Sepp Allgeier
Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. Of Freiburg im Breisgau.
Sepp Allgeier
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- Name
- Sepp Allgeier
- Born
- 6 February 1895
- Birthplace
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Duchy of Baden, German Empire
- Died
- 11 March 1968
- Place of death
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
- Occupation
- Cinematographer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award
- Languages
- German
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Biography
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In 1913, he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television. His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier.
The movie Storm over Montblanc brought together – from the left to the right: cameraman Hans Schneeberger (1895–1970), actor Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), cameraman Richard Angst (1905–1984), cameraman Sepp Allgeier (1895–1968), and director Arnold Fanck (1889–1974).
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The German cinematographer Sepp Allgeier (1895–1968), on the right, with a colleague on the occasion of a shooting for a mountain movie.
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Freiburg T 1 (Zugang 2005/0058) Nr. 4, Bild 2
Key facts
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• Name — Sepp Allgeier • Born — 6 February 1895 • Birthplace — Freiburg im Breisgau, Duchy of Baden, German Empire • Died — 11 March 1968 • Place of death — Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany • Occupation — Cinematographer • Years Active — 1911–1951
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Sepp Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a cinematographer and photographer. Sepp Allgeier was born on 6 February 1895 in Freiburg im Breisgau. Sepp Allgeier died on 11 March 1968 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Mountain of Destiny (1924) • The Holy Mountain (1926) • The Great Leap (1927) • Alpine Tragedy (1927) • Milak, the Greenland Hunter (1928) • Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) • Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) • The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) • Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930) • Mountains on Fire (1931) • The Rebel (1932) • Baroud (1932) • William Tell (1934) • The Champion of Pontresina (1934) • Frisians in Peril (1935) • Escape Me Never (1935) • Ewiger Wald (1936) • Militiaman Bruggler (1936) • The Great Barrier (1937) • The Mountain Calls (1938) • A German Robinson Crusoe (1940) • The Sinful Village (1940) • Lightning Around Barbara (1941) • Border Post 58 (1951)
Identity
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Sepp Allgeier is recorded with the occupation Nordic combined skier. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as cinematographer, film director, ski jumper, nordic combined skier and screenwriter.
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1895
Sepp Allgeier born at Freiburg im Breisgau.
1968
Sepp Allgeier died on 11 March 1968.
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- 1.Dittrich, Wolfgang (1998) Facts and fragments for Freiburg Film Production History 1901-1918
- 2.Reimer & Reimer p.39
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Allgeier, Sepp (1931) Die Jagd nach dem Bild; 18 Jahre als Kameramann in Arktis und Hochgebirge Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns nachf. OCLC 9001961
- von Savigny, Brigitte; Allgeier, Sepp (1999) Sepp Allgeier Fotografien eines Kamerapioniers Furtwangen DesignConcepts-Verl.
- Sepp Allgeier Archetype of a Camera Man (1999) film by Sigrid Faltin
- Klien, Arno (2004) “Sepp Allgeier and the First High Mountain Movie” in 3rd FIS Ski History Conference at Winter! Sport! Museum! Mürzzuschlag, Austria pg 11
- Von Moltke, Johannes (2005) No Place Like Home: Locations of Heimat in German Cinema University of California Press pg 45
- Masia, Seth (September 2006) "Moving Pictures" Skiing Heritage Journal Vol 18 #3:37
- Allen, E. John B. (2007) The Culture and Sport of Skiing: From Antiquity to World War II Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press pg 262
- Reimer, Robert Charles & Reimer, Carol J. (2010) The A to Z of German Cinema Rowman & Littlefield
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