Karl Freund

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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: 2.6
  • 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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A Knight in London

1928-12-17

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Up for Murder

1931-05-26

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Zapata's Gang

1914-02-27

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Port of Seven Seas

1938-07-01

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The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933-05-04

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Conquest

1937-10-22

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Rose of Washington Square

1939-05-05

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Letter of Introduction

1938-08-05

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Tail Spin

1939-02-19

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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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Tortilla Flat

1942-05-21

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A Guy Named Joe

1943-12-24

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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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Poor Mother

1912-03-20

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942-08-07

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That Hagen Girl

1947-11-01

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This Time for Keeps

1947-10-17

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I Love Lucy: The Movie

1953-01-01

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The Earl of Chicago

1940-01-05

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The Affairs of Martha

1942-06-21

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Lady Juan

1928-01-24

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Three Comrades

1938-06-02

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The White Roses

1916-10-23

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The Lottery Bride

1930-09-29

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Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini

1923-08-02

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Scandal for Sale

1932-04-01

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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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Der verlorene Schatten

1921-02-03

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Barricade

1939-12-08

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Afraid to Talk

1932-11-17

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Air Mail

1932-11-03

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Personal Maid

1931-09-12

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The Rats

1921-07-29

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A Yank at Eton

1942-09-01

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Das blinde Glück

1922-01-01

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The Chocolate Soldier

1941-11-01

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The Decision of Christopher Blake

1948-12-23

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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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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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Dracula

1931-02-12

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Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines

1926-10-28

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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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Fräulein Else

1929-03-07

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Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen

1919-10-01

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The Arc

1919-09-05

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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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Panic in the House of Ardon

1920-10-04

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A Venetian Night

1914-04-15

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1914-06-12

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The Suffragette

1913-09-12

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The Film Prima Donna

1913-12-06

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Countess Kitchenmaid

1918-01-18

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Parnell

1937-06-04

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Der Liebesbrief der Königin

1917-03-30

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Das wandernde Licht

1916-09-01

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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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Frau Eva

1916-02-01

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The Man in the Mirror

1916-01-01

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The Robber Bride

1916-09-29

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Bummelstudenten

1916-01-01

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Die Claudi vom Geiserhof

1917-09-29

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Satanas

1920-01-30

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Marizza

1922-01-19

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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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Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall

1918-04-19

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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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Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

1920-04-16