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Walter Frentz(1907-2004)

  • Cinematographer
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  • Actor
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Walter Frentz was born on 21 August 1907 in Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for SS-Panzer Division Viking (1941), 5000 Jahre Ägypten (1954) and Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933). He was married to Edeltrude Esser. He died on 6 July 2004 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
BornAugust 21, 1907
DiedJuly 6, 2004(96)
BornAugust 21, 1907
DiedJuly 6, 2004(96)
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Known for

SS-Panzer Division Viking (1941)
SS-Panzer Division Viking
  • Cinematographer
  • 1941
Bernhard Radetzki in 5000 Jahre Ägypten (1954)
5000 Jahre Ägypten
  • Cinematographer
  • 1954
Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933)
Der Sieg des Glaubens
6.2
  • Cinematographer(as W. Frentz)
  • 1933
Wasser hat Balken
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 1933

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Cinematographer



  • Bernhard Radetzki in 5000 Jahre Ägypten (1954)
    5000 Jahre Ägypten
    • Cinematographer
    • 1954
  • SS-Panzer Division Viking (1941)
    SS-Panzer Division Viking
    • Cinematographer
    • 1941
  • Images d'actualité allemande (1940)
    Images d'actualité allemande
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940–1945
  • Bruno Rehak in Feldzug in Polen (1940)
    Feldzug in Polen
    5.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940
  • Les dieux du stade, la fête de la beauté (1938)
    Les dieux du stade, la fête de la beauté
    7.6
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Karl Hein in Les dieux du stade, la fête des peuples (1938)
    Les dieux du stade, la fête des peuples
    7.7
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Jugend der Welt. Der Film von den IV. Olympischen Winterspielen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936)
    Jugend der Welt. Der Film von den IV. Olympischen Winterspielen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
    6.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1936
  • Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (1935)
    Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht
    6.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1935
  • Le triomphe de la volonté (1935)
    Le triomphe de la volonté
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1935
  • Wasser hat Balken
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1933
  • Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933)
    Der Sieg des Glaubens
    6.2
    • Cinematographer (as W. Frentz)
    • 1933

Additional Crew



  • D-Day to Berlin (2005)
    D-Day to Berlin
    7.2
    Video
    • archivist
    • 2005
  • Battleline (1963)
    Battleline
    8.2
    TV Series
    • international supervision: Germany
    • 1964

Actor



  • Die Wildwasser der Drina
    Short
    • 1934

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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • W. Frentz
  • Born
    • August 21, 1907
    • Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany
  • Died
    • July 6, 2004
    • Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Spouse
    • Edeltrude Esser1949 - 1998 (her death, 1 child)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie

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  • Trivia
    Met Albert Speer, who would become Hitler's architect, while a student in Berlin. Started in film with a 1931 feature about kayaking in Austria and Yugoