Konstantin Chet , Konstantin Chetverikov , as well as Irmen-Chet ( German: Konstantin Tschet, Irmen-Tschet , June 24, 1902 , Moscow , Russian Empire - May 27, 1977 , Munich , Germany ) is a German cameraman of Russian origin.
| Konstantin Chet | |
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| Konstantin irmen-tschet | |
| Birth name | Konstantin Chetverikov |
| Date of Birth | June 24, 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | May 27, 1977 ( 74) |
| Place of death | Munich |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire  Germany  Germany  Germany |
| Profession | cameraman |
| Career | 1926 - 1965 |
| Direction | Entertaining movie |
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Biography
Konstantin Chetverikov was born on June 24, 1902 in Moscow. The famous theater director Konstantin Stanislavsky was his cousin. In the early 1920s, Chetverikov arrived in Berlin and began working at the UFA studio as an assistant operator. With Gunter Rittau , a specialist in stunt shooting, he shot models for Fritz Lang 's films Metropolis (the city of the future) and Woman on the Moon (launch pad). After adoption, he received the name Irmen-Chet, under whom he worked for some time.
In 1928, along with Gunther, Rittau was the second cameraman on the movie " Return " by Joe May . With the advent of sound in the cinema, together with Rittau or Otto Becker, Chet made major entertaining films by Hanns Schwartz , Robert Sjodmak , Karl Hartl and Reinhold Schunzel . The five films Chet made in 1933-1934 with the director Hans Steinhoff include one of the first propaganda paintings of the Nazi period β Quex from the Hitler Youth β. In addition to stunt shooting and special effects, until 1945 Chet shot a number of entertaining films by Paul Martin , Herbert Meisch and Georg Jacobi . In 1941, he was commissioned to shoot the first German color film Women Are Still the Best Diplomats ( German: Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten ), and a year later - Munchhausen , a large-scale anniversary production of the UFA.
After World War II, starting in 1948, Chet again shot entertaining films, usually with directors with whom he worked in the 1930s: Bucky , Turanzhsky , Jacobi . For a long time he worked in Switzerland with director Franz Schnider . Since 1960, limited to documentary and industrial films. In recent years, he was the chief operator of the Inzel-film company.
Konstantin Chet, who was married to actress Brigitte Horney , died on May 27, 1977 in Munich .
Literature
Hans-Michael Bock (Hrsg.): CINEGRAPH. Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film. edition text + kritik, MΓΌnchen 1984