Werner Achmann

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Werner Achmann (born May 28, 1929 in Munich ; † December 25, 2001 in Vaterstetten ) was a German set designer and set designer .

Life

Achmann had learned church painting in the Munich workshops for decorative arts from 1943 before he switched to the Bavaria film company in 1946 . There he began as a painter for Robert Herlth (debut in 1947 with Between Yesterday and Tomorrow , the last film in autumn 1954 was Wilhelm Dieterle's women around Richard Wagner ) before he switched to Gloria and Divina in 1955 .

In 1958 he started his career as chief production designer at the side of his colleague Willi Schatz. Together with Rolf Zehetbauer and Herbert Strabel , he temporarily formed an extremely successful team of architects who worked on German and international productions (especially US films made in the Bavaria studios). As early as the early 1960s, he was the second architect (of the German buildings) to be involved in US productions such as Eins, Zwei, drei and Meine Lieder, mein Träume that were made in Central Europe . In addition, Achmann has created two high-class film adaptations based on famous models: 1967 pairings , based on August Strindberg , and 1981 Syberberg's Parsifal .

Achmann also worked for television, for the first time in 1965 with the optical design of the extremely popular science fiction series Raumpatrouille . Most recently, in the mid-1990s, the native of Munich was involved in creating the buildings for the lavish two-part film Katharina the Great with Catherine Zeta-Jones and in the ice ballet fairy tale Ice Princess with Katarina Witt . He then retired. Werner Achmann died at Christmas 2001 in his Bavarian homeland.

Filmography (selection)

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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 23.

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personal data
SURNAME Achmann, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German production designer and film set designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2001
Place of death Vaterstetten