Karl Böhm or Carl Böhm (1882-1942) was a German

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who designed the sets for a number of films during the

Nazi era Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

.Giesen p.185

Selected filmography

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Such a Rascal ''Such a Rascal'' (German: ''So ein Flegel'') is a 1934 German comedy film and starring Heinz Rühmann, Ellen Frank (actress), Ellen Frank and Annemarie Sörensen. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1934) * ''

Light Cavalry Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and body armor, armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was p ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Schimeck Family ''The Schimek Family'' (German: ''Familie Schimek – Wiener Herzen'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Alfred Halm and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Livio Pavanelli, Olga Chekhova, and Lydia Potechina. It was shot at the EFA St ...

'' (1935) * ''

Tango Notturno ''Tango Notturno'' is a 1937 German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Lina Carstens. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Böhm (art director) and Erich Czerwonski. It wa ...

'' (1937) * ''

Gordian the Tyrant ''Gordian the Tyrant'' (German: ''Gordian, der Tyrann'') is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Weiß Ferdl, Paul Richter and Michael von Newlinsky.Waldman p.150 The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Böh ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Secret Lie ''The Secret Lie'' () 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 Czerwonski (1889–1940 ...

'' (1938) * ''

Dangerous Crossing ''Dangerous Crossing'' is a 1953 American mystery film starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie and directed by Joseph M. Newman. Based on the 1943 play '' Cabin B-13'' by John Dickson Carr, the story revolves around newlyweds who become physic ...

'' (1937) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * '' Freight from Baltimore'' (1938) * '' The Merciful Lie'' (1939) * ''

Midsummer Night's Fire ''Midsummer Night's Fire'' or ''St. John's Fire'' () is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen. The film is based on the play '' Fires of St. John'' by Herma ...

'' (1939) * ''

Uproar in Damascus ''Uproar in Damascus'' (German: ''Aufruhr in Damaskus'') is a 1939 German thriller film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Nielsen. It is set during the First World War with German troops battling ...

'' (1939) * ''

My Daughter Doesn't Do That ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' () is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Erika von Thellmann, and Geraldine Katt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 550 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf. '' Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.

External links

* 1882 births 1942 deaths People from Sulęcin German art directors {{Germany-film-bio-stub