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Richard Angst

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1905 - 1984

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The cinematographer Richard Angst was an enthusiastic skier and mountaineer, and thanks to his passion he came in contact with the film business when Sepp Allgeier engaged him as an assistant for Dr. Arnold Fanck's mountain movies.

Richard Angst was mentioned for the first time in the credit list as a cinematographer for the movie "Milak, der Grönlandjäger" (27). In the next years he became an equal cinematographer in the team of Arnold Fanck beside Sepp Allgeier and Hans Schneeberger. To their common works belong "Der grosse Sprung" (27), "Die weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü" (29), "Stürme über dem Montblanc" (30), "Der weisse Rausch" (31), "SOS Eisberg" (33) and "Der ewige Traum/Der König des Montblanc" (34).

His occupation led Richard Angst to different countries in the next few years, among others he photographed documentaries in Borneo, the Himalayas and in Japan.
He came back to Germany in 1939 and launched his great career as a head cinematographer for feature movies. To his well-known movies till the end of war belong "Die unheimlichen Wünsche" (39), "Die Geierwally" (40), "Rembrandt" (42), "Der grosse Schatten" (42) and "Ein schöner Tag" (43). 
During the days of the bomb attacks against Germany he went to Austria where he finished the movie "Ulli und Marei/Der Berghofbauer" (45).

After the war he photographed the American movie "High Conquest" (47), only in 1950 he realized his first work for the new Federal Republic of Germany - "Föhn/Sturm in der Ostwand" (50).
In the following years he had a very active creative period and he photographed several movies with the directors Harald Braun, Franz Josef Gottlieb and especially Kurt Hoffmann.
To his successful works of the 50's and 60's belong among others "Drei Männer im Schnee" (55), "Ich denke oft an Piroschka" (55), "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart" (57), "Wir Wunderkinder" (58), "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" (58), "Das indische Grabmal" (59), "Via Mala" (61), "Die seltsame Gräfin" (61), "Der Henker von London" (63), "Heidi" (65) and "Kampf um Rom" (68)

When the German cinema scene driftef off to silly sex movies in the 70's, Richard Angst gave up his job and retired from the film business.
He opened the restaurant "Provinz" in Berlin-Moabit, where he often worked at the bar and in the kitchen.

Richard Angst wrote his memoirs with the title "47 Jahre objektiv gesehen".
 

Other movies from Richard Angst:
Das weisse Stadion (28) Die eiligen drei Brunnen (30) Zwei Menschen (30) Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau (32) Abenteuer im Engadin (32) Brennendes Geheimnis (33) Nordpol - ahoi! (33) Der Dämon des Himalaya (35) Der arme Reiche (35) Die Kopfjäger von Borneo (36) Die Tochter des Samurai/Die Liebe der Mitsu (36) Hänschen klein (36) Japans heiliger Vulkan (36) In einer chinesischen Stadt (36) Bilder von Japans Küsten (36) Kleine Scheidegg (37) Das heilige Ziel (38) Eine kleine Nachtmusik (39) Mein Leben für Irland (41) Der Strom (41) Gabriele Dambrone (43) Melusine (44) Erde/Trotzige Herzen (47) Climbing the Matterhorn (47) Ein Königreich für ein Haus (48) Barry (49) Der fallende Stern (50) Fanfaren der Liebe (51) Herz der Welt (52) Olympische Winterspiele 1952 - Oslo (52) Vater braucht eine Frau (52) Cuba Cubana (52) Hokuspokus (53) Schlagerparade (53) Ingrid, die Geschichte eines Fotomodells (54) Der erste Kuss (54) Der letzte Mann (55) Ich suche dich (55) Borneo, Insel der Schönheit (56) Das heilige Erbe/Wer die Heimat liebt (57) Meine schöne Mama (57) Petersburger Nächte (58) Peter schiesst den Vogel ab (59) La Paloma (59) Bilderbuch Gottes (59) Und so was nennt sich Leben (60) Ramona (61) Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer (61) Axel Munthe, der Arzt von San Michele (62) Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (62) Frühstück im Doppelbett (63) Der schwarze Abt (63) Schloss Gripsholm (63) Das Phantom von Soho (63) Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss (64) Das 7. Opfer (64) Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (64) Spione unter sich (65) Ferien mit Piroschka (65) Hokuspokus oder Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...? (66) Liselotte von der Pfalz (66) Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart (67) Rheinsberg (67) De Sade/Das ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade (69) Die Hochzeitsreise (69) Umbra (81)


 
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