Ucicky, Gustav#

b. Vienna, July 6, 1899, d. Hamburg (Germany), April 27, 1961, cameraman, film director, son of G. Klimt. 1916 in Sascha-Film of Count A. J. Kolowrat-Krakowsky, began with news reel reports; 1919 cameraman in films by M. Kertesz ("Die Sklavenkoenigin", 1924; "Das Spielzeug von Paris", 1925). 1927 debut as director: "Tingel-Tangel", "Cafe Elektric" (both 1928); some films with German nationalist undertones ("Das Floetenkonzert von Sanssouci", 1930; "York", 1931) in Germany as well as the propaganda film "Heimkehr" (1941). After the war mainly innocuous films: "Cordula", 1950; "Der Jaeger vom Fall", 1956.

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