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Werner Brandes is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Allemand born on 10 july 1889 at Braunschweig (German)

Werner Brandes

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Nationality German
Birth 10 july 1889 at Braunschweig (German)
Death 30 september 1968 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles County (USA)

Werner Brandes (1889–1968) was a German cinematographer. Brandes moved to Britain in the late 1920s to work on several presitge films for British International Pictures.

Usually with

Ewald André Dupont
Ewald André Dupont
(4 films)
Victor Saville
Victor Saville
(2 films)
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
(3 films)
Günther Stapenhorst
Günther Stapenhorst
(3 films)
Man Ray
Man Ray
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Werner Brandes (22 films)

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Cameraman

Dreams That Money Can Buy
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
, 1h39
Directed by Man Ray, Hans Richter (artiste), Marcel Duchamp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Libby Holman, Stanley Kubrick, Louis Applebaum, Ruth Sobotka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.343173.343173.343173.343173.34317
Joe/Narcissus (Jack Bittner) is an ordinary man who has recently signed a complicated lease on a room. As he wonders how to pay the rent, he discovers that he can see the contents of his mind unfolding whilst looking into his eyes in the mirror. He realises that he can apply his gift to others ("If you can look inside yourself, you can look inside anyone!"), and sets up a business in his room, selling tailor-made dreams to a variety of frustrated and neurotic clients. Each of the seven surreal dream sequences in the diegesis is in fact the creation of a contemporary avant-garde and/or surrealist artist, as follows:
The Sovereign
The Sovereign (1937)
, 1h43
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama
Actors Emil Jannings, Hilde Körber, Käthe Haack, Marianne Hoppe, Herbert Hübner, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8287552.8287552.8287552.8287552.828755
Matthias Clausen (Emil Jannings) is the head of Clausen Works, an old and prosperous munitions firm. He falls in love with a secretary in the office (Marianne Hoppe), and his children conspire against him in order to protect their inheritance. Clausen disowns them and bestows the firm on the state, confident that one of his workers capable of carrying on his work will arise.
The Temporary Widow
The Temporary Widow (1930)
, 1h24
Directed by Gustav Ucicky
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lilian Harvey, Laurence Olivier, Athole Stewart, Frank Stanmore, Felix Aylmer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.397493.397493.397493.397493.39749
Kitty Kellermann, veuve de l'artiste Paul Kellermann, est accusée du meurtre de son mari. Mais est-il vraiment mort ?
The W Plan
The W Plan (1930)

Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, Milton Rosmer, Gordon Harker, Mary Jerrold
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.729612.729612.729612.729612.72961
Colonel Duncan Grant (Brian Aherne) is a British officer during World War I. When the British high command get wind of a German plan, titled The W Plan, from the lips of a dying German officer, Major Ulrich Muller (George Merritt), they send Grant behind enemy lines to learn the details. After successfully being dropped by airplane near the German town of Essen, where he makes his way to home of the dead German who was responsible for the plan. Grant is chosen because he speaks fluent German, having spent a significant amount of time in Germany prior to outbreak of hostilities. While in Essen, he runs into an old girlfriend, Rose Hartmann (Madeleine Carroll). When he and Rose go to a nearby café, he is approached by German officers and asked for his papers. While he has the documents taken from Muller, the Germans become suspicious, and Grant has to make a quick getaway. Unfortunately, the plane he is supposed to meet with to make his escape is shot down, after which Grant is arrested for desertion.
The Informer
The Informer (1929)
, 1h23
Directed by Arthur Robison
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord, Dennis Wyndham, Janice Adair
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5122853.5122853.5122853.5122853.512285
Durant la guerre d'indépendance irlandaise (1922), un détachement de l'Armée républicaine irlandaise (« Le parti » dans le film) est attaqué par une milice d'opposants. Echange de coups de feu, au cours duquel Francis McPhillip tue par mégarde le chef de la police britannique. Callaghan, le chef du détachement, lui ordonne de se cacher aussitôt dans les collines, puis de fuir en Amérique grâce à l'argent qu'il lui remet. Mais Francis commet l'erreur de vouloir faire d'abord ses adieux à son amie Katie, autour de laquelle tourne Gypso Nolan, un proscrit de l'IRA...
Piccadilly
Piccadilly (1929)
, 1h32
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville, Ewald André Dupont
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Cooking films
Actors Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Cyril Ritchard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5411953.5411953.5411953.5411953.541195
Valentine Wilmot's London nightclub and restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, is a great success due to his star attraction, dancing partners Mabel (Gilda Gray) and Vic (Cyril Ritchard). One night, a dissatisfied diner (Charles Laughton) disrupts Mabel's solo with his loud complaint about a dirty plate. When Wilmot investigates, he finds Shosho (Anna May Wong) distracting the other dishwashers with her dancing. He fires her on the spot.