Fritz Lück Explained

Fritz Lück (1880-1967) was a German painter and art director who designed the film sets on a number of productions from the silent era through to the post-Second World War period. He also worked in theatrical set design, particularly during the 1920s and 1930s. He worked on Nazi propaganda films such as Carl Peters and Titanic.^[1] Later he was employed on émigré Fritz Kortner's 1949 film The Last Illusion.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Island of Tears (1923)
• A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond (1923)
• Inge Larsen (1923)
• The New Land (1924)
• The Girl from America (1925)
• New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz (1939)
• Ich klage an (1941)
• Geheimakte W.B.1 (1942)
• Titanic (1943)
• The Degenhardts (1944)
• Ghost in the Castle (1947)
• The Appeal to Conscience (1949)
• The Last Illusion (1949)
• Schuß um Mitternacht (1950)
• The Disturbed Wedding Night (1950)
• The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1950)
• Who Is This That I Love? (1950)
• The Falling Star (1950)
• Eine Frau mit Herz (1951)
• The Secret of a Marriage (1951)
• Father Needs a Wife (1952)
• That Can Happen to Anyone (1952)
• Fanfare of Marriage (1953)
• Must We Get Divorced? (1953)
• Ludwig II (1955)

Bibliography

• Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.
• Langford, Michelle. Directory of World Cinema: Germany. Intellect Books, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Giesen p.189 & p.223
2. Langford p.226