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Otto Kanturek 1897 - 1941 |
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. The cinematographer Otto Kanturek finished an education for graphics, afterwards he made first cinematical experiences at Gaumont where he worked or their newsreels. Finally he entered the film business in 1912 and he first was active as a cinematographer assistant for different companies. Otto Kanturek became a chief cinematographer from 1915 and he shot the movies "Die fremde Frau" (15), "Wetterleuchten" (18), "Teufelstriller" (19), "Die Seele des Mörders" (19) and "Die Rache ist mein" (19) in his first years. Otto Kanturek became established as a cinematographer in the 20s and he worked for numerous silent movies. To his well-known works of those years belong "Das vierte Gebot" (20), "Im Banne der Kralle" (21), "Vier um die Frau" (21), "Brigantenrache" (22), "Dudu, ein Menschenschicksal" (24), "Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod" (25), "Der Stolz der Kompagnie" (26), "Der Geiger von Florenz" (26), "Überflüssige Menschen" (26), "Die versunkene Flotte" (26), "Die berühmte Frau" (27), "Die grosse Abenteuerin" (28) and "Frau im Mond" (29) - his probably most successful movie. At the beginning of the 30s he shot again many movies in Germany like "Kohlhiesels Töchter" (30), "Ihre Majestät die Liebe" (31), "Unter falscher Flagge" (32), "Der Diamant des Zaren" (32) and "Ein Lied für Dich" (33) but with the rise of the National Socialism he left Germany. He first went to Prague where he realised the movies "Das Glück von Grinzing/Das Häuschen in Grinzing" (33) and "V tom domecku pod Emauzy" (33) as a director, afterwards he went to London where he was able to continue his film career as a cinematographer. He was involved in the productions "Those Were the Days" (34), "Blossom Time" (34), "Abdul the Damned" (35), "Pagliacci" (36), "Housemaster" (38) and "So This is London" (39). Furthermore he also realised his last movie as a director with "The Student's Romance" (35). His last cinematical works came at the beginning of the 40s into being with "Ten Days in Paris" (40) and "Night Train to Munich" (40). During the shooting of "A Yank in the R.A.F" (41) Otto Kanturek was in a Avro Anson plane for aerial photography. This plane collided with a Hawker Hurrican pursuit plane and Otto Kanturek was killed on the spot. Other
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