Bruno Mondi

Bruno Mondi (b September 30 1903 in Schwetz , Prussia , d July 18 1991 in Berlin ) was a German cameraman .

Life

Bruno Mondi graduated from training in 1918 at the School of Cinema and Technology at the School of Photography in Berlin. Soon after, he worked as an assistant cameraman in numerous silent film productions, including The Weary Death (1921).

From 1925 he worked as co-cinematographer with Henry gardener, and in the comedy film The Great Lola. In 1927, he served as executive director of photography. Mondi initially worked primarily with director Richard Eichberg. In 1935, he joined the permanent staff Veit Harlan .

In addition to numerous comedies and entertainment films, Mondi also shot some propaganda films, including the anti-Semitic production Jud Süß (1940). Despite the participation of renowned specialist Mondi was hired in 1946 by the DEFA as one of its chief cameraman under contract. In this capacity he made ​​in 1950 including the first color film DEFA The cold heart .

In the fifties he moved to the West German and Austrian film. Here he recorded especially for the recording of several colorful productions Ernst Marischka responsible, especially the popular Sissi trilogy. He worked for television, where he led the series Förster Horn with Heinz Engelmann recorded. His son Georg Mondi (b. 1936) was also a cinematographer.

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