Gerhard Lamprecht

Gerhard Lamprecht was born on October 6, 1897 in Berlin, Germany.

Besides his activity in the film business Gerhard Lamprecht was also busy as a movie historian after his active career. To his well-known publications belong a lexicon of volumes called "Gesamtregister Deutsche Stummfilme aus den Jahren 1903 bis 1931".

He entered the film business as a screenwriter in 1918 and in his first years he wrote the screenplays for "Marionetten der Leidenschaft" (1919), "Der Seelenverkäufer" (1919) und "Der Flimmerprinz" (1919).

Gerhard Lamprecht was able to realise his first movie as a director in 1920.

He was a director and writer, known for Children of No Importance (1926), Menschen untereinander (1926) and Schwester Veronica (1927). He was married to Elisabeth Donath.

Gerhard Lamprecht directed again many movies in the sound film era of the 30s and 40s, among them also the classic "Emil und die Detektive" (1931).

The movie "Emil und die Detektive" shows the later effect of World War II within the population. Several actors of those movie did not survive the war. Rolf Wenkhaus, child actor of "Emil", died in 1942 at the age of 24 at the front of Ireland, Hans-Joachim Schaufuss, child actor of "Gustav mit der Hupe", died in 1941 at the age of 22 Jahren at the front of Russia and Hans Löhr, child actor of "Dienstag", died in 1942 at the age of 20.

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1958

His extensive collection about the German film history led to the foundation of the "Deutsche Kinemathek" in 1962. He was the head of this institution till 1966.