Karl Freund

CinematographerActorDirectorDirectingWriter Jan 16 (died age 79) Königinhof, Bohemia, Czech Republic 1912–1960 (48 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated t…

Known For

Film

Metropolis

Camera Operator

Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Director of Photography

Film

Dracula

Co-Director

Film

Key Largo

Director of Photography

Film

The Last Laugh

Director of Photography

Film

The Mummy

Director

Film

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

Director of Photography

Film

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Author

Filmography

Acting (3)

Movies (2)

You Can't Fool a Camera

1941

as Himself

5.7

Michael

1924

as LeBlanc - Art Dealer

6.2

Television (1)

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (141)

Movies (141)

The Golem

1960

Director of Photography

I Love Lucy: The Movie

1953

Director of Photography

7.4

Bright Leaf

1950

Director of Photography

5.7

Montana

1950

Director of Photography

5.5

South of St. Louis

1949

Director of Photography

5.6

Key Largo

1948

Director of Photography

7.5

Wallflower

1948

Director of Photography

6.0

The Decision of Christopher Blake

1948

Director of Photography

2.7

That Hagen Girl

1947

Director of Photography

4.8

This Time for Keeps

1947

Director of Photography

5.2

A Letter for Evie

1946

Director of Photography

6.7

Undercurrent

1946

Director of Photography

5.9

Two Smart People

1946

Director of Photography

6.4

Dangerous Partners

1945

Director of Photography

6.0

Without Love

1945

Director of Photography

6.9

A Guy Named Joe

1944

Director of Photography

6.7

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Director of Photography

7.1

The Seventh Cross

1944

Director of Photography

6.8

Cry 'Havoc'

1943

Director of Photography

6.3

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943

Director of Photography

6.2

Tortilla Flat

1942

Director of Photography

5.7

The Affairs of Martha

1942

Director of Photography

6.2

A Yank at Eton

1942

Director of Photography

6.0

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942

Director of Photography

5.0

The Chocolate Soldier

1941

Director of Photography

6.4

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Director of Photography

6.6

The Earl of Chicago

1940

Director of Photography

6.2

Green Hell

1940

Director of Photography

4.0

Pride and Prejudice

1940

Director of Photography

6.9

Florian

1940

Director of Photography

1.0

We Who Are Young

1940

Director of Photography

5.8

Comrade X

1940

Camera Operator

6.0

Rose of Washington Square

1939

Director of Photography

5.8

Golden Boy

1939

Director of Photography

6.5

Tail Spin

1939

Director of Photography

5.8

Balalaika

1939

Director of Photography

4.4

Barricade

1939

Director of Photography

5.3

Letter of Introduction

1938

Director of Photography

5.7

Man-Proof

1938

Director of Photography

4.3

Three Comrades

1938

Director of Photography

7.2

Port of Seven Seas

1938

Director of Photography

Parnell

1937

Director of Photography

4.1

Conquest

1937

Director of Photography

6.5

The Good Earth

1937

Director of Photography

6.3

Camille

1936

Director of Photography

7.0

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

Director of Photography

Mad Love

Director

Gift of Gab

Director

Madame Spy

Director

I Give My Love

Director

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1934

Director

6.0

Uncertain Lady

1934

Director

Moonlight and Pretzels

1933

Director

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933

Director of Photography

5.4

Afraid to Talk

1932

Director of Photography

The Mummy

Director

Back Street

Director of Photography

6.2

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932

Director of Photography

6.1

Air Mail

1932

Director of Photography

5.0

Scandal for Sale

1932

Director of Photography

7.0

Up for Murder

1931

Director of Photography

Dracula

Co-Director

Dracula

Director of Photography

7.2

Personal Maid

1931

Director of Photography

3.0

The Bad Sister

1931

Director of Photography

5.4

Strictly Dishonorable

1931

Director of Photography

5.1

The Boudoir Diplomat

1930

Director of Photography

1.0

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

Director of Photography

7.7

The Lottery Bride

1930

Director of Photography

4.7

Sleeping Partners

1930

Director of Photography

Fräulein Else

1929

Director of Photography

6.3

Lady Juan

1928

Director of Photography

A Knight in London

1928

Director of Photography

Metropolis

Camera Operator

Metropolis

Director of Photography

8.1

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Author

7.5

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Director of Photography

7.5

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Producer

7.5

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note

1926

Production Supervisor

5.0

Manon Lescaut

1926

Director of Photography

5.3

Tartuffe

1926

Director of Photography

7.2

Madame Wants No Children

1926

Producer

Variety

1925

Director of Photography

6.6

The Last Laugh

1924

Director of Photography

7.8

The Finances of the Grand Duke

1924

Director of Photography

6.6

Michael

1924

Director of Photography

6.2

The Expulsion

1923

Director of Photography

Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini

1923

Director of Photography

Lucrezia Borgia

1922

Director of Photography

4.4

Herzog Ferrantes Ende

1922

Director of Photography

The Burning Soil

1922

Director of Photography

6.3

Marizza

1922

Director of Photography

5.5

Das blinde Glück

1922

Director of Photography

The Rats

1921

Director of Photography

Torgus

1921

Director of Photography

5.2

The Boy in Blue

1921

Director of Photography

The Lost Shadow

1921

Director of Photography

Panic in the House of Ardon

1920

Director of Photography

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

1920

Director of Photography

7.0

The Head of Janus

1920

Director of Photography

The Hunchback and the Dancer

1920

Director of Photography

The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship

1920

Director of Photography

5.9

Catherine the Great

1920

Cinematography

Satan

1920

Director of Photography

7.0

Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

1920

Director of Photography

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea

1919

Director of Photography

5.9

Intoxication

1919

Director of Photography

Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen

1919

Director of Photography

Augen

1919

Camera Department Manager

Augen

1919

Cinematography

Phantome des Lebens

1919

Director of Photography

The Arc

1919

Director of Photography

Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall

1918

Director of Photography

Auf Probe gestellt

1918

Director of Photography

Die Heimkehr des Odysseus

1918

Director of Photography

Countess Kitchenmaid

1918

Director of Photography

Das Maskenfest des Lebens

1918

Director of Photography

Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier

1918

Director of Photography

Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell

1918

Director of Photography

Die blaue Laterne

1918

Director of Photography

The Giant's Fist

1917

Director of Photography

10.0

Christa Hartungen

1917

Director of Photography

Der Liebesbrief der Königin

1917

Director of Photography

Gefangene Seele

1917

Director of Photography

Die Claudi vom Geiserhof

1917

Director of Photography

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach

1917

Director of Photography

The Robber Bride

1916

Director of Photography

Frau Eva

1916

Director of Photography

Das wandernde Licht

1916

Director of Photography

The White Roses

1916

Director of Photography

Bummelstudenten

1916

Director of Photography

Little Angel's Wedding

1916

Camera Operator

The Man in the Mirror

1916

Director of Photography

Little Angel

1914

Director of Photography

5.9

Zapata's Gang

1914

Director of Photography

6.0

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1914

Director of Photography

4.0

A Venetian Night

1914

Director of Photography

6.0

Das Feuer

1914

Writer

The Suffragette

1913

Director of Photography

4.6

The Film Prima Donna

1913

Director of Photography

5.5

Poor Mother

1912

Director of Photography