Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German

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.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television

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from the

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to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based

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at the

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. He worked on two

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films during the 1920s that were shot at Emekla. Following the

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he was employed on several European-made

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productions such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Shot in the Pavilion'' (1925) * ''

Mrs Worrington's Perfume ''Mrs Worrington's Perfume'' (German: ''Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington'') is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Ernst Reicher, Mary Nolan and Maria Mindzenty.Grange p.201 It was part of a series of films fe ...

'' (1925) * '' The Adventurous Wedding'' (1925) * '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1925) * ''

Our Emden ''Our Emden'' (German: ''Unsere Emden'') is a 1926 German silent war film directed by Louis Ralph.Reynaud p.110 It depicts the operations of the German First World War cruiser SMS ''Emden''. In 1932 Ralph remade the story as a sound film '' Cru ...

'' (1926) * '' Little Inge and Her Three Fathers '' (1926) * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1926) * ''

The Mountain Eagle ''The Mountain Eagle'' is a 1926 silent drama film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director, following '' The Pleasure Garden''. The film, a romantic melodrama set in Kentucky, is about a widower (Bernhard Goetzke) who jealously competes wi ...

'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine?'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You ''My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You'' (German: ''Mein Heidelberg, ich kann Dich nicht vergessen'') is a 1927 German silent filmBock & Bergfelder p.530 directed by James Bauer and starring Dorothea Wieck, and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. It was sho ...

'' (1927) * ''

Restless Hearts ''Restless Hearts'' (german: Herzen ohne Ziel, es, Corazones sin rumbo) is a 1928 Cinema of Germany, German-Cinema of Spain, Spanish silent film directed by Benito Perojo and Gustav Ucicky and starring Betty Bird, Hanna Ralph and Livio Pavanelli ...

'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' The Foreign Legionnaire'' (1928) * ''

Spy of Madame Pompadour ''Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (German: ''Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch.Klossner p.360 It portrays the life of the eighteenth ...

'' (1928) * '' The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (1928) * '' A Better Master'' (1928) * '' Love on Skis'' (1928) * '' Waterloo'' (1929) * '' The Chaste Coquette'' (1929) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1929) * ''

Love and Champagne ''Love and Champagne'' (german: Liebe und Champagner) is a 1930 German film directed by Robert Land and starring Camilla von Hollay, Iván Petrovich, and Brita Appelgren.Bock & Bergfelder p. 168 The film's art direction was by Ludwig Reiber Lu ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

The Love Express ''The Love Express'' (german: Der Liebesexpreß) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt. No print of the film is known to survive, and it is therefore a lost ...

'' (1931) * '' The Champion Shot'' (1932) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932) * '' A Woman Like You'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' The Girl Irene'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

The Yellow Flag ''The Yellow Flag'' (German: ''Die gelbe Flagge'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Tschechowa and Dorothea Wieck.Rentschler p.281 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The fil ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Mystery of Betty Bonn ''The Mystery of Betty Bonn'' (german: Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos and Hans Nielsen.Kreimeier p. 286 The film was shot at the Babelsberg S ...

'' (1938) * ''

Water for Canitoga ''Water for Canitoga'' (German: ''Wasser für Canitoga'') is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a " Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is ...

'' (1939) * ''

Detours to Happiness ''Detours to Happiness'' (German: ''Umwege zum Glück'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover and Viktor Staal. Klaus p.184 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on locatio ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Eternal Spring ''The Eternal Spring'' (german: Der ewige Quell) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Bernhard Minetti and Lina Carstens. It is part of the tradition of Heimatfilm.Hake p. 91 It was shot at the ...

'' (1940) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1940) * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940) * ''

The Girl from Fano ''The Girl from Fano'' (german: Das Mädchen von Fanö) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth.Hake p. 215 The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn a ...

'' (1941) * '' Tonelli'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

Regimental Music ''Regimental Music'' (German: ''Regimentsmusik'') is a 1950 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heidemarie Hatheyer, Friedrich Domin and Siegfried Breuer. It was an Überläufer, a film made predominantly during the Se ...

'' (1950) * ''

'' (1951) * ''

Nights on the Road ''Nights on the Road'' (german: Nachts auf den Straßen) is a 1952 West German crime drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim. It was produced by the veteran Erich Pommer w ...

'' (1952) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ''

Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers ''Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers'' (german: Mönche, Mädchen und Panduren) is a 1952 West German historical adventure comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Joe Stöckel, Paul Hartmann and Rudolf Fernau.Klossner p. 262 I ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Night Without Morals ''The Night Without Morals'' (german: Die Nacht ohne Moral) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Claude Farell, Gustav Knuth and Lucie Englisch.Bock & Bergfelder p. 252 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios i ...

'' (1953) * '' Portrait of an Unknown Woman'' (1954) * ''

Through the Forests and Through the Trees ''Through the Forests and Through the Trees'' (german: Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen) is a 1956 West German historical comedy film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Eva Bartok, Peter Arens, and Joe Stöckel. It was Pabst's final film.Bo ...

'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) * ''

Salzburg Stories ''Salzburg Stories'' (German: ''Salzburger Geschichten'') is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Koch, Paul Hubschmid and Peter Mosbacher.Bock & Bergfelder p.253 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios ...

'' (1957) * ''

Rommel Calls Cairo ''Rommel Calls Cairo'' (german: Rommel ruft Kairo) is a 1959 West German war thriller film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Adrian Hoven, Elisabeth Müller and Peter van Eyck.Davidson & Hake p. 54 It is based on a real incident from the ...

'' (1959)

References

Bibliography

* Capua, Michelangelo. ''Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1904 births 1979 deaths German art directors Film people from Munich {{Germany-film-bio-stub