Igor Oberberg (1907–1996) was a Russian Empire-born German

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

.Fenner p.134 His younger sister Ira Oberberg became a

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Life and career

Oberberg came to Germany in 1919. From 1926 to 1927 he completed a photographic education at the Photoshule Lette club. In 1927 he began to work as a clutter assistant for the movie. After that he became a camera assistant and worked in this function at numerous productions. Since 1939 he was chief cameraman and mostly participated in entertainment films, but also on propaganda films like submarines westward! and GPU.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1939) * '' The Red Terror'' (1942) * ''

Under the Bridges ''Under the Bridges'' (german: Unter den Brücken) is a 1946 German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz and Gustav Knuth. The film was shot in Berlin during the summer of 1944, but was not released u ...

'' (1946) * ''

In Those Days ''In Those Days'' (german: In jenen Tagen) is a 1947 German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Gert Schäfer, Erich Schellow and Winnie Markus. It was one of the cycle of Rubble films made in the wake of Germany's defeat during ...

'' (1947) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1949) * '' This Man Belongs to Me'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''

The Sinful Border ''The Sinful Border'' (german: Sündige Grenze) is a 1951 West German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Dieter Borsche, Inge Egger and Peter Mosbacher. Jan Hendriks won the German Film Award as Best Newcomer. It focuses on the ...

'' (1951) * ''

Toxi ''Toxi'' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Elfie Fiegert, Paul Bildt and Johanna Hofer. The film's release came as the first wave of children born to black Allied servicemen and white German mothers en ...

'' (1952) * ''

Homesick for You ''Homesick for You'' (german: Heimweh nach dir) is a 1952 West German musical film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Margot Hielscher, Peter Pasetti and Josefin Kipper.Parish p.260 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The ...

'' (1952) * '' Queen of the Arena'' (1952) * ''

The Dancing Heart ''The Dancing Heart'' (german: Das tanzende Herz) is a 1953 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Gertrud Kückelmann, Gunnar Möller, and Wilfried Seyferth.Bock & Bergfelder p. 216 It was made ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Stronger Woman ''The Stronger Woman'' (german: Die Stärkere) is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Gertrud Kückelmann, Hans Söhnker and Antje Weisgerber.Reimer, Robert C. ''Cultural History Through a National Sociali ...

'' (1953) * ''

Captain Wronski ''Captain Wronski'' (german: Rittmeister Wronski) is a 1954 West German spy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Willy Birgel, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, and Antje Weisgerber. A Polish officer works undercover in 1930s Berlin to discover N ...

'' (1954) * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * ''

The Captain and His Hero ''The Captain and His Hero'' (german: Der Hauptmann und sein Held) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst and Fita Benkhoff.Frodon p. 167 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. ...

'' (1955) * ''

Das Mädchen Marion Das Mädchen Marion (alternatively known as ''Preis der Nationen'') is a German Heimatfilm that premiered on October 26, 1956. Plot The young Marion von Hoff lives with her widowed mother Vera on their estate in East Prussia. As the Trakehner B ...

'' (1956) * ''

The Twins from Immenhof ''The Twins from Immenhof'' (german: Die Zwillinge vom Immenhof) is a 1973 West German family drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Heidi Brühl, Horst Janson and Olga Tschechowa.Bock & Bergfelder p.485 Set in Schleswig-Holstein, th ...

'' (1973) * ''

Spring in Immenhof ''Spring in Immenhof'' (german: Frühling auf Immenhof) is a 1974 West German family film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Heidi Brühl, Horst Janson and Olga Tschechowa.Bock & Bergfelder p.485 It is the fifth and last of the series of I ...

'' (1974)

References

Bibliography

* Fenner, Angelica. ''Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi''. University of Toronto Press, 2011.

External links

* 1907 births 1996 deaths German cinematographers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany {{Germany-film-bio-stub