Günther Anders

Günther Anders (born 8 November 1908 in Berlin; died 16 September 1977 in Munich) was a German cameraman and cinematographer.

Life Anders was the son of a director of the film production company Eiko, later sales director for UFA. As early as 1918 he was appearing in child roles in silent films.

After leaving school in 1922 and completing an apprenticeship in the photographic department at UFA he trained at the State School of Phototechnics (Staatliche Hochschule für Fototechnik) in Munich. He then spent some years as an assistant to Carl Hoffmann, Karl Freund and Eugen Schüfftan. In 1934 he took full charge of the camera for the first time in Ich bin Du, a short film directed by Hoffmann.

After a considerable quantity of drama films Anders was reckoned among the top cameramen in the Third Reich. Besides his drama work he was involved in several significant propaganda films, such as Wunschkonzert and the anti-Polish production Heimkehr. On these he worked principally with the directors Karl Ritter and Gustav Ucicky. In the winter of 1944/45 he was cameraman on the last, unfinished, large-scale production of this era, Das Leben geht weiter ("Life Goes On").

In 1947 he began his post-war activity with the drama Zwischen gestern und morgen about returnees. As part of the cinema boom of the 1950s Anders received many commissions as cameraman, mostly in Austria. In 1965 he was successful in bringing the estranged brothers Attila Hörbiger and Paul Hörbiger together in front of the camera for the filming of the stage play Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, of which he was the director. His last film was in 1968.

Günther Anders was married, as his second wife, to the costumier Charlotte Flemming.

Filmography

1935: Lessons in Love 1935: The Valiant Navigator 1935: Victoria 1936: The Merry Wives 1936: Die Hochzeitsreise 1936: Susanne in the Bath 1937: The Ruler 1937: Patriots 1937: My Son the Minister 1937: Unternehmen Michael 1937: Diamonds 1937: Urlaub auf Ehrenwort 1938: Capriccio 1938: Pour le Mérite 1939: Castles in the Air 1939: The Wedding Trip 1939: Legion Condor 1939: Cadets 1940: Wunschkonzert 1941: Heimkehr 1942: Hochzeit auf Bärenhof 1942: Whom the Gods Love 1943: Das Ferienkind 1944: Am Ende der Welt 1944: Schrammeln 1944: Der gebieterische Ruf 1944: The Heart Must Be Silent 1945: Das Leben geht weiter (unfinished) 1947: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow 1948: Fregola 1948: Ulli and Marei 1948: The Angel with the Trumpet 1948: Das Kuckucksei 1949: Eroica 1949: Bonus on Death 1950: Archduke Johann's Great Love 1951: Gateway to Peace 1951: A Devil of a Woman 1951: The Blue Star of the South 1951: Vienna Waltzes 1952: Ich hab mich so an Dich gewöhnt 1952: Until We Meet Again 1953: A Musical War of Love 1954: Cabaret 1954: Fireworks 1954: The Confession of Ina Kahr 1955: The Last Ten Days 1955: Island of the Dead 1955: A Heart Full of Music 1955: The Barrings 1955: Dunja 1956: Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love 1956: Lügen haben hübsche Beine 1956: My Husband's Getting Married Today 1956: 1956: Kaiserjäger 1957: The Girl and the Legend 1957: The Unexcused Hour 1957: The Saint and Her Fool 1958: Vienna, City of My Dreams 1958: Heart Without Mercy 1958: One Should Be Twenty Again 1958: Stefanie 1958: The Priest and the Girl 1959: Arena of Fear 1959: The Beautiful Adventure 1960: Beloved Augustin 1960: A Glass of Water 1960: Faust 1960: The Haunted Castle 1960: Gustav Adolf's Page 1961: Beloved Impostor 1961: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1961: The Liar 1963: Miracle of the White Stallions 1963: A Nearly Decent Girl 1963: The House in Montevideo 1965: Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (also directed) 1965: 1967: Rosalinde (TV) 1968: A Village Romeo and Juliet (TV) 1968: Der Schwanensee (TV) 1968: Pole Poppenspäler (TV; director)

Awards 1961: Filmband in Gold (Camera) for A Glass of Water 1961: Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for The Haunted Castle and A Glass of Water 1962: Der letzte Preis for Ukte