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Ernst Stern
1876 - 1954 |
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. The production designer Ernst Stern finished his education at the art academy in Munich before he began to work as an illustrator for the magazine "Jugend und Simplicissimus". Beside it he also workes for the "Die lustigen Blätter". When he was engaged as a stage designer at the German Theater in Berlin in 1906 he became a busy designer who took part in numerous plays. Later he was also responsible for the set for many operas, operettas and revues. His first movie as a production designer was "Das schwarze Los" (13) and from 1918 he became a regular production designer in the film business. In the next years he created the design for "Colomba" (18), "Europa postlagernd" (18), "Die Rose von Stambul" (19), "Satanas" (20), "Gräfin Walewska" (20), "Das Weib des Pharao" (22), "Wilhelm Tell" (23), "Zopf und Schwert" (26), "Lützows wilde vewegene Jagd" (27), "Der Juxbaron" (27), "Moral" (28) and "Frühlingsrauschen" (29). His activity in the film business as a production designer ended with the raise of the soundfilm, he only was engaged for "Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern" (30) for a last time. Beside his activity as a production designer Ernst Ernst also created numerous costumes for many movies, among them "Das schwarze Los" (13), "Der junge Goethe" (19), "Figaros Hochzeit" (20), "Die Bergkatze" (21), "Das Weib des Pharao" (23), "Wilhelm Tell" (23), "Das Wachsfigurenkabinett" (24) and "Meine Tante - deine Tante" (27). He continued his activity as a costume designer in the 30s and he was active for the productions "Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern" (30), "Dolly macht Karriere" (30) and "Der Kongress tanzt" (31) before he left Germany because of the rise of the National Socialists. He continued his career in the USA and England with "Caravane" (34), "Whom the Gods Love" (36), "Der Bajazzo/Pagliacci" (36) and "Champagne Charlie" (44). Other
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