László Schäffer

László Schäffer (July 19, 1893 – May 1979), was a Hungarian cinematographer. Born in Ungvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, currently a part of the Ukraine, he worked mostly in Germany in the 1920s.

He moved in his youth to Budapest, where he worked as a photographer. During World War I, he became a cameraman and, after 1920, went to Berlin. With Fritz Arno Wagner, he filmed F. W. Murnau's The Haunted Castle (1921). A further high point in Schäffer's career was the employment as one of several cameramen in Walter Ruttmann's experimental documentary film Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927).

After the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933, Schäffer returned to Budapest. He took his place behind the cameras several times, until in 1939 he emigrated to the United States. Establishing himself in Los Angeles, he received no requests for his occupation. He died in Los Angeles in 1979.

Filmography 1921: The Haunted Castle 1921: Das Mädchen aus dem Sumpf 1922: Jiu-Jitsu-Meisterin 1924: Graf Chargon 1926: Die Unschuld ohne Kleid 1927: The Pirates of the Baltic Sea 1927: Die glühende Gasse 1927: Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis 1928: Polnische Wirtschaft 1928: The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson 1928: Rasputin, the Holy Sinner 1929: Dangers of the Engagement Period 1928: Spelunke1929: Storm of Love 1929: Was kostet Liebe? 1929: Ins Blaue hinein 1929: Möblierte Zimmer 1929: Such Is Life 1930: Echo of a Dream 1932: Rok 1914 1932: Puszcza 1935: The Students of Igloi 1936: Zivatar Kemenespusztán 1936: Pusztareiter (Hortobágy) 1936: Rubber 1938: The Girl with a Good Reputation