens . Unlike his famous father, Siegfried Weinmann was unable to assert himself in feature films, and he was only allowed to shoot a few short films in the same decade.

After the Second World War , Weinmann was barely able to work in his profession; only his camerawork on the semi-documentary fictional film Vati Does Stupidity is documented . In the later years Weinmann changed his profession and worked as a dental technician.

Filmography

  • 1931: Mountains on fire
  • 1934: triumph of will
  • 1936: Travel acquaintances
  • 1937: The swapped dog
  • 1937: No gain without diligence
  • 1937: The trumpet
  • 1938: German racing cars in the front
  • 1953: Dad does stupid things

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1849.
  • 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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 305.

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personal data
SURNAME Weinmann, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Königshütte , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1996
Place of death Berlin