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Karl Attenberger 1885 - 1951 |
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. The cinematographer Karl Attenberger made an education as a photographer in Munich before he entered the film business in 1906. There he first was active as a camera assistant. Finally he became a main cinematographer and he realised his first silent movies with "Die Ehe einer Achtzehnjährigen" (19) and "Vom Rande des Sumpfes" (19). He became a busy cinematographer in the 20s and he was engaged for productions of very different genres. To his well-known works of those years belong "Die Schmiede des Grauens" (20), "Das Milliardentestament" (20), "Der Favorit der Königin" (22), "Marccos schwerster Sieg" (22), "Christoph Columbus" (23), "Die blonde Hannele" (24), "Überflüssige Menschen" (26), "Klettermaxe" (27), "Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins" (27) and "Andreas Hofer" (29). In the 30s he shot numerous movies with regional background which were very popular. Many of these movies based on novels by Ludwig Ganghofer. Till to the beginning of World War II in 1939 he was responsible for the movies "Der Grenzjäger" (30), "Das heilige Schweigen" (30), "Im Banne der Bege" (31), "Schloss Hubertus" (34), "Triumph des Willens" (35) directed by Leni Riefenstahl, "Schoss Vogelöd" (36), "Der Jäger von Fall" (36), "Das Schweigen im Walde" (37) and "Gewitter im Mai" (38). In 1940 he was only able to participate in the movies "Der rettende Engel" (40) and "Beates Flitterwochen" (40). Because of negative statements against the Hitler regime he was denunciated and sentenced to prison for six months. Afterwards he was prohibited to work again. It lastet till 1942 before Karl Attenberger was able again to work as a cinematographer but at the beginning he only got offers for advertising films. Only in 1944 followed his next feature movie with "Der kleine Muck" (44) for the cinema. After the war Karl Attenberger only realised one more movie with "Frau Holle" (48). A few years later he died because of cancer. His brother was the director and producer Toni Attenberger.
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