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Hein Heckroth is a Production Design and Costume Design Allemand born on 14 april 1901

Hein Heckroth

Hein Heckroth
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Nationality German
Birth 14 april 1901
Death 7 july 1970 (at 69 years)

Hein Heckroth est un directeur artistique et un costumier allemand né le 14 avril 1901 à Giessen (actuellement dans le Land de Hesse en Allemagne, mais à l'époque dans l'Empire Allemand) et mort le 7 juillet 1970 à Amsterdam (aux Pays-Bas en Hollande-Septentrionale).

Biography

Hein Heckroth commence comme peintre puis comme directeur artistique en Allemagne pour le théâtre et le ballet, par exemple pour Kurt Jooss. Il émigre au Royaume-Uni en 1935 pour rejoindre sa femme, juive, et ses enfants qui avaient réussi à quitter le pays auparavant. Il débute au cinéma comme costumier pour César et Cléopâtre (1945), puis rapidement collabore beaucoup avec Powell et Pressburger.

Best films

The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
(1948)
(Production Design) Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus
(1947)
(Costume Design)

Usually with

Emeric Pressburger
Emeric Pressburger
(8 films)
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
(9 films)
Christopher Challis
Christopher Challis
(6 films)
Reginald Mills
Reginald Mills
(7 films)
Arthur Lawson
Arthur Lawson
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hein Heckroth (15 films)

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Art

Torn Curtain
Torn Curtain (1966)
, 2h2
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, David Opatoshu
Roles Production Design
Rating65% 3.299833.299833.299833.299833.29983
Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman), an esteemed American physicist and rocket scientist, is to attend a scientific conference in Copenhagen. He takes a cruise ship to Copenhagen along with his assistant and fiancée, Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews). Armstrong tells Sherman that he did not want her to come along, and en route to Copenhagen, he receives a radiogram to pick up a book once in Copenhagen. The book, allegedly a first-edition of one of Armstrong's book, actually contains a message that says, "Contact π in case [of emergency.]" He tells Sherman he is going to Stockholm, but she discovers he is flying to East Berlin, and she follows him there. When they land, he is welcomed by representatives of the East German government, and Sherman realizes that Armstrong has defected to the other side. Sherman, however, is extremely uncomfortable with this move, realizing if the apparent defection is in fact real, given the circumstances of the Cold War of the period, she would likely never see her home or family again. They are constantly accompanied by Professor Karl Manfred (Günter Strack), who took part in arranging Armstrong's defection to the East.
Bluebeard's Castle
Bluebeard's Castle (1963)
, 1h
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Adaptation d'un opéra à la télévision, Children's films
Actors Norman Foster, Norman Foster
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.518133.518133.518133.518133.51813
Téléfilm inspiré de l'opéra Le Château de Barbe-Bleue de Béla Bartók.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera (1963)

Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Curd Jürgens, Lino Ventura, Gert Fröbe, Hilde Hildebrand, Hildegard Knef, Walter Giller
Roles Set Decoration
Rating53% 2.669662.669662.669662.669662.66966
Macheath est le chef des Voleurs. Avec ses sbires, il a pour habitude de s'en prendre à La Banque de la ville. La police, totalement corrompue ne peut rien contre lui. Mais un jour un policier décide de mettre un terme à la carrière de Macheat. Au même moment La Banque fait faillite. Macheat décide alors qu'il est temps pour lui de rentrer dans le rang : avec l'argent amassé au cours de sa cariière de voleur il achète La Banque et épouse la fille du chef des Mendiants.
The Girl and the Legend
The Girl and the Legend (1957)
, 1h38
Directed by Josef von Báky
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Actors Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Erich Ponto, Magda Schneider, Mathias Wieman, Gustav Knuth
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.044783.044783.044783.044783.04478
Londres, en 1730. Charly, Jim et Ben travaillent durement, avec la courageuse Maud, dans une filature de coton pour gagner quelques shillings. Ils rêvent tous de l'île merveilleuse racontée par Daniel Defoe. Ce dernier loge dans une chambre misérable. Il est en disgrâce et rejeté par son fils Tom, un vaurien qui reproche à son père d'avoir perdu sa position à la Cour...
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1956)
, 1h41
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Operetta films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Dennis Price, Ludmila Tcherina, Anton Walbrook
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.001133.001133.001133.001133.00113
In 1955 Vienna, during its post-war occupation, the black-market dealer Dr. Falke (Anton Walbrook) moves freely through the French, British, American and Russian sectors, dealing in champagne and caviar amongst the highest echelons of the allied powers. After a costume party, French Colonel Gabriel Eisenstein (Michael Redgrave) plays a practical joke on a drunken Falke, depositing him, asleep and dressed as a bat, in the lap of a patriotic Russian statue, to be discovered the following morning by irate Russian soldiers. Falke is nearly arrested until his friend General Orlofsky (Anthony Quayle) of the USSR intervenes. A vengeful Falke plans an elaborate practical joke on his friend, involving Orlofsky, a British major (Dennis Price), Eisenstein's beautiful wife Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina), her maid (Anneliese Rothenberger) and a masked ball where no one is what they seem. Complicating matters is American Captain Alfred Westerman (Mel Ferrer), an old flame of Rosalinda's who is determined to take advantage of her husband's absence.
The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
, 1h59
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Bernard Lee, Patrick Macnee
Roles Other
Rating65% 3.2967553.2967553.2967553.2967553.296755
In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned: Graf Spee is equipped with long-range 11-inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser Exeter has much lighter 8-inch guns, and the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles have 6-inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.
Ludwig II
Ludwig II (1955)
, 1h55
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt, Friedrich Domin, Rolf Kutschera
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.434673.434673.434673.434673.43467
Le jeune Louis II succède à son père sur le trône de Bavière. Sa vie sentimentale n'est pas heureuse, mais il s'intéresse aux arts, et se lie avec Wagner.
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Martyn Green, Peter Finch, Dinah Sheridan
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.431283.431283.431283.431283.43128
The young composer Arthur Sullivan is encouraged by his friends and fiancée, Grace, to pursue the creation of "serious" works, such as his cantata The Prodigal Son, but he is pleased by the acclaim that he receives for the music to the short comic opera Trial by Jury, a collaboration with dramatist W. S. Gilbert. Grace leaves him, telling him that he is wasting his musical gifts on triviality, foreshadowing criticism from the musical establishment that will follow Sullivan for the rest of his career.
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
, 2h8
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tcherina, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown, Ann Ayars, Mogens Wieth
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.5476553.5476553.5476553.5476553.547655
In the prologue, Hoffmann is in the audience at a performance by Stella, a prima ballerina. Stella sends Hoffmann a note asking him to meet her after the performance, but the note is intercepted by his rival, Councillor Lindorf. Not having received her note, Hoffmann goes to the tavern in the interval, where he tells the story of a clown, Kleinzach and three stories of his past loves — Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia, and gets drunk.
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
, 1h49
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack, Robert Coote, Arlette Marchal
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.000723.000723.000723.000723.00072
During the French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel (David Niven), who is really Sir Percy Blakeney in disguise, risks his life to rescue French noblemen from the guillotine and take them across the English Channel to safety. As cover, Sir Percy poses as a fop at Court, and curries favour with the Prince of Wales (Jack Hawkins) by providing advice about fashion, but secretly he leads The League, a group of noblemen with similar views.
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room (1949)
, 1h46
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.5430953.5430953.5430953.5430953.543095
Sammy Rice (David Farrar) is a British scientist working with a specialist "back room" team in London during World War II. Rice is embittered because he feels military scientific research is being incompetently managed. He is also enduring unremitting pain from his artificial foot. The painkillers he has been prescribed are ineffective, and his use of alcohol as an analgesic has led to his alcoholism. His girlfriend Susan (Kathleen Byron) puts up with his self-pitying, self-destructive behaviour as long as she can, but finally breaks up with him, telling him that he lacks the ambition to better himself.
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (1948)
, 2h14
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmila Tcherina
Roles Production Design
Rating80% 4.0487254.0487254.0487254.0487254.048725
Victoria 'Vicky' Page (Moira Shearer) is a young, unknown dancer from an aristocratic background. At an after-ballet party, arranged by her aunt as a surreptitious audition, she meets Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), the ruthless but charismatic impresario of the Ballet Lermontov. Lermontov takes her on as a student, where she is taught by, among others, Grisha Ljubov (Léonide Massine), the company's chief choreographer.

Costume and makup

The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera (1963)

Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Curd Jürgens, Lino Ventura, Gert Fröbe, Hilde Hildebrand, Hildegard Knef, Walter Giller
Roles Costume Design
Rating53% 2.669662.669662.669662.669662.66966
Macheath est le chef des Voleurs. Avec ses sbires, il a pour habitude de s'en prendre à La Banque de la ville. La police, totalement corrompue ne peut rien contre lui. Mais un jour un policier décide de mettre un terme à la carrière de Macheat. Au même moment La Banque fait faillite. Macheat décide alors qu'il est temps pour lui de rentrer dans le rang : avec l'argent amassé au cours de sa cariière de voleur il achète La Banque et épouse la fille du chef des Mendiants.
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
, 2h8
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tcherina, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown, Ann Ayars, Mogens Wieth
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.5476553.5476553.5476553.5476553.547655
In the prologue, Hoffmann is in the audience at a performance by Stella, a prima ballerina. Stella sends Hoffmann a note asking him to meet her after the performance, but the note is intercepted by his rival, Councillor Lindorf. Not having received her note, Hoffmann goes to the tavern in the interval, where he tells the story of a clown, Kleinzach and three stories of his past loves — Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia, and gets drunk.