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Otto Hunte
1881 - 1960 |
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. The production designer Otto Hunte first studied painting and architecutre before he began his professional career as a painter. Only one year later he became a demanded production designer and during the 20s he especially worked for Fritz Lang and in the 30s for many other well-known directors. His first movie was "Die Spinnen" (19) directed by Fritz Lang, it followed the eightpart feature movies "Die Herrin der Welt" (19) directed by Joe May folgte. He created the desing for important productions of the 20s like "Das wandernde Bild" (20), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Die Nibelungen" (24), "Metropolis" (27), "Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney" (27), "Spione" (28) and "Frau im Mond" (29). Especially "Metropolis" still fascinates the audience with its fantastic bildings in a city in the future. He continued his film career in the sound film era of the 30s and he was the production designer for "Der blaue Engel" (30) with a young Marlene Dietrich, "Die Drei von der Tankstelle" (30), "Unter falscher Flagge" (32), "Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht" (32), "Liebe, Tod und Teufel" (34), "Gold" (34), "Der grüne Domino" (35), "Boccaccio" (36), "Der Mann, der Sherlok Holmes war" (37) and "Frau Sylvelin" (38). During World War II he was engaged for the productions "Mann für Mann" (39), "Jud Süss" (40), "...reitet für Deutschland" (41), "Die Entlassung" (42), "Altes Herz wird wieder jung" (43) and "Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl" (44). His film career came to an end after the war, he only worked for few more movies, among them "Die Mörder sind unter uns" (46), "Razzia" (47) and "Eine alltägliche Geschichte" (48). Other
movies from Otto Hunte (Production Designer):
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