Ottmar Ostermayr (24 October 1886 – 15 December 1958) was a German film producer. He was the brother of

Franz Osten Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a Bavaria, Bavarian filmmaker who along with Himansu Rai was among the first retainers of Bombay Talkies. Osten partnered with Rai on a number of India's earliest blockbuster film ...

and

Peter Ostermayr Peter Ostermayr (18 July 1882 – 7 May 1967) was a German film producer, screenwriter and film director. Ostermayr was a pioneer during the early years of German cinema, with his brothers Franz Osten and Ottmar Ostermayr.Bock & Bergfelder p.35 ...

. From 1911 until 1914 he worked for Vienna subsidiary of the French company Eclair. In the 1920s he set up a production company with the film pioneer Oskar Messter.Bock & Bergfelder p.320 He was later employed at the

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

-based Bavaria Film which had been set up by his brother Peter.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Fountain of Madness ''The Fountain of Madness'' (german: Der Brunnen des Wahnsinns) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Ottmar Ostermayr and starring Georg Henrich, Sadjah Gezza and Genée Schindler.Bock & Bergfelder p. 366 It was shot at the Emelka Studios ...

'' (1921) * '' Volga Volga'' (1928) * '' Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * '' His Daughter is Called Peter'' (1936) *''

The Secret Lie ''The Secret Lie'' (german: Die fromme Lüge) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Pola Negri, Hermann Braun, and Herbert Hübner. The film's sets were designed by the art directors and Erich Czerwonski Erich C ...

'' (1938) * ''

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 Bava ...

'' (1940) * ''

Venus on Trial ''Venus on Trial'' (german: Venus vor Gericht) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck, and Paul Dahlke. The film was part of the Nazis' campaign against 'degenerate art', and depicts ...

'' (1941) * ''

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) * ''

The Cloister of Martins ''The Cloister of Martins'' (german: Die Martinsklause) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Richard Häussler and starring Willy Rösner, Gisela Fackeldey and Heinz Engelmann.Goble p.173 It is based on the novel of the same title by Ludwi ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau ''The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau'' (german: Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau) is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger and Willy Rösner. Part of the tradition of heimatfilm, it ...

'' (1952) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1953) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1956)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1886 births 1958 deaths German film producers Film people from Munich {{Germany-film-bio-stub