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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In 1937, he went to Germany to bring his only daughter, Gerda Maria Freund, back to the United States, saving her from almost certain death in the concentration camps. Karl's ex-wife, Susette Freund (née Liepmannssohn), remained in Germany where she was interned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and eventually taken in March, 1942 to Bernburg Euthanasia Center where she was murdered. Between 1921 and 1935, Freund also directed ten films, of which the best known are probably The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff, and his last film as director, Mad Love (1935) starring Peter Lorre. Freund's only known film as an actor is Carl Dreyer's Michael (1924) in which he has a cameo as a sycophantic art dealer who saves the tobacco ashes dropped by a famous painter. At the beginning of the 1950s, he was persuaded by Desi Arnaz at Desilu to be the cinematographer in 1951 for the televisions series I Love Lucy. Critics have credited Freund for the show's lustrous black and white cinematography, but more importantly, Freund designed the "flat lighting" system for shooting sitcoms that is still in use today. This system covers the set in light, thus eliminating shadows and allowing the use of three moving cameras without having to modify the lighting in-between shots. And where Freund did not invent the three camera shooting system, he did perfect it for use with film cameras in front of a live audience. Freund and his production team also worked on other sitcoms produced at/through Desilu such as "Our Miss Brooks". Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Freund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1890-01-16
- event Death Date 1969-05-03
- school Known for: Camera
- star Popularity: 2.1
- info Birth Place Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Karl Freund
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Metropolis
1927-02-06
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Dracula
1931-02-12
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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927-09-23
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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927-09-23
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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927-09-23
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The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920-10-28
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The Head of Janus
1920-08-26
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Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26
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Key Largo
1948-07-16
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The Last Laugh
1924-12-23
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Manon Lescaut
1926-02-15
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Without Love
1945-03-22
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Mad Love
1935-07-12
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Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
1918-10-25
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The Mummy
1932-12-22
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Golden Boy
1939-09-05
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
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South of St. Louis
1949-03-06
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The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
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The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919-10-03
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Gefangene Seele
1917-08-31
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Bright Leaf
1950-06-16
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Two Smart People
1946-06-04
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Moonlight and Pretzels
1933-08-01
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Dangerous Partners
1945-06-07
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Gift of Gab
1934-09-01
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Balalaika
1939-12-15
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A Letter for Evie
1946-01-28
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Zapata's Gang
1914-02-27
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A Knight in London
1928-12-17
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Up for Murder
1931-05-26
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933-05-04
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Conquest
1937-10-22
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Port of Seven Seas
1938-07-01
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Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
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Tail Spin
1939-02-19
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Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
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Green Hell
1940-01-26
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Little Angel
1914-01-03
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Camille
1936-12-26
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Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922-11-01
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932-01-27
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A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24
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Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924-01-07
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Tartuffe
1926-01-25
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The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08
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That Hagen Girl
1947-11-01
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Poor Mother
1912-03-20
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I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953-01-01
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This Time for Keeps
1947-10-17
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A Yank at Eton
1942-09-01
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
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The Affairs of Martha
1942-06-21
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The Chocolate Soldier
1941-11-01
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The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
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Barricade
1939-12-08
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Three Comrades
1938-06-02
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Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17
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Air Mail
1932-11-03
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Scandal for Sale
1932-04-01
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Personal Maid
1931-09-12
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The Lottery Bride
1930-09-29
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-04-29
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The Boudoir Diplomat
1930-12-05
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Lady Juan
1928-01-24
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Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini
1923-08-02
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Das blinde Glück
1922-01-01
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The Rats
1921-07-29
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Der verlorene Schatten
1921-02-03
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The White Roses
1916-10-23
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The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920-02-06
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Variety
1925-11-16
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The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948-12-23
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Man-Proof
1938-01-07
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We Who Are Young
1940-07-19
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Augen
1919-01-01
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Augen
1919-01-01
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Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines
1926-10-28
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Dracula
1931-02-12
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Madame Spy
1934-02-10
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Florian
1940-06-05
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Catherine the Great
1920-10-22
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The Burning Soil
1922-03-03
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Wallflower
1948-06-13
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Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
1918-05-24
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Sleeping Partners
1930-03-18
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934-03-18
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Michael
1924-09-26
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Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
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Metropolis
1927-02-06
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Phantome des Lebens
1919-01-01
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The Good Earth
1937-06-02
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Montana
1950-01-28
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Driven from Home
1923-10-23
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Strictly Dishonorable
1931-12-01
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Back Street
1932-08-04
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Madame Wants No Children
1926-12-14
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Comrade X
1940-12-13
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Torgus
1921-10-20
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Cry 'Havoc'
1943-11-23
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The Bad Sister
1931-03-29
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Emerald of Death
1919-07-01
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The Arc
1919-09-05
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Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
1919-10-01
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Fräulein Else
1929-03-07
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Little Angel's Wedding
1916-03-24
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The Giant's Fist
1917-11-18
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Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
1918-12-16
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I Give My Love
1934-07-17
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Die blaue Laterne
1918-11-29
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The Hunchback and the Dancer
1920-07-08
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Intoxication
1919-08-01
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The Film Prima Donna
1913-12-06
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A Venetian Night
1914-04-15
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The Suffragette
1913-09-12
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1914-06-12
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Der Liebesbrief der Königin
1917-03-30
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Countess Kitchenmaid
1918-01-18
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Parnell
1937-06-04
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Du Barry was a Lady
1943-08-13
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Lucrezia Borgia
1922-10-20
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Panic in the House of Ardon
1920-10-04
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The Robber Bride
1916-09-29
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Das wandernde Licht
1916-09-01
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Frau Eva
1916-02-01
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The Man in the Mirror
1916-01-01
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Bummelstudenten
1916-01-01
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Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
1917-09-29
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Marizza
1922-01-19
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Satanas
1920-01-30
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Auf Probe gestellt
1918-03-15
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Das Feuer
1914-03-27
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The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
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Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917-02-02
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Christa Hartungen
1917-05-04
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Das Maskenfest des Lebens
1918-08-30
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Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
1918-04-19
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Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
1920-04-16