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Karl Vollbrecht
1886 - 1973 |
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. The production designer Karl Vollbrecht finished an education as a carpenter before he made his first experiences as a production designer at the theater. He got his first film engagement in 1919 and he was responsible for the setting of the monumental serial "Die Herrin der Welt" (19) directed by Joe May. This was the beginning of an impressive film career and Karl Vollbrecht was responsible as a production designer for popular movies in the next years - often for director Fritz Lang. To his silent movies of the 20s belong "Das indische Grabmal - Die Sendung des Yoghi" (21), "Das indische Grabmal - Der Tiger von Eschnapur" (21), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Der steinerne Reiter" (23), the classics "Die Nibelungen" (24) und "Metropolis" (27) sowie "Der Sohn der Hagar" (27), "Spione" (28) and "Frau im Mond" (29). Karl Vollbrecht was responsible for numerous other movies during the 30s and 40s - often in collaboration with Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut und Emil Hasler. To these works belong "M" (31), "Der Tunnel" (33), "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse" (33), "Peer Gynt" (34), "Der Dschungel ruft" (35), "Der Hund von Baskerville" (37), "Jud Süss" (40), "...reitet für Deutschland" (41), "Altes Herz wird wieder jung" (43) and "Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl" (44). His film career diminished after the war and Karl Vollbrecht only worked for few more movies, among them also several fairytale movies for the DEFA. To his last cinematical works belong "Eine alltägliche Geschichte" (48), "Der Tiger Akbar" (51), "König Drosselbart" (54), "Zehn kleine Negerlein" (54), "Der Froschkönig" (54) and "Max und Moritz" (56).
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