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Karl Attenberger


1885 - 1951

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The cinematographer Karl Attenberger made an education as a photographer in Munich before he entered the film business in 1906. There he first was active as a camera assistant.

Finally he became a main cinematographer and he realised his first silent movies with "Die Ehe einer Achtzehnjährigen" (19) and "Vom Rande des Sumpfes" (19).

He became a busy cinematographer in the 20s and he was engaged for productions of very different genres.
To his well-known works of those years belong "Die Schmiede des Grauens" (20), "Das Milliardentestament" (20), "Der Favorit der Königin" (22), "Marccos schwerster Sieg" (22), "Christoph Columbus" (23), "Die blonde Hannele" (24), "Überflüssige Menschen" (26), "Klettermaxe" (27), "Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins" (27) and "Andreas Hofer" (29).

In the 30s he shot numerous movies with regional background which were very popular. Many of these movies based on novels by Ludwig Ganghofer.
Till to the beginning of World War II in 1939 he was responsible for the movies "Der Grenzjäger" (30), "Das heilige Schweigen" (30), "Im Banne der Bege" (31), "Schloss Hubertus" (34), "Triumph des Willens" (35) directed by Leni Riefenstahl, "Schoss Vogelöd" (36), "Der Jäger von Fall" (36), "Das Schweigen im Walde" (37) and "Gewitter im Mai" (38).

In 1940 he was only able to participate in the movies "Der rettende Engel" (40) and "Beates Flitterwochen" (40). Because of negative statements against the Hitler regime he was denunciated and sentenced to prison for six months. Afterwards he was prohibited to work again. It lastet till 1942 before Karl Attenberger was able again to work as a cinematographer but at the beginning he only got offers for advertising films. Only in 1944 followed his next feature movie with "Der kleine Muck" (44) for the cinema.

After the war Karl Attenberger only realised one more movie with "Frau Holle" (48). A few years later he died because of cancer.

His brother was the director and producer Toni Attenberger.

 
Other movies from Karl Attenberger:
Doktor Steffens seltsamster Fall (19) Menschliche Trümmer (20) Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee (20) Vertauschtes Leben (20) Das ausgeschnittene Gesicht (20) Das Ende des Abenteurers Paolo de Caspado (20) Durch alle Höllen (20) Der letzte Schuss (20) Der Christus von Oberammergau (21) Die Flucht ins Jenseits oder Die dunkle Gasse von New York (21) Tom Mürger, der Bankräuber (21) Marcco kennt keine Furcht (22) Marcco, der Tondesdandidat (22) Marcco, der Ringer des Mikado (22) Um eines Weibes Ehre (24) Die suchende Seele (25) Das Geheimnis von Schloss Elmshöh (25) Die abenteuerliche Hochzeit (25) Heimliche Sünder (26) Das Lebenslied (26) Die Villa im Tiergarten (27) Arme kleine Colombine (27) Männer vor der Ehe (27) Was die Kinder ihren Eltern verschweigen (27) Schenk mir das Leben (28) Kindertragödie (28) Die Dame in Schwarz (28) Wo die Alpenrosen blüh'n (28) Wildschütz Jennerwein – Herzen in Not (30) Der Mönch von St. Bartholomä (30) Glühende Berge – Flammendes Herz (30) Wenn die Abendglocken läuten (30) Der Herrgottschnitzer von Oberammergau (30) Der bebende Berg (31) Gipfelstürmer (33) Blaufuchs, der Schrecken des Kilimandscharo (34) In einem kühlen Grunde (35) Der Klosterjäger (36) Standschütze Bruggler (36) Der Antennendraht (37) Um Kopf und Kragen (38) Pitty (38) Männer soll man nicht alleine lassen (38) Aber mein lieber Herr Neumann (38) 

Writer:
Die Frau auf der Schildkröte (19)


 
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