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Artur Berger


1892 - 1981

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The production designer Artur Berger began his film career for the Sascha-Film for which he created numerous set decorations from 1920.
To his well-known silent movies belong "Prinz und Bettelknabe" (20), "Labyrinth des Grauens" (21), "Lucifer" (21), "Zigeunerliebe" (22), "Namenlos" (23), "Das Spielzeug von Paris" (25), "Die Brandstifter Europas" (26), "Pratermizzi" (27), "Café Elektric" (27), "Tingel Tangel" (27), "Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg" (28) and "Champagner" (29).

He continued his film career in Austria at the beginning of the 30s and he was responsible for the production design of "Die grosse Liebe" (31), "Lumpenkavaliere" (32), "Grossfürstin Alexandra" (33), "Abenteuer am Lido" (33), "Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten" (35) and "Tagebuch der Geliebten" (35).

Artur Berger already directed his first movie in 1916 with "Frau Eva" (16), many years later followed other works as a director with "Wilde Ehen" (29) and the political advertising film "Die vom 17er Haus" (32).
Beside it he also wrote the screenplays for "Frau Eva" (16), "Die grosse Liebe" (31) and "Die vom 17er Haus" (32).

In 1923 he co-founded the production facility "Bimini" together with his brothers which specialised in glass, ceramic and furniture.
Moreover he also worked for the architecture office of his brother Josef.

When Artur Berger was invited to Moscow to work as a production designer for Russian movies he followed the invitation.
He continued his film career successfully in the Sovjet Union and with the outbreak of World War II it was out of question for him to return to Austria. He obtained the Sovjet citizenship in 1939.

To his cinematical works in the Sovjet Union belonged "Tanecek panny marinky" (35), "Borba prodolzhaetsya" (39), "Svinarka i pastukh" (41), "Zhdi menya" (43), "Tayna vechnoy nochi" (57), "Annushka" (59), "Bey, baraban!" (62), "Operatsiya Y i drugie priklyucheniya" (65) and "Chelovek v shtatskom" (73).
 
Besides his cinematical works in the USSR he also created numerous set decorations for the stage for operas and ballets.


Other movies from Artur Berger:
Der tote Hochzeitsgast (21) Der Marquis von Bolibar (22) Serge Panine (22) Der junge Medardus (23) Harun al Raschid (24) Die Sklavenkönigin (24) Salammbo (25) Velbloud uchem jehly (26) Die Beichte es Feldkuraten (27) Seine Hoheit, der Eintänzer (27) Spitzenhöschen und Schusterpech (28) Liebe im Mai (28) Kaiserjäger (28) Hingabe (29) Das weisse Paradies (29) Aféra plukovnika Rédla (31) Wiener Zauberklänge (31) Sehnsucht 202 (32) Hochzeitsreise zu dritt (32) Der grosse Trick (33) Karneval und Liebe (34) Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (35) Letzte Liebe (35) De vier mullers (35) Alles für die Firma (35) Hoheit tanzt Walter (35) Il diario di una donna amata (35) Oshibka inzhenera Kochina (39) Lyubimaya devushka (40) Staryy naezdnik (41) Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu (42) Belorusskie novelly (43) Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy (48) Kak Dzhanni popal v ad (56) Rasskazy o Lenine (58) Evgeniya Grande (60) Sovershenno seryozno: Inostrantsy (61) Teper pust ukhodit (63) Skazka o poteryannom vremeni (64) Krepkiy oreshek (67)

 
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