Karl Schneider (1916 – 1996) was a German art director.Brockmann p.235 He was active in

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

cinema from 1949 onwards, at the state-controlled

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

, but later worked in the West.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Blue Swords ''The Blue Swords'' (german: Die blauen Schwerter) is a 1949 East German historical drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat and Alexander Engel. It sold more than 3,299,432 tickets. The film portrays the lif ...

'' (1949) * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) * '' The Benthin Family'' (1950) * '' The Axe of Wandsbek'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg ''Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg'' is an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its disso ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1959) * '' Hot Pavements of Cologne'' (1967) * '' Our Doctor is the Best'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1970)

References

Bibliography

* Stephen Brockmann. ''A Critical History of German Film''. Camden House, 2010.

External links

* 1916 births 1996 deaths German art directors Film people from Berlin {{Germany-film-bio-stub