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Willy Hameister(1889-1938)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Willy Hameister was born on 3 December 1889 in Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania. Willy was a cinematographer, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927) and Sein Rekordflug (1914). Willy died on 13 February 1938 in Berlin, Germany.
BornDecember 3, 1889
DiedFebruary 13, 1938(48)
BornDecember 3, 1889
DiedFebruary 13, 1938(48)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
8.0
  • Cinematographer(photography)
  • 1920
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927)
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
6.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 1927
Sein Rekordflug
  • Cinematographer
  • 1914
Tronier Funder in The Island of the Lost (1921)
The Island of the Lost
4.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1921

Credits

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  • Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
    Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
    7.6
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Karl Hein in Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
    Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
    7.7
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Es wird nichts so heiss gegessen
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937
  • Der silberne Löffel
    Short
    • Cinematographer (as Willi Hameister)
    • 1937
  • Ruhe ist die erste Bürgerpflicht
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937
  • Wie imponiere ich meiner Frau?
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Spezialist für alles
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Potpourri
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Fahrerflucht (1936)
    Fahrerflucht
    • Cinematographer (as Willi Hameister)
    • 1936
  • Wette um einen Kuss
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Das Ochsenmenuett
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Georg Alexander, Maria Cebotari, and Iván Petrovich in Mädchen in Weiß (1936)
    Mädchen in Weiß
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Wochenendzauber
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • O Trevo de Quatro Folhas (1936)
    O Trevo de Quatro Folhas
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Max Hansen and Irén Zilahy in Csardas: Her Wildest Night (1935)
    Csardas: Her Wildest Night
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1935

Camera and Electrical Department



  • Liebe und Trompetenblasen
    • camera operator
    • 1925

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Willi Hameister
  • Born
    • December 3, 1889
    • Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania
  • Died
    • February 13, 1938
    • Berlin, Germany

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    During the 20s he worked besides many average movies also for some great classics, first of all "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1920).

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