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Ucicky, Gustav
© Copyright Gustav Ucicky, photo 1930 Ucicky, Gustav, b. Vienna, July 6, 1899, d. Hamburg (Germany), April 27, 1961, cameraman, film director, son of G. Klimt. 1916 in Sascha-Film of Count A. J. Kolowrat-Krakowsky, began with news reel reports; 1919 cameraman in films by M. Kertesz ("Die Sklavenkönigin", 1924; "Das Spielzeug von Paris", 1925). 1927 début as director: "Tingel-Tangel", "Cafe Elektric" (both 1928); some films with German nationalist undertones ("Das Flötenkonzert von Sanssouci", 1930; "York", 1931) in Germany as well as the propaganda film "Heimkehr" (1941). After the war mainly innocuous films: "Cordula", 1950; "Der Jäger vom Fall", 1956. Literature: G. Trimmel, Heimkehr. Strategien eines nationalsozialistischen Films, 1998.
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