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Oscar Friedrich Werndorff


1880 - 1938

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The production designer Oscar Friedrich Werndorff was active for the first time in 1919 for a film "Adrain Vanderstraaten" (19).

From the 20's he advanced to a busy film editor and he worked for productions like "Der Graf von Cagliostro" (20), "Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens" (21), "Das Geld auf der Straße" (22), "Carlos and Elisabeth" (24) "Variety" (25), "Nanette Does Everything" (26), "Madame Wants No Children" (26), "A Dubarry of Today" (26), "Venus in Tails" (27), "The Great Adventuress" (28), "Dyckerpotts Heirs" (28) and "House Number 17" (28).

In 1929 he went to England where he continued his film career successfully.
He continued to equip films, including "The Wrecker/Der Würger" (29), "The Bells" (31), "The Lady Is Willing" (24), "Forbidden Territory" (34), Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" (35), "King of the Damned" (35), "Secret Agent" (36), "Sabotage" (36) again for Hitchcock, "Our Secret Orders" (37) and "The Gaunt Stranger" (38).

Oscar Friedrich Werndorff also created the costumes for the films "The Count of Cagliostro" (20) and "Carlos and Elizabeth" (24). He also directed "The Bells" (31).


Other movies from Oscar Friedrich Werndorff:
Die Tochter des Brigadiers (22) Die drei Marien und der Herr von Marana (23) Der Pantoffelheld (23) Mensch gegen Mensch (24) Die Liebe ist der Frauen Macht (24) Das schöne Abenteuer (24) Der Demütige und die Tänzerin (25) Junges Blut (26) Der Geiger von Florenz (26) Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (26) Ledige Töchter (26) The Queen Was in the Parlour (27) Der Himmel auf Erden (27) Üb' immer Treu' und Redlichkeit (27) Der Geisterzug (27) Die berühmte Frau (27) Der fröhliche Weinberg (27) Sechs Mädchen suchen nachtquartier (28) Mein Leben für das Deine (28) Der fesche Husar (28) Die Frau auf der Folter (28) Die Räuberbande (28) Dark Red Roses (29) Die singende Stadt (30) Wedding Rehearsal (32) Perfect Understanding (33) Waltzes from Vienna (34) The Camels Are Coming (34) Fighting Stock (35) Heat Wave (35) The Passing of the Third Floor Back (35) First a Girl (35) Rhodes of Africa (36) East Meets West (36) Pagliacci (36) For Valour (37) The Lilac Domino (37) We're Going to Be Rich (38) The Ware Case (38) Keep Smiling (38) Let's Be Famous (39)

 
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