Heinrich Richter
Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career.
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Heinrich Richter

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- Name
- Heinrich Richter
- Born
- 23 April 1884
- Birthplace
- Berlin, German Empire
- Died
- 26 January 1981
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Occupation
- Painter, Art director
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career.
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• Name — Heinrich Richter • Born — 23 April 1884 • Birthplace — Berlin, German Empire • Died — 26 January 1981 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Painter, Art director • Years Active — 1916–1958 (film)
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• The Confessions of the Green Mask (1916) • Uriel Acosta (1920) • The Sensational Trial (1923) • Upstairs and Downstairs (1925) • Semi-Silk (1925) • Should We Be Silent? (1926) • A Crazy Night (1927) • One Plus One Equals Three (1927) • Children's Souls Accuse You (1927) • The Trousers (1927) • The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927) • When the Guard Marches (1928) • The Prince of Rogues (1928) • The House Without Men (1928) • Master and Mistress (1928) • Villa Falconieri (1928) • Sinful and Sweet (1929) • The Man Without Love (1929) • The Call of the North (1929) • Daughter of the Regiment (1929) • Come Back, All Is Forgiven (1929) • Mischievous Miss (1930) • The Jumping Jack (1930) • Morals at Midnight (1930) • The Man Who Murdered (1931) • The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931) • A Woman Branded (1931) • Durand Versus Durand (1931) • The Schlemihl (1931) • Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931) • Two in a Car (1932) • The Eleven Schill Officers (1932) • Death Over Shanghai (1932) • For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles (1932) • Cavaliers of the Kurfürstendamm (1932) • The Sporck Battalion (1934) • Every Day Isn't Sunday (1935) • The Schimeck Family (1935) • The Man with the Paw (1935) • Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden (1935) • The Adventurer of Paris (1936) • Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine (1936) • The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938) • Little County Court (1938) • The Unfaithful Eckehart (1940) • Passion (1940) • Lightning Around Barbara (1941)
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- 1.StA Berlin Xa, Geburtsurkunde Nr. 1030/1884
- 2.Otto Freundlich: Schriften. Köln, DuMont, 1982.
- 3.Malschulen. 2010-03-24.
- 4.Zitiert nach lex-art.de
- 5., www.dada-companion.com, abgerufen am 15. Juli 2007
- 6.Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 6: N – R. Mary Nolan – Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3.
- 7.Datenbank zum Beschlagnahmeinventar der Aktion "Entartete Kunst", Forschungsstelle "Entartete Kunst", FU Berlin
- 8.Zitiert nach lex-art.de
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