Hans Androschin

Hans Androschin (born March 16 1892 in Vienna as "Johann Androschin"; died May 18 1976 in Vienna) was an Austrian cinematographer.

Life and career

He started his career at the age of 17 as simple cinematographer in viennese studios. During World War I he served as soldier. Afterwards he went abroad to work for foreign film companies. When he came back to Vienna he got chief cinematographer at the Sascha Film in Vienna. He realised well known or historically important German and Austrian films, such as the scandalous "Ecstasy" (1933) with Hedy Lamarr or the early horror film "The Hands of Orlac" (1924).

His work as cinematographer also includes "Café Electric" (1927) with the first main roles of the German movie star Marlene Dietrich and the later important Austrian actor and director Willi Forst.

In 1928, Androschin moved to Poland, where he worked as "Hans Andruszin" in studios of Warszaw and Bydgoszcz. With the beginning of sound films, Androschin focussed on documentary films. After Germany occupied Austria in 1938 he became sound master of the film department of the Deutsche Wehrmacht. After World War II he worked again as cinematographer of documentary films about the Austrian nature and culture.

Filmography

(selection)

* 1920: "Zwischen 12 und 1"
* 1921: "Brennendes Land"
* 1921: "Gevatter Tod"
* 1921: "Das Weib des Irren"
* 1923: "Pflicht und Ehre"
* 1924: "The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände)"
* 1926: "Der Rosenkavalier"
* 1927: "Café Elektric"
* 1928: "Glück bei Frauen"
* 1932: "Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße"
* 1932: "Madame wünscht keine Kinder"
* 1933: "Ecstasy (Ekstase)"
* 1948: "Arlberg-Expreß"
* 1952: "Verträumtes Niederösterreich"

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