Ulrich Mohrbutter

Ulrich Mohrbutter (born January 4, 1889 in Oldenburg ; † January 21, 1971 in Birkenstein , Bavaria ) was a German film producer (production and production manager as well as production group leader) and naval officer of the Imperial - like Reichsmarine .

Live and act

In 1907, Mohrbutter had embarked on a 21-year military career with the Imperial Navy and was in command of a submarine during the First World War (from December 1915 on the third SM UC 5 until it ran aground on April 27, 1916). His rank was that of a first lieutenant at sea .

Born in Oldenburg, he moved to UFA in January 1929 and took over the management of its Berlin Capitol cinemas. In the same year, UFA boss Ernst Hugo Correll brought Mohrbutter to work as a unit manager for film production, and in 1935 he began working as production manager . In this capacity, Ulrich Mohrbutter made films for only six years - including the anti-British, the former submersible commander Mohrbutter thematically familiar and the life of the German U-boat driver heroic propaganda material U-Boats westward! . In this production, the producer also made a brief appearance as the British commander of a destroyer . From 1942 until the end of the war Mohrbutter was head of the UFA dubbing department .

After 1945 Mohrbutter worked for a few months for Munich and Frankfurt distribution companies, most recently as a lecturer (for scripts) and calculator for the 'Deutsche Wirtschaftsförderung und Treuhand GmbH' in Frankfurt am Main , which had to decide on the award of film funding.

His son Jürgen Mohrbutter, born in 1924, worked as a unit manager, production manager and producer in film and television.

Filmography (selection)

• 1935: Gypsy baron
• 1936: Forest winter
• 1936: incognito
• 1937: When women are silent
• 1937: strong hearts
• 1937: Faded melody
• 1938: Northern Lights
• 1939: The curtain falls
• 1939: Twelve minutes past 12
• 1939: Detective Inspector Eyck
• 1940: How could you, Veronika
• 1941: U-boats westward! (also actor)
• 1943: Night without parting

Web links

• Ulrich Mohrbutter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ulrich Mohrbutter at filmportal.de

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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 498.