Hans Schomburgk

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Hans Schomburgk, (born October 28, 1880 in Hamburg; died July 27, 1967 in Berlin) was a German adventurer, filmmaker and until 1912 a big-game hunter.

Schomburgk made several expeditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa. As well as being a big-game hunter, he also procured African animals for European zoos, including such curiosities as the pygmy hippopotamus. Schomburgk is credited as being the first European to discover the Schikande River and Lake Sengwe of southern Angola.

Schomburgk is remembered today for his "ethnodramas" filmed on location in Africa. From 1922 until 1925 he was married to German actress Meg Gehrts (1891-1966), who was featured in several of his films, including the 1913 Weisse Göttin der Wangora (The White Goddess of the Wangora) which was filmed in Togoland.[1]

The following list are some of Schomburgk's better known African films:

  • Tropengift (Tropical Poison) (1919)
  • Im Kampf um Diamantenfelder (Fight for the Diamond Fields) (1921)
  • Eine Weisse unter Kannibalen (1921)
  • Frauen, Masken und Dämonen (1932)
  • Das letzte Paradies (The Last Paradise) (1932)
  • Die Wildnis stirbt (The Wilderness Dies) (1936)
  • Hans Schomburgk - Mein Abschied von Afrika (1958)
  • This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia
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