Willi Eplinius

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Willi Eplinius (born March 12, 1884 in Werder ; † April 13, 1966 in Potsdam ) was a German film architect and theater painter .

Live and act

After his training as a painter, the son of a master potter had worked at the Museum of Applied Arts and had worked in this position for several decades at various theaters, where he made a name for himself as a backdrop painter. Sporadically he also hired himself out as a painter in cinema productions, for example in Reinhold Schünzel 's last German film before his emigration Land der Liebe (1937) and in the early war productions Frau nach Maß , Die Rothschilds , Die chaste Geliebte und Komödianten .

At the end of 1940, Eplinius began working as the second architect to work on setting up films. For Terra , he first implemented the drafts of his colleague Artur Günther , and later also those of other production designers. After the war, DEFA Eplinius took over in 1948 . His task for a few less important early productions remained that of a draftsman and backdrop painter, this time mainly under the guidance of Willy Schiller .

His DEFA career as an architect in the construction collective ended in 1952, and Willi Eplinius finally left the GDR state company six years later.

Filmography

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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 568.

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SURNAME Eplinius, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect and theater painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Werder
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1966
Place of death Potsdam