Eugen York

Eugen York ( * November 26, 1912 in Rybinsk, Russia, † November 18, 1991 in Berlin) was a German film director and screenwriter.

Life

Eugene York was born in Russia, but moved to Germany already in his childhood and attended the French Gymnasium Berlin in Berlin. Even at school he showed interest in the film industry.

He first worked as an editor and assistant director. From 1937 he made some films for Culture, founded in 1917, film company Universum Film. His teacher was the film director Walter Ruttmann. After working for about six years at Universum Film, he worked in 1943 for the first time as a director in scenes with play action in the propaganda contributions Liese and Lousy. In 1944 he directed the love story heather summer, which was his first feature-length film, but due to the situation in Germany in 1945 could not be completed.

After York had worked for several years in the synchronization, he was encouraged to rotation of the film Morituri by the producer Artur Brauner in the fall of 1947, which is about a mass exodus of inmates of a concentration camp with the help of a camp physician, in theaters but an absolute failure was, was so taken downright hostile. His later films, including The Man in the stream with Hans Albers in the title role, had no resounding success. In 1958, Eugen York ended his career as a theater director for the time being and started to work for television. With the film The law of the clan, which he shot in 1976, Eugen York had its comeback as a film director.

In 1983 and 1984 he was director of three episodes of the crime series (please chemistry of murder, Twilight and Lord Pancrazio ) A Case for Two with Günter Strack and Claus Theo Gärtner in the lead roles. Throughout his career as a director 1938-1984 he has directed a total of 35 films.

York was temporarily married to actress Catja Görna.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

His film mirror of time received the first prize for cultural films on the international film scene in Munich in 1938.

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