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Born: 21 July 1893, Breslau [now: Wroclaw, Poland], Silesia, Germany. A.k.a.: Eugen Shuftan and Eugene Schuftan.
Died: 6 September 1977, New York City, N.Y., USA.
Education: Kunstakademie, Breslau [Painting & Architecture].
Career: Started as impressionist painter in Berlin. Entered film industry in 1920 as visual effects ph. In 1923 he [with Ernst Kunstmann] developed the 'Schüfftan-Verfahren' [a method of combining into a single shot portions of a full-scale studio set (+ actors) with art work or a miniature component using a mirror], which was used in 'Metropolis', a.o. The system was patented in 1924. Left Germany in 1933 and went, via Austria, to France. After the invasion of France by the Nazis, he left for the USA in April 1941. Because of problems with the unions he couldn't be credited with the ph of several films. Became US citizen in 1947.
Books & Films: 'Nachrichten aus Hollywood, New York und anderswo - Der Briefwechsel Eugen und Marlise Schüfftans mit Siegfried und Lili Kracauer' [2003; ed: Helmut G. Asper; Schüfftan's correspondence with film critic Kracauer] & 'Wie haben sie's gemacht...? Babelsberger Kameramänner öffnen ihre Trickkiste' [2004, Helge Trimpert & Uwe Fleischer]. Eila Hershon & Roberto Guerra made the tv-doc 'Eugen Schüfftan, Kameramann' [1975]; Andreas Reichstein dir the tv-doc 'Spiegel, Licht und Schatten' [1992].
Awards: 'Oscar' AA [1961; b&w] & Golden Laurel Award [1962] for 'The Hustler'; Deutscher Filmpreis [1964] for his body of work; Billy Bitzer Award [1975] for 'outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry'.
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"Menschen am Sonntag" |
"Drôle de drame" |
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"Quai des brumes" |
"Les yeux sans visage" |
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"The Hustler" |
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FILMS |
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1929 |
Menschen am Sonntag [, ein Film ohne Schauspieler] [- Das Dokument der Gegenwart]/People on Sunday [Robert Siodmak, Rochus Gliese (first day) & Edgar G. Ulmer (1 week)] b&w; dram doc/74m |
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1929 |
Jagd auf dich - Filmdarsteller aus dem Kinopublikum [Ernst Angel] b&w; short/?m |
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1930 |
Abschied [- Ernstes und Heiteres aus einer Familienpension] [- So sind die Menschen]/Farewell [Robert Siodmak] b&w |
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1930 |
Das gestohlene Gesicht/The Stolen Face [Philipp Lothar Mayring & Erich Schmidt] b&w; cph: Werner Bohne |
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1930 |
Gassenhauer/Marie und ihre vier Freier [Lupu Pick] b&w; 2uc: Robert Baberske |
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1930 |
Les quatres vagabonds [Lupu Pick] b&w; 2uc: Robert Baberske; French version of 'Gassenhauer' |
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1931 |
Das Ekel/The Scoundrel [Franz Wenzler & Eugen Schüfftan] b&w; cph: Bernhard Wentzel |
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1931 |
Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin [Kurt Gerron] b&w; cph: Karl Puth |
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1931 |
Dann schon lieber Lebertran/I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil [Max Ophüls] b&w; short/24m; cph: Karl Puth |
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1931 |
Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau [Eugen Schüfftan & Erich Kober] b&w; cph: Richard Angst, Herbert Körner & Ernst Kunstmann |
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1932 |
Die Herrin von Atlantis/Queen of Atlantis [G.W. Pabst] b&w; cph: Ernst Körner |
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1932 |
L'Atlantide [G.W. Pabst] b&w; cph: Joseph Barth; French version of 'Die Herrin von Atlantis' |
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1932 |
The Mistress of Atlantis/The Lost Atlantis [G.W. Pabst] b&w; cph: Ernst Körner & Joseph Barth; English version of 'Die Herrin von Atlantis' |
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1932 |
Zigeuner der Nacht [Hanns Schwarz] b&w |
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1932 |
Coeurs joyeux [Hanns Schwarz & Max de Vaucorbeil] b&w; French version of 'Zigeuner der Nacht' |
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1932 |
Der Läufer von Marathon/The Marathon Runner [E.A. Dupont] b&w |
