Ekkehard Kyrath

Ekkehard Kyrath (20 July 1909 – 20 January 1962) was a German cinematographer.

Biography Ekkehard Kyrath worked for UFA and Terra from 1928 as a camera assistant and simple cameraman. In 1937, he acted as co-cameraman alongside his teacher Günther Rittau in Verklungene Melodie.

After further films with Rittau, the French film Herzdame with Fernandel, made in Berlin, became his first work under sole responsibility. Immediately afterward he was behind the camera for Rittau's first directorial work, Brand im Ozean.

In the following years, Kyrath shot a number of comedies and melodramas. After World War Two he was able to continue his work as a cameraman, several times with Hans Albers as the leading actor. In 1961, Kyrath, who was seriously ill with cancer, had to hand over the camera direction to Karl Löb during the filming of the abortion melodrama I can no longer remain silent.

Selected filmography