László Schäffer

László Schäffer (July 19, 1893 - May 1979), was an Hungarian cinematographer. Born in Uzhhorod, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, currently a part of the Ukraine, he worked mostly in Germany in the 1920s.

He moved in his youth to Budapest, where he worked as a photographer. During World War I, he became a cameraman and, after 1920, went to Berlin. With Fritz Arno Wagner, he filmed F. W. Murnau's The Haunted Castle (1921). A further high point in Schäffer's career was the employment as one of several cameramen in Walter Ruttmann's experimental documentary film Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927).

After the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933, Schäffer returned to Budapest. He took his place behind the cameras several times, until in 1939 he emigrated to the United States. Establishing himself in Los Angeles, he unfortunately received no requests for his occupation. He died in Los Angeles in 1979.

Filmography

1921: The Haunted Castle 1921: Das Mädchen aus dem Sumpf 1922: Jiu-Jitsu-Meisterin 1924: Graf Chargon 1926: Die Unschuld ohne Kleid 1927: Die Piraten der Ostseebäder 1927: Die glühende Gasse 1927: Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis 1928: Polnische Wirtschaft 1928: Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson 1928: Rasputins Liebesabenteuer 1929: Gefahren der Brautzeit 1928: Spelunke

1929: Sturmflut der Liebe 1929: Was kostet Liebe? 1929: Ins Blaue hinein 1929: Möblierte Zimmer 1930: So ist das Leben (Takový je zivot) 1930: Echo of a Dream (Verklungene Träume) 1932: Rok 1914 1932: Puszcza 1935: Iglói diákok 1936: Zivatar Kemenespusztán 1936: Pusztareiter (Hortobágy) 1936: Rubber 1938: Das Mädchen mit dem guten Ruf

External links

• László Schäffer at IMDB