Karl Attenberger
Karl Attenberger ( born October 28, 1885 in Munich, † November 19, 1951 ) was a German cinematographer.
Life
The brother of the director and producer Toni Attenberger received his photographic training at the Technical University of Munich. From 1906 he worked as a camera assistant in the film, and in 1917 he was first responsible for the shooting.
Attenberger came especially with home movies of the Bavarian film company Emelka with director Franz Seitz used, but every now and again he turned in Berlin, for example, for the Prometheus film. In the 1930s, he stood by the adaptations of the novels of Louis Ganghoferstrasse for the Munich-based producer Peter Ostermayr behind the camera. He also was one of the cameramen, who were involved in Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi Party film Triumph of the Will.
In 1940 he expressed himself in a cafe critical of the German leadership and the National Socialist system, after which he was denounced by two soldiers on leave. Attenberger was sentenced in June 1940 for undermining military strength to six months in prison and movie ruled the Reich Film Chamber on March 6, 1941, the student council.
In November 1942 it was resumed, but was only allowed six advertising short films and two fairy tale film adaptations turn. In the postwar period the cancer cameraman delivered nor the images to documentaries about the war-ravaged cities of Nuremberg and Munich as well as several puppet shows.