About Emil Berna
Lived 1907 – 2000 (aged 93). Emil Berna was a Swiss cinematographer and film director.
Emil Berna (2 April 1907 – 16 October 2000) was a Swiss cinematographer. He also co-directed one film, the 1952 drama Palace Hotel. For several decades Berna was employed on almost all the major Swiss film productions. He worked on the 1948 MGM film The Search which was shot on location in Europe.
Selected filmography Feind im Blut (1931) Fusilier Wipf (1938) Constable Studer (1939) The Last Chance (1945) Madness Rules (1947) The Search (1948) Swiss Tour (1949) Four in a Jeep (1951) Heidi (1952) Palace Hotel (1952) The Village (1953) Heidi and Peter (1955) Uli the Tenant (1955) The Mountains Between Us (1956) (1960)
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Who was Emil Berna?
cinematographer (1907-2000)
When was Emil Berna born?
Emil Berna was born on 2 April 1907 in Zurich.
When did Emil Berna die?
Emil Berna died on 16 October 2000 in Zurich.
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Emil Berna was a cinematographer and film director.
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Emil Berna was Swiss.
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