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Erich Zander
1889 - 1965 |
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. The production designer Erich Zander made an education as a painter at a school of arts and afterwards he worked as a coulisse painter for the opera. After World War I he joined the film industry where he first worked for the well-known production designer Paul Leni. From 1923 Erich Zander became a separate production designer. To his silent movies of the 20s belong "Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland" (20), "Der geheime Agent" (24), "Komödianten" (25), "Dagfin" (26), "Venus im Frack" (27), "Thérèse Raquin" (28) and "Napoleon auf St. Helena" (29). In the 30s followed numerous other engagements - normally for entertainment movies - and Erich Zander created the set for "Der träumende Mund" (32), "Der Läufer von Marathon" (33), "Spione am Werk" (33), "Der Flüchtling aus Chicago" (34), "Klein Dorrit" (34), "Knockout" (35), "Der schüchterne Casanova" (36), "Sein bester Freund" (37), "Zwei Frauen" (38) and "Robert und Bertram" (39). When he teamed up with the production designer Karl Machus it followe some big movie productions during World War II for which both of them were responsible for the set. To these productions belong "Bismarck" (40), "Der grosse König" (42), "Die goldene Stadt" (42) and "Kolberg" (45). Erich Zander was able to continue his film career after the war and he was engaged as a production designer for DEFA movies like "Die Brücke" (49), "Die Jungen vom Kranichsee" (50), "Familie Benthi" (50), "Der Untertan" (51), "Das Beil von Wandsbek" (51), "Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck" (53), "Polo Poppenspäler" (54) and "Nur eine Liebe" (58). His last cinematical works came at the beginning of the 60s into being with "Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot" (61) and "Die schwarze Galeere" (62).
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