Heinz Pehlke

Heinz Pehlke (October 8, 1922 – March 12, 2002) was a freelance German cinematographer in film and television. In 1943, he worked as an assistant on the Nazi propaganda film, Kolberg directed by Veit Harlan and in 1962, on the anti-Nazi television film, Jeder stirbt für sich allein, directed by Falk Harnack.

Life and early career Heinz Paul Helmut Pehlke was born in Berlin to Elisabeth (née Knaack) and Friedrich Wilhelm Pehlke, a merchant. He first became interested in photography at the age of 12. In 1939, Pehlke began attending a graphic arts school in Berlin. That same year, while on vacation at the Millstätter See, he happened to see a movie being shot, Kitty und die Weltkonferenz, directed by Helmut Käutner, and first became interested in filmmaking. |group=n to be produced with special effects. As Pehlke later commented, "The absurdity of it all was to produce with special effects what we were going through non-stop in reality." Der Graf von Luxemburg (1973), operetta Das Land des Lächelns (1974), operetta Rund um die Uhr (1979), series Drei Damen vom Grill (1980), series Das doppelte Pensum (1984), series

Awards 1994 Deutscher Kamerapreis: Cinematographer Achievement Award (German: Ehrenkameramann)