Eberhard Klagemann (20 April 1904 – 30 March 1990) was a German

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. During the 1930s, he worked for

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as an assistant producer under

Erich Pommer Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved ...

and later for

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's German subsidiary. Following the

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, Klagemann was issued a license to make films by Pommer, now Film Control Officer for the Allied occupiers of Germany. Pommer judged that he along with several other old colleagues had avoided becoming too closely involved with the

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: "Certainly all of them have been proven to be no Nazis. Eberhard Klagemann seems to have been cleverly able to also stay away from the Nazis. He surely is an opportunist and therefore should be handled with care. Too bad, because he knows more about our business than all the others". Klagemann set up a

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-based firm Klagemann Film and was an important figure in post-war German cinema. He was president of the

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.Trumpbour p.104 He was in a relationship with the actress

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, and produced several of her films.

Selected filmography

* '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

The Night With the Emperor ''The Night With the Emperor'' (german: Die Nacht mit dem Kaiser) is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, and Friedrich Benfer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobi ...

'' (1936) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * ''

The Great and the Little Love ''The Great and the Little Love'' (german: Die große und die kleine Liebe) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Jenny Jugo, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudi Godden. Jugo plays a stewardess working for Lufthansa. It was sh ...

'' (1938) * ''

A Hopeless Case ''A Hopeless Case'' (german: Ein hoffnungsloser Fall) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Hannes Stelzer. The film's sets were designed by Karl Weber. Synopsis A determined female ...

'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Our Miss Doctor ''Our Miss Doctor'' (german: Unser Fräulein Doktor) is a 1940 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Albert Matterstock and Heinz Salfner.Hake p. 204–208 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's se ...

'' (1940) * ''

Much Ado About Nixi ''Much Ado About Nixi'' (german: Viel Lärm um Nixi) is a 1942 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Albert Matterstock and Hans Leibelt. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. A separate Italian-language vers ...

'' (1942) * ''

Don't Dream, Annette ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (german: Träum' nicht, Annette) is a 1949 German comedy film directed by Eberhard Klagemann and Helmut Weiss and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Eckard and Karl Schönböck. It was made by DEFA in the Soviet Zone of Germany wh ...

'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Heart's Desire'' (1951) * '' Hanussen'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1959) * ''

Condemned to Sin ''Condemned to Sin'' (German: ''Verdammt zur Sünde'') is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Martin Held, Hildegard Knef and Heidelinde Weis.Goble p.1003 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hert ...

'' (1964)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. * Trumpbour, John. ''Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920-1950''. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

External links

* 1904 births 1990 deaths German film producers People from Wilhelmshaven Film people from Lower Saxony {{Germany-film-bio-stub