Werner Bergmann (cameraman)
Werner Bergmann (born January 14, 1921 in Niederkaina ( Bautzen ); † October 25, 1990 in Potsdam ) was a German cameraman who was best known for his films directed by Konrad Wolf . His brother Helmut Bergmann also became a cameraman.
Life
Bergmann trained as a portrait and industrial photographer and worked for Boehner-Film in Dresden from 1938 to 1939 . During World War II he was a war correspondent for Die Deutsche Wochenschau and later a lieutenant in a propaganda company. In 1939, after his draft, he was employed as a cameraman on the fronts in the west, southeast and east. In 1943 he was so badly wounded by shrapnel that his right arm had to be amputated. Bergmann then gets a job in the Ufa's cultural film department as a cameraman.
Since 1946 he was a cameraman at DEFA and initially worked on short films, from 1953 on feature films, fourteen of which were directed by Konrad Wolf .
His directorial debut was the 1965 experimental film DEFA 70 , which, in preparation for Konrad Wolf's Goya film, served to exhaust the possibilities of the 70-millimeter technology (new for DEFA). Bergmann later also directed feature films.
In 1952 he was awarded the Heinrich Greif Prize . In 1959, 1968 and 1971 he received the GDR National Prize .
Works
As a cameraman
- 1953: The small and the big luck
- 1954: Alarm in the circus
- 1955: Once is never
- 1956: Lissy
- 1956: recovery
- 1956: The captain of Cologne
- 1957: Sun seeker
- 1959: stars
- 1960: people with wings
- 1961: Professor Mamlock
- 1961: Well-loved starlet (TV)
- 1962/1990: Monologue for a taxi driver (TV film)
- 1964: The divided sky
- 1967: I was nineteen
- 1971: Goya - or the terrible path to knowledge
- 1974: The naked man on the sports field
- 1976: love traps
- 1976: Mom, I'm alive
- 1977: DEFA Disko 77
- 1981: May I say Petrushka to you?
- 1985: My wife Inge and my wife Schmidt
- 1985: The geese from Bützow
As a director
- 1967: DEFA 70
- 1979: Night games
- 1981: Fat Tilla
As a performer
- 1989/90: shot counter shot
Awards
- 1952: Heinrich Greif Prize 1st class for friendship wins as a collective
- 1959: National Prize of the GDR 2nd class for stars with Konrad Wolf
- 1968: National Prize of the GDR 1st class for I was nineteen in the collective
- 1971: National Prize of the GDR 1st class for Goya in a collective
- 1977: Art Prize of the FDGB for Mama, I live with Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Konrad Wolf
- 1982: Art Prize of the FDJ (Erich Weinert Medal) for Der Mann von der Cap Arcona in the collective
literature
- Short biography for: Bergmann, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Werner Bergmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Werner Bergmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Werner Bergmann biography at the DEFA Foundation
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bergmann, Werner |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederkaina |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1990 |
Place of death | Potsdam |