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1933 |
Unsichtbare Gegner/Öl ins Feuer/Invisible Opponent [Rudolf Katscher] b&w; cph: Georg Bruckbauer |
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1933 |
Les requins du pétrole [Henri Decoin & Rudolf Katscher] b&w; cph: Georg Bruckbauer; French version of 'Unsichtbare Gegner' |
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1933 |
La voix sans visage/La voix du châtiment [Leo Mittler] b&w |
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1933 |
Du haut en bas/From Top to Bottom/High and Low [G.W. Pabst] b&w |
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1934 |
Irish Hearts/Norah O'Neale [Brian Desmond Hurst] b&w; 69m; cph: Walter Blakeley |
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1934 |
Le scandale [Marcel L'Herbier] b&w; cph: Christian Matras |
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1934 |
La crise est finie/The Depression Is Over [Robert Siodmak] b&w |
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1935 |
The Invader/An Old Spanish Custom [Adrian Brunel] b&w; English & French versions |
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1935 |
Riders to the Sea [Brian Desmond Hurst] b&w; short/40m; loc ph; ph: Nicholas de Beliaeff |
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1935 |
Children of the Fog [Leopold Jessner & John Quin] b&w; 62m |
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1935 |
The Robber Symphony [Friedrich Feher] b&w |
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1935 |
La symphonie des brigands [Friedrich Feher] b&w; French version of 'The Robber Symphony' |
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1935 |
La tendre ennemie/The Tender Enemy [Max Ophüls] b&w |
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1936 |
Komedie om geld/The Trouble with Money [Max Ophüls] b&w |
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1936 |
María de la O. [Francisco Elías] b&w; cph: Josep Gaspar |
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1936 |
Mademoiselle Docteur/Salonique nid d'espions/Street of Shadows/Spies from Salonika [G.W. Pabst] b&w; planned in 1933 as a project in Germany, but banned by the authorities |
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1937 |
Drôle de drame [ou L'étrange aventure de Docteur Molyneux]/Bizarre, Bizarre [Marcel Carné] b&w |
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1937 |
Yoshiwara [Max Ophüls] b&w |
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1937 |
Forfaiture/The Cheat [Marcel L'Herbier] b&w |
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1937 |
Mollenard/Hatred [Robert Siodmak] b&w |
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1937 |
Le drame de Shanghaï/The Shanghai Drama [G.W. Pabst] b&w; cph: Curt Courant |
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1938 |
Quai des brumes/Port of Shadows [Marcel Carné] b&w |
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1938 |
Werther/Le roman de Werther [Max Ophüls] b&w; cph: Fedor Bourgassoff & Georges Stilly |
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1938 |
Les trois valses/Three Waltzes [Ludwig Berger] b&w |
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1939 |
Sans lendemain/There's No Tomorrow [Max Ophüls] b&w |
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1939 |
L'émigrante [Léo Joannon] b&w |
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1939 |
Les musiciens du ciel [Georges Lacombe] b&w |
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1942 |
Hitler's Madman/Hitler's Hangman [Douglas Sirk] b&w; uncred ph, but cred as techn dir; cred ph: Jack Greenhalgh |
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1943 |
Summer Storm [Douglas Sirk] b&w; uncred ph, but cred as techn adv; cred ph: Archie Stout |
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1944 |
Bluebeard [Edgar G. Ulmer] b&w; uncred ph, but cred as prod des; his c.op Jockey Arthur Feindel was cred as ph |
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1944 |
Strange Illusion/Out of the Night [Edgar G. Ulmer] b&w; uncred cph; ph: Philip Tannura & (uncred) Benjamin H. Kline |
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1945 |
Club Havana [Edgar G. Ulmer] b&w; 61m; uncred cph; cph: Benjamin H. Kline |
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1945 |
The Wife of Monte Cristo [Edgar G. Ulmer] b&w; uncred cph, but cred as prod superv; cph: Adolph Edward Kull & (uncred) Benjamin H. Kline |
