Siegfried Hold (1931 – 2003) 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 ...
.
[Bergfelder p.252] During the 1960s he shot a number of European western and adventure films, often co-productions between West Germany and other nations. He was the brother of the actress
Marianne Hold. They were born in
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
, but towards the end of the
Second World War they fled from the advancing Soviet forces and settled in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Stolen Trousers'' (1956)
* ''
Robert and Bertram'' (1961)
* ''
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962)
* ''
Wild Water
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'' (1962)
* ''
Café Oriental'' (1962)
*''
The Curse of the Yellow Snake
''The Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (German: ''Der Fluch der gelben Schlange'') is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum and Pinkas Braun.Bergfelder p.254 It is bas ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Old Shatterhand'' (1964)
* ''
Freddy in the Wild West'' (1964)
* ''
The Monster of London City
''The Monster of London City'' (german: Das Ungeheuer von London-City) is a 1964 West German '' krimi'' crime film directed by Edwin Zbonek and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Marianne Koch, and Dietmar Schönherr.Reimer & Zachau p.160
The film's ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Legacy of the Incas'' (1965)
* ''
Call of the Forest'' (1965)
* ''
The Treasure of the Aztecs'' (1965)
* ''
The Pyramid of the Sun God'' (1965)
* ''
Killer's Carnival
''Killer's Carnival'' (french: Carnaval des barbouzes, german: Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt, it, Spie contro il mondo) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger.
Plot
A murderer takes refuge in a docto ...
'' (1966)
* ''
The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan
''The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan'' (Austrian release: ''Susanne, die Wirtin von der Lahn'', West German release: ''Die Wirtin von der Lahn'') is a 1967 Austrian costume drama-sex comedy film directed by Franz Antel.
Background
Kurt Nachmann and Fra ...
'' (1967)
* ''
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
''Spy Today, Die Tomorrow'' (german: Mister Dynamit – Morgen küßt euch der Tod, it, Muori lentamente... te la godi di più, es, Mister Dinamita, mañana os besará la muerte, also known as ''Die Slowly, You'll Enjoy It More'') is a 1967 Ge ...
'' (1967)
* ''
Target for Killing'' (1969)
* ''
The Countess Died of Laughter'' (1973)
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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1931 births
2003 deaths
German cinematographers
People from Pisz
Film people from Innsbruck
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