Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsCannes Film FestivalStar WarsSXSW Film FestivalSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
IMDbPro

Karl Plintzner(1911-1975)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Karl Plintzner was born on 20 October 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932), The Marriage of Figaro (1949) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950). He died on 7 December 1975 in East Berlin, East Germany.
BornOctober 20, 1911
DiedDecember 7, 1975(64)
BornOctober 20, 1911
DiedDecember 7, 1975(64)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Add photos, demo reels

Known for

Hans Albers, Paul Hartmann, and Sybille Schmitz in F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
6.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1932
The Marriage of Figaro (1949)
The Marriage of Figaro
7.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1949
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
6.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 1950
Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961)
Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy
6.5
  • Cinematographer
  • 1961

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Cinematographer

  • Der Nachfolger
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Die andere Front (1965)
    Die andere Front
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Die goldene Gans (1964)
    Die goldene Gans
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Was Ihr wollt
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Die rote Kamille
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Alfred Müller in Streng geheim (1963)
    Streng geheim
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Minna von Barnhelm (1962)
    Minna von Barnhelm
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Die schwarze Galeere (1962)
    Die schwarze Galeere
    8.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Reiseziel Erfurt (1962)
    Reiseziel Erfurt
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961)
    Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy
    6.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1961
  • Das Märchenschloß (1961)
    Das Märchenschloß
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1961
  • Silvesterpunsch (1960)
    Silvesterpunsch
    4.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1960
  • Sommerwege (1960)
    Sommerwege
    4.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1960
  • Kabale und Liebe (1959)
    Kabale und Liebe
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1959
  • Erich Kubak (1959)
    Erich Kubak
    • Cinematographer
    • 1959

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Friendship Triumphs (1951)
    Friendship Triumphs
    6.0
    • camera operator (as K. Plintzner)
    • 1951
  • Emil Jannings and Theo Matejko in Ohm Krüger (1941)
    Ohm Krüger
    6.4
    • assistant camera
    • 1941
  • Enemies (1940)
    Enemies
    5.3
    • assistant camera
    • 1940
  • Der Fuchs von Glenarvon (1940)
    Der Fuchs von Glenarvon
    3.4
    • assistant camera
    • 1940
  • Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939)
    Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death
    6.3
    • assistant camera
    • 1939
  • Ein hoffnungsloser Fall (1939)
    Ein hoffnungsloser Fall
    7.3
    • assistant camera
    • 1939
  • Lída Baarová, Paul Dahlke, Bruno Hübner, Hilde Körber, Karl Ritter, Kurt Seifert, and Mathias Wieman in Patriots (1937)
    Patriots
    4.3
    • assistant camera
    • 1937
  • Max Fliess in Two Merry Adventurers (1937)
    Two Merry Adventurers
    7.0
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Reinhard Wettach in Unter heißem Himmel (1936)
    Unter heißem Himmel
    5.6
    • assistant camera
    • 1936
  • Reinhard Wettach in The Traitor (1936)
    The Traitor
    4.8
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Brigitte Horney in Der grüne Domino (1935)
    Der grüne Domino
    6.6
    • assistant camera
    • 1935
  • Emil Jannings in The Broken Jug (1935)
    The Broken Jug
    7.1
    • assistant camera
    • 1935
  • Hansi Knoteck and Anton Walbrook in The Gypsy Baron (1935)
    The Gypsy Baron
    7.0
    • assistant camera
    • 1935
  • Brigitte Helm in Prince Woronzeff (1934)
    Prince Woronzeff
    6.2
    • assistant camera
    • 1934
  • Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming (1933)
    Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming
    3.8
    • assistant camera
    • 1933

Personal details

Edit
  • Alternative name
    • K. Plintzner
  • Born
    • October 20, 1911
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • December 7, 1975
    • East Berlin, East Germany

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.