16 Facts About Gerhard Lamprecht

Gerhard Lamprecht was a German film director, screenwriter and film historian.

Gerhard Lamprecht wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958.

Gerhard Lamprecht took drama lessons with Paul Bildt and appeared as a stage actor under the name of "Gerhard Otto" in some minor productions.

Gerhard Lamprecht got drafted by the German army in 1917 and was wounded in 1918.

Gerhard Lamprecht had sold his first film manuscript as early as 1914.

Gerhard Lamprecht was responsible for the first film adaption of Thomas Mann's "Buddenbrooks" in 1923.

Gerhard Lamprecht worked together with illustrator Heinrich Zille on a series of social realist films which depicted the authentic everyday life in Berlin.

Gerhard Lamprecht mostly directed crime films, melodramas and literature adaptions during that time.

In 1946, Gerhard Lamprecht made a so-called Trummerfilm: Somewhere in Berlin, which dealt about the lives of children in the destroyed, post-war Berlin.

Somewhere in Berlin was a huge triumph and Gerhard Lamprecht remained in demand as a director, although his later films are often considered of somewhat lesser quality.

Gerhard Lamprecht was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

Gerhard Lamprecht owned an enormous collection of film artifacts, which he had collected since his youth.

Gerhard Lamprecht sold his collection to the City of Berlin in 1962; and it became the founding basis for the Deutsche Kinemathek, a major museum about film and television in Germany whose founding was an idea by Lamprecht.

Gerhard Lamprecht was married with Elisabeth Donath from 1923 until his death in 1974, aged 76.

Gerhard Lamprecht is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin.

Gerhard Lamprecht was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.