Fritz Arno Wagner

Director Of Photography

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Birth Place

Germany

Born

December 05, 1889

Died

August 18, 1958

Cause of Death

Automobile Accident

Biography

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While attending the Academy of Fine Art in Paris, Wagner clerked at the Pathe film company, where he nurtured his interest in cinematography. He was dispatched to New York as a newsreel cameraman and, in 1919, was enlisted by Decla-Bioscop of Berlin to shoot features. Along with Karl Freund, Wagner became Germany's leading cinematographer of the 1920s and 30s, a master of the moody, Goth...

Filmography

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Kameradschaft (1931)

Director Of Photography

The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)

Cinematographer

The Haunted Castle (1922)

Cinematographer

Nosferatu (1922)

Cinematographer

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

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Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929) -- (Movie Clip) My Full Grown Thymian

Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933) -- Between Genius And Madness

Biography

While attending the Academy of Fine Art in Paris, Wagner clerked at the Pathe film company, where he nurtured his interest in cinematography. He was dispatched to New York as a newsreel cameraman and, in 1919, was enlisted by Decla-Bioscop of Berlin to shoot features. Along with Karl Freund, Wagner became Germany's leading cinematographer of the 1920s and 30s, a master of the moody, Gothic lighting that characterized the expressionist movement. Among his finest achievements are Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922) and Lang's "Spione" (1928), notable sound films include Pabst's "Westfront 1918" (1930) and "Kameradschaft" (1931) and Lang's "M" (1931).

The virtual exodus of German directors after the Nazi ascendance in 1933 deprived Wagner of vehicles equal to his talent, although he remained relatively prolific until his death in 1958.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Kameradschaft (1931)

Director Of Photography

The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)

Cinematographer

The Haunted Castle (1922)

Cinematographer

Nosferatu (1922)

Cinematographer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

Dolly Macht Karriere (1929)

Life Events

Videos

Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929) -- (Movie Clip) My Full Grown Thymian Domestic mayhem from the beginning, Sybille Schmitz (as housekeeper/governess Elisabeth, and the model for the lead character director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Veronika Voss, 1982) flees, overseen by Aunt Frida (Vera Pawlowa) and the pharmacist Henning (Josef Rovensky), and alarming his daughter, Louise Brooks as the title character, Thymian, with Fritz Rasp as the creepy assistant pharmacist Meinert, in G.W. Pabst’s Diary Of A Lost Girl, 1929.

Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933) -- Between Genius And Madness A well known scene from director Fritz Lang, the introduction of a central character, Professor-Doctor Baum (Oscar Beregi Sr.), offering students his startling conclusions about the title character, early in The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, 1933.

Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933) -- Give Him A Shot Police commissioner Lohmann (Otto Wernicke, seen in the same role in director Fritz Lang's M, 1931) casing a crime scene, as Professor-Doctor Baum (Oscar Beregi Sr.) has a weird visit with the title character in his cell, in The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, 1933.

Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933) -- Lovely Are Maidens Another inimitable depiction of madness by director Fritz Lang, detective Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) delivered by Dr. Hauser (A.E. Licho) to see his very rattled former colleague Hofmeister (Karl Meixner), in The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, 1933.

Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933) -- Catastrophe Of The First Order Thugs Karetzky, Kent, Hardy and Bredow (Theo Lingen, Gustav Diessl, Rudolf Shundler, Oskar Hocker, a.k.a. "Division 2-B"), summoned before their curtained-off boss, who is presumably the title character, who remains institutionalized, in Fritz Lang's The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, 1933.

M (1931) -- (Movie Clip) A Form Of Acting The perp's letter now published, various police officials (Theodor Loos, Franz Stein) proclaiming their methods, and Beckert (Peter Lorre) himself at the mirror, in Fritz Lang's favorite of all his films, M, 1931.

M (1931) -- (Movie Clip) You Mustn't Do That! Beckert (Peter Lorre) craving in a shop window as an uncredited child and mother evade his grasp, Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) inspecting his apartment at that very moment, in Fritz Lang's M, 1931.

Nosferatu (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, A Symphony Of Horror Following notes on the Kino restoration, opening credits and introduction of Hutter (Gustav von Waggenheim) and wife (Greta Schroeder), in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, 1922, starring Max Schreck, freely adapted from Bram Stoker's "Dracula."

Nosferatu (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Perhaps A Little Blood Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) meets the decidedly twisted estate agent Knock (Alexander Granach) who clearly knows more about mysterious Count Orlok than he's letting on, in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, 1922.

Nosferatu (1922) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Going Below Brave sea captain Demeter (Max Nemetz) decides he'll have to inspect the cargo, whereupon Count Orlok (Max Schreck) emerges, in a famous bit from F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, 1922.

Nosferatu (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Eerie Visions Even the horses wear hoods as Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim), abandoned by his escort as he enters Transylvania, proceeds toward the castle where he meets Count Orlok (Max Schreck) in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, 1922.

M (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Man In Black One little girl (Hanna Meron) leading the scary children's chant, then introducing the mother (Ellen Widmann), little Elsie (Inge Landgut) and (almost) the perp Beckert (Peter Lorre), opening Fritz Lang's M, 1931.

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