Fritz Kirchhoff
Fritz Kirchhoff | |
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| Born | 10 December 1901 |
| Died | 25 June 1953 |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1937-1950 (director) |
Fritz Kirchhoff (1901–1953) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director. He was a noted director during the Nazi era, directing film such as the anti-British propaganda thriller Attack on Baku (1942). His 1942 film 5 June, showing the German defeat of France in 1940, was banned by Joseph Goebbels for unclear reasons, although it has been speculated it was to avoid offending the Vichy government.[1] After the Second World War Kirchoff set up his own production company in Hamburg.
Selected filmography
Director
- Tango notturno (1937)
- My Friend Barbara (1937)
- When Women Keep Silent (1937)
- Shadows Over St. Pauli (1938)
- Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth? (1939)
- Three Wonderful Days (1939)
- Attack on Baku (1942)
- 5 June (1942)
- One Day (1945)
Producer
- The Girl from the South Seas (1950)
- The Thief of Baghdad (1952)
- I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1952)
References
- ^ Eltin p.177
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Eltin, Richard A. Art, Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich. University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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