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1945 |
A Scandal in Paris/Thieves' Holiday [Douglas Sirk] b&w; uncred ph, but cred as prod superv; his c.op Guy Roe was cred as ph |
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1947 |
Women in the Night/When Men Are Beasts/Curse of a Teenage Nazi [William Rowland] b&w; cph: José Ortiz Ramos; + art dir/set dec |
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1950 |
Gunman in the Streets/Time Running Out [Frank Tuttle] b&w; cph: Claude Renoir |
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1950 |
Le traqué [Borys Lewin] b&w; French version of 'Gunman in the Streets' |
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1950 |
Les joyeux pélerins [Fred Pasquali] b&w |
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1951 |
Le banquet des fraudeurs/Das Bankett der Schmuggler/The Smuggler's Banquet [Henri Storck] b&w |
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1951 |
Le rideau cramoisi/The Crimson Curtain [Alexandre Astruc] b&w; short/44m |
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1952 |
Mina de Vanghel [Maurice Barry & Maurice Clavel] b&w; short/47m |
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1952 |
La putain respectueuse/La p... respectueuse/Respectful Prostitute [Charles Brabant & Marcello Pagliero] b&w |
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1952 |
Le chemin de Damas [Max Glass] b&w |
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1952 |
Die Venus vom Tivoli/Venus of Tivoli/Zwiespalt des Herzens [Leonard Steckel] b&w |
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1952 |
Sterren stralen overal [Gerard Rutten] b&w |
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1953 |
Les crimes de l'amour/Deux crimes d'amour/Two Love Crimes [comp of 'Le rideau cramoisi' & 'Mina de Vanghel'] see 1951 & 1952 |
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1954 |
Una Parigina a Roma/Begegnung in Rom [Erich Kobler] b&w; cph: Francesco Izzarelli |
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1957 |
Along the Mohawk Trail [Sam Newfield] b&w; comp of 2 ep of tv-series 'Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans' |
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1957 |
The Pathfinder and the Mohican [Sam Newfield] b&w; comp of 2 ep of tv-series 'Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans' |
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1957 |
The Redman and the Renegades [Sam Newfield] b&w; comp of 2 ep of tv-series 'Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans' |
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1957 |
La première nuit [Georges Franju] b&w; short/23m |
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1958 |
La tête contre les murs/Head Against the Wall/The Keepers [Georges Franju] cs/b&w |
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1959 |
Les yeux sans visage/Eyes Without a Face/The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus/House of Dr. Rasanoff [Georges Franju] b&w |
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1959 |
The Bloody Brood [Julian Roffman] b&w |
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1959 |
Un couple/A Couple [Jean-Pierre Mocky] b&w |
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1961 |
The Hustler [Robert Rossen] cs/b&w |
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1961 |
Something Wild [Jack Garfein] b&w |
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1962 |
Captain Sindbad [Byron Haskin] c; uncred cph; ph: Günther Senftleben; spec pfx: Tom Howard |
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1962 |
Les vierges/The Virgins [Jean-Pierre Mocky] b&w |
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1964 |
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk [Sidney Salkow & Sam Newfield] b&w; cph: Kenneth Peach; comp of 2 ep (e.g. the pilot 'Hawkeye's Homecoming') of tv-series 'Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans' |
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1964 |
The Parisienne and the Prudes/The Bashful Bikini [Robert J. Gurney Jr.] b&w; cph: Al Mozell |
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1964 |
Lilith [Robert Rossen] b&w |
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1964 |
La grande frousse/La cité de l'indicible peur/The Big Scare/The Big Score [Jean-Pierre Mocky] b&w; uncred cph: Edmond Séchan |
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1965 |
Trois chambres à Manhattan/Three Rooms in Manhattan [Marcel Carné] b&w |
