Karl Plintzner (1911–1975) was a 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 ...

. He worked largely for DEFA, the state-owned East German studio.

Selected filmography

* ''

Blum Affair ''Blum Affair'' (german: Affaire Blum) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow and Karin Evans. It is based on a real 1926 case in Magdeburg in which a German Jewish industrialist is t ...

'' (1948) * ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Last Year ''The Last Year'' (german: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in comm ...

'' (1951) * ''

Stärker als die Nacht ''Stärker als die Nacht'' is an East German film directed by Slátan Dudow. It was released in January 1954. Cast * Wilhelm Koch-Hooge: Hans Löning * Helga Göring: Gerda Löning * Kurt Oligmüller: Erich Bachmann * Rita Gödikmeier: L ...

'' (1954) * '' The Singing Ringing Tree'' (1957) * '' Intrigue and Love'' (1959) * ''

Erich Kubak ''Erich Kubak'' is an East German film. It was released in 1959. Story A film about lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon cont ...

'' (1959) * ''

New Year's Eve Punch ''New Year's Eve Punch'' (german: Silvesterpunsch) is a 1960 East German musical film directed by Günter Reisch and starring Erich Franz, Friedel Nowack and Erika Dunkelmann.Koepnick p.72 It was made by the state-owned DEFA company. It is a se ...

'' (1960)

Bibliography

* Poss, Ingrid & Warnecke, Peter. ''Spur der Filme: Zeitzeugen über die DEFA''. Ch. Links Verlag, 2006.

External links

* 1911 births 1975 deaths German cinematographers Film people from Berlin {{cinematographer-stub