Karl Freund

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-01-16 (79 years old)

Deathday

1969-05-03

Place of Birth

Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]

Karl Freund

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 to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for...

Acting

1924

Michael

as LeBlanc - Art Dealer

Production

1927

Metropolis

as Director of Photography

1931

Dracula

as Director of Photography

1927

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

as Director of Photography

1920

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

as Director of Photography

1920

The Head of Janus

as Director of Photography

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Director of Photography

1948

Key Largo

as Director of Photography

1924

The Last Laugh

as Director of Photography

1926

Manon Lescaut

as Director of Photography

1945

Without Love

as Director of Photography

1935

Mad Love

as Director

1918

Die Heimkehr des Odysseus

as Director of Photography

1932

The Mummy

as Director

1939

Golden Boy

as Director of Photography

1946

Undercurrent

as Director of Photography

1949

South of St. Louis

as Director of Photography

1944

The Seventh Cross

as Director of Photography

1919

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea

as Director of Photography

1917

Gefangene Seele

as Director of Photography

1950

Bright Leaf

as Director of Photography

1946

Two Smart People

as Director of Photography

1933

1945

Dangerous Partners

as Director of Photography

1934

Gift of Gab

as Director

1939

Balalaika

as Director of Photography

1946

A Letter for Evie

as Director of Photography

1914

Zapata's Gang

as Director of Photography

1928

A Knight in London

as Director of Photography

1931

Up for Murder

as Director of Photography

1933

The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Director of Photography

1937

Conquest

as Director of Photography

1938

Port of Seven Seas

as Director of Photography

1938

Letter of Introduction

as Director of Photography

1939

Tail Spin

as Director of Photography

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as Director of Photography

1940

Green Hell

as Director of Photography

1914

Little Angel

as Director of Photography

1936

Camille

as Director of Photography

1922

Herzog Ferrantes Ende

as Director of Photography

1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Director of Photography

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Director of Photography

1942

Tortilla Flat

as Director of Photography

1924

The Finances of the Grand Duke

as Director of Photography

1926

Tartuffe

as Director of Photography

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as Director of Photography

1947

That Hagen Girl

as Director of Photography

1912

Poor Mother

as Director of Photography

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie

as Director of Photography

1947

This Time for Keeps

as Director of Photography

1942

A Yank at Eton

as Director of Photography

1942

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Director of Photography

1942

The Affairs of Martha

as Director of Photography

1941

The Chocolate Soldier

as Director of Photography

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Director of Photography

1939

Barricade

as Director of Photography

1938

Three Comrades

as Director of Photography

1932

Afraid to Talk

as Director of Photography

1932

Air Mail

as Director of Photography

1932

Scandal for Sale

as Director of Photography

1931

Personal Maid

as Director of Photography

1930

The Lottery Bride

as Director of Photography

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Director of Photography

1930

The Boudoir Diplomat

as Director of Photography

1928

Lady Juan

as Director of Photography

1923

Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini

as Director of Photography

1922

Das blinde Glück

as Director of Photography

1921

The Rats

as Director of Photography

1921

Der verlorene Schatten

as Director of Photography

1916

The White Roses

as Director of Photography

1920

The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship

as Director of Photography

1925

Variety

as Director of Photography

1948

The Decision of Christopher Blake

as Director of Photography

1938

Man-Proof

as Director of Photography

1940

We Who Are Young

as Director of Photography

1919

Augen

as Cinematography

1919

Augen

as Camera Department Manager

1926

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note

as Production Supervisor

1931

Dracula

as Co-Director

1934

Madame Spy

as Director

1940

Florian

as Director of Photography

1920

Catherine the Great

as Cinematography

1922

The Burning Soil

as Director of Photography

1948

Wallflower

as Director of Photography

1918

Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier

as Director of Photography

1930

Sleeping Partners

as Director of Photography

1924

Michael

as Director of Photography

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

as Director of Photography

1927

Metropolis

as Camera Operator

1919

Phantome des Lebens

as Director of Photography

1937

The Good Earth

as Director of Photography

1950

Montana

as Director of Photography

1923

The Expulsion

as Director of Photography

1931

Strictly Dishonorable

as Director of Photography

1932

Back Street

as Director of Photography

1940

Comrade X

as Camera Operator

1921

Torgus

as Director of Photography

1943

Cry 'Havoc'

as Director of Photography

1931

The Bad Sister

as Director of Photography

1919

The Boy in Blue

as Director of Photography

1919

The Arc

as Director of Photography

1919

1929

Fräulein Else

as Director of Photography

1916

Little Angel's Wedding

as Camera Operator

1917

The Giant's Fist

as Director of Photography

1918

1934

I Give My Love

as Director

1918

Die blaue Laterne

as Director of Photography

1920

The Hunchback and the Dancer

as Director of Photography

1919

Intoxication

as Director of Photography

1913

The Film Prima Donna

as Director of Photography

1914

A Venetian Night

as Director of Photography

1913

The Suffragette

as Director of Photography

1914

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Director of Photography

1917

Der Liebesbrief der Königin

as Director of Photography

1918

Countess Kitchenmaid

as Director of Photography

1937

Parnell

as Director of Photography

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Director of Photography

1922

Lucrezia Borgia

as Director of Photography

1920

Panic in the House of Ardon

as Director of Photography

1916

The Robber Bride

as Director of Photography

1916

Das wandernde Licht

as Director of Photography

1916

Frau Eva

as Director of Photography

1916

The Man in the Mirror

as Director of Photography

1916

Bummelstudenten

as Director of Photography

1917

Die Claudi vom Geiserhof

as Director of Photography

1922

Marizza

as Director of Photography

1920

Satan

as Director of Photography

1918

Auf Probe gestellt

as Director of Photography

1914

Das Feuer

as Writer

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Director of Photography

1917

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach

as Director of Photography

1917

Christa Hartungen

as Director of Photography

1918

Das Maskenfest des Lebens

as Director of Photography

1918

Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall

as Director of Photography

1920

Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

as Director of Photography

1960

The Golem

as Director of Photography

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