Xaver Schwarzenberger
Xaver Schwarzenberger (born 21 April 1946) is an Austrian cinematographer and film director. He has worked on more than 100 films since 1970. His 1983 film Der Stille Ozean was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.
Xaver Schwarzenberger

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- Name
- Xaver Schwarzenberger
- Born
- 21 April 1946
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Occupation
- Cinematographer, film director
- Nationality
- Austria
- Fields
- film production · film direction · film acting
- Honours
- Romy
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Xaver Schwarzenberger • Born — 21 April 1946 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Occupation — Cinematographer, film director • Years Active — 1970–present
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The First Day (1971, directed by Herbert Holba) • Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) • Lili Marleen (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) • Lola (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) • Veronika Voss (1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) • Kamikaze 1989 (1982, directed by Wolf Gremm) • Querelle (1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) • Ace of Aces (1982, directed by Gérard Oury) • Der Stille Ozean (1983, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Le Marginal (1983, directed by Jacques Deray) • Donauwalzer (1984 film) (1984, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Die Nacht (1985, directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg) • Otto – Der Film (1985, directed by Otto Waalkes and Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Momo (1986, directed by Johannes Schaaf) • Franza (1986, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Storms in May (1987, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Ödipussi (1988, directed by Vicco von Bülow) • With the Next Man Everything Will Be Different (film) (1989, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Schtonk! (1992, directed by Helmut Dietl) • Die skandalösen Frauen (1993, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Tafelspitz (film) (1994, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Die Nacht der Nächte (1995, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Bella Ciao (1997, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Lamorte (1997, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Single Bells (1997 film) (1997, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Krambambuli (1998 film) (1998, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Fever (1998 film) (1998, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Andreas Hofer (2002 film) (2002, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Eine Liebe in Afrika (2003, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Margarete Steiff (film) (2005, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • Sisi (2009, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) • A Deal with Adele (2012, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger)

This picture was shot on the production of the movie "L'as des as". I was Xaver translator for the crew back in july 1982. [email protected]
Stéphane Lambert
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- 1.Radiobericht über den Film mit Interviews mit Xaver Schwarzenberger, Hanno Pöschhl und Gerhard Roth im Onlinearchiv der Österreichischen Mediathek
- 2.Ein Hund… In: Stadtmagazin Leoben. Amtliche Nachrichten und Informationen. September 2001, S. 22–23.
- 3.Xaver Schwarzenberger. 2008-08-31.
- 4.dokFilm: Sehnsucht nach Grado
- 5.https://kurier.at/freizeit/regisseur-xaver-schwarzenberger-verraet-die-geheimnisse-um-single-bells/401127156
- 6.Verfilmung 1986 Der Fall Franza
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