Hans Richter (II) (1888–1976)

Director | Writer | Editor

Hans Richter was born on April 6, 1888 in Berlin, Germany as Johannes Siegfried Richter. He was a ...

Born: April 6, 1888
Died: February 1, 1976 (age 87)

Filmography

Known For

Dreams That Money Can Buy Director (1947)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements Director (1957)
Race Symphony Director (1928)
Known For

Vom Blitz zum Fernsehbild Director (1936)
Director

From the Circus to the Moon (1963)
Dadascope (1961)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Kleine Welt im Dunkel (1939)
Die Geburt der Farbe (1939)
Hans im Glück (1937)
Vom Blitz zum Fernsehbild (1936)
Keine Zeit für Tränen (1934)
Metall (1933)
Hallo Everybody (1933)
Europa Radio (1931)
Die neue Wohnung (1930)
The Storming of La Sarraz (1929)
Zweigroschenzauber (1929)
Everyday (1929)
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich (1929)
Race Symphony (1928)
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Inflation (1928)
Filmstudie (1926)
Rhythmus 25 (1925)
Rhythmus 23 (1923)
Director

Rhythmus 21 (1923)
Writer

Index Hans Richter (1969)
Dadascope (1961)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Kleine Welt im Dunkel (1939)
Die Geburt der Farbe (1939)
Hans im Glück (1937)
Vom Blitz zum Fernsehbild (1936)
The Champion of Pontresina (1934)
Metall (1933)
Hallo Everybody (1933)
Mädels von heute (1933)
Europa Radio (1931)
Die neue Wohnung (1930)
The Storming of La Sarraz (1929)
Zweigroschenzauber (1929)
Everyday (1929)
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich (1929)
Race Symphony (1928)
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Inflation (1928)
Writer

Filmstudie (1926)
Producer

8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Race Symphony (1928)
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Producer

Inflation (1928)
Actor

Index Hans Richter (1969)
The Storming of La Sarraz General Tilly (1929)
Actor

Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Soundtrack

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (1994)
Editor

Kleine Welt im Dunkel (1939)
Die Geburt der Farbe (1939)
Hans im Glück (1937)
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich (1929)
Race Symphony (1928)
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Editor

Inflation (1928)
Miscellaneous Crew

Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
The Lady with the Mask (1928)
Sound Department

8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
Everyday (1929)
Archive footage

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)
He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Art Director

Inflation (1928)
Cinematographer

Filmstudie (1926)
Editorial Department

Ariadne in Hoppegarten (1928)

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations.

Did You Know

Not to be confused with Hans Richter, this Hans Richter was a director of surrealist fantasies and as one of the first experimental filmmakers, mostly of short features, shot in black-and-white during the 1920s. An outspoken critic of Nazism, ...

Star Sign

Aries

Personal Details

Born

Johannes Siegfried Richter
April 6, 1888
Berlin, Germany

Died

February 1, 1976 (age 87)
Locarno, Switzerland

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