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Manon Hahn

1908 - 1993

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The costume designer Manon Hahn completed her education after school with an apprenticeship as a photographer. In 1928 she studied fashion at the Vienna Women's Academy, which she finished four years later.

After that she began her career as a costume assistant at the Deutsches Theater in Munich and she created her first own fashion designs on the side.

In 1935 she was able to gain a foothold in film as a costume designer and her very first film was the classic "Amphitryon" (35), which was set both in the present and in the realm of the gods around Zeus and offered her a rewarding challenge.

In the next few years she created more costumes for film, including "Glückskinder" (36), "Engel mit kleinen Fehlern" (36), "Togger" (37), "Gasparone" (37), "Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war" (37), "Hallo Janine" (39), "Bal paré" (40) and the film classic "Münchhausen" (43).

After the war she continued her career as a costume designer and she created the costumes for the productions "Der Raub der Sabinerinnen" (53) "Hotel Adlon" (55), "Ein Mädchen aus Flandern" (56), "Mädchen in Uniform" (58), "Der Jugendrichter" (59) and "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehen" (60).

Besides she also decorated the revues at the Scala in Berlin for years.

After her last film she retired from artistic work and she ran a guesthouse in Ibiza which lasted until 1984.


Other movies from Manon Hahn (Costumes):
Das Einmaleins der Liebe (35) Der Ammenkönig (35) Sieben Ohrfeigen (37) Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (37) Und du mein Schatz fährst mit (37) Capriccio (38) Fortsetzung folgt (38) Heimat (38) Frau am Steuer (39) Meine Tante – deine Tante (39) Die keusche Geliebte (40) Annelie (41) Schicksal (42) Sophienlund (43) Nora (44) Via Mala (45) Sag' die Wahrheit (45) Die Stärkere (53) Konsul Strotthoff (54) DEin Leben für Do (54) Das Bad auf der Tenne (56) Friederike von Barring (56) Petersburger Nächte (58) Der Maulkorb (58) Bezaubernde Arabella (59) Die Fastnachtsbeichte (60)

 
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