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1966 |
Der Arzt stellt fest.../§ 218 - Gegen das keimende Leben/Angeklagt nach § 218/The Doctor Says/The Doctor Speaks Out/The Price of Sin/Wages of Sin [Aleksander Ford] b&w-c; dram doc/89m |
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TELEVISION |
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1956 |
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans [38 ep dir by Sam Newfield] 39-part series/b&w, 1957; other ph: Kenneth Peach (pilot dir by Sidney Salkow); the pilot was filmed in Hollywood, but the other ep were filmed in Canada |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1922 |
Die Nibelungen - 1. Teil: [Siegfried] [Siegfrieds Tod]/Siegfried's Death [Fritz Lang] sfx ph; ph: Carl Hoffmann & Günther Rittau |
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1922 |
Die Nibelungen - 2. Teil: Kriemhilds Rache/Kriemhild's Revenge [Fritz Lang] sfx ph; ph: Carl Hoffmann & Günther Rittau |
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1925 |
Eifersucht [Karl Grune] trick ph; ph: Karl Hasselmann |
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1925 |
Varieté/Vaudeville/Variety/Jealousy [E.A. Dupont] trick ph; ph: Karl Freund & Carl Hoffmann |
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1925 |
Manon Lescaut [Artur Robison] trick ph; ph: Karl Freund (uncred) & Theodor Sparkuhl |
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1925 |
Ein Walzertraum [Ludwig Berger] optical efx; ph: Werner Brandes |
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1925 |
Metropolis [Fritz Lang] co-spec vfx; ph: Karl Freund, Günther Rittau & Helmar Lerski |
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1926 |
Eine Dubarry von heute/A Modern Dubarry [Alexander Korda] trick ph; ph: Fritz Arno Wagner |
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1926 |
Love Me and the World Is Mine [E.A. Dupont] sfx ph; ph: Jackson Rose |
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1926 |
Dagfin [, der Schneeschuhläufer] [Joe May] co-vfx; ph: Carl Drews & Edgar Ziesemer |
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1926 |
Napoléon/Napoléon vu par Abel Gance/Abel Gance's Napoleon [Abel Gance] co-sfx & vfx superv; ph: Jules Kruger |
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1939 |
De Mayerling à Sarajevo [Max Ophüls] superv ph; ph: Curt Courant & Otto Heller |
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1942 |
The Dark Mirror [Robert Siodmak] vfx; ph: Milton Krasner; released in 1946 |
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1943 |
A Voice in the Wind [Arthur Ripley] tech adv; ph: Richard Fryer |
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1943 |
It Happened Tomorrow [René Clair] tech dir; ph: Archie Stout |
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1945 |
The Strange Woman [Edgar G. Ulmer] co-prod; ph: Lucien Andriot |
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1946 |
Carnegie Hall [Edgar G. Ulmer] prod technique; ph: William Miller |
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1952 |
The Magnetic Monster [Curt Siodmak & (uncred) Herbert L. Strock] uncred sfx & vfx superv; ph: Charles Van Enger |
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1953 |
Ulysses/Ulisse [Mario Camerini & (uncred) Mario Bava] spec pfx; ph: Harold Rosson |
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1954 |
Marianne de ma jeunesse/Marianne of My Youth [Julien Duvivier] sfx ph; ph: Léonce-Henri Burel |
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1954 |
Marianne, meine Jugendliebe [Julien Duvivier] sfx ph; ph: Léonce-Henri Burel; German version of 'Marianne de ma jeunesse' |
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1966 |
Chappaqua [Conrad Rooks] ph cons; ph: Étienne Becker & Robert Frank |
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FILMS AS DIRECTOR |
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1929 |
Ins Blaue hinein [b&w/silent; short/1 reel] ph: László Schäffer |
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1931 |
Das Ekel/The Scoundrel [co-d; + ph] see Films |
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1931 |
Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau [co-d; + cph] see Films |
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1952 |
Hospices de Beaune [doc/22m] ph: Georges Mic (?) |
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1952 |
L'hostel-dieu de Beaune [16mm/b&w; doc/28m] ph: Georges Mic |