Franz Weihmayr

Franz Weihmayr
Franz Weihmayr
Born	30 December 1903; Munich, Germany
Died	26 May 1969 (aged 65); Munich, West Germany
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1924–1964 (film)

Franz Weihmayr (30 December 1903 – 26 May 1969) was a German cinematographer who worked on over eighty films between 1924 and 1964. He was one of the leading German cinematographers of the Nazi era, working on a number of Zarah Leander films and the 1935 propaganda documentary Triumph of the Will. After the Second World War Weihmayr worked in West German cinema including rubble films such as Love '47.

Selected filmography

On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1929)
Der Blaue Engel (1930)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Anna und Elisabeth (1933)
Hans Westmar (1933)
William Tell (1934)
Wolga-Wolga (1936)
Calling the Tune (1936)
The House of the Spaniard (1936)
The Court Concert (1936)
To New Shores (1937)
Daphne and the Diplomat (1937)
La Habanera (1937)
The Blue Fox (1938)
By a Silken Thread (1938)
Heimat (1938)
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
Das Herz der Königin (1940)
Wunschkonzert (1940)
Beloved World (1942)
Die große Liebe (1942)
Back Then (1943)
Nora (1944)
Love '47 (1949)
Amico (1949)
Two Times Lotte (1950)
Dr. Holl (1951)
Conchita and the Engineer (1954)
Canaris Master Spy (1954)
Devil in Silk (1956)

Bibliography

Knopp, Guido. Hitler's Women. Routledge, 2003.
Rother, Rainer. Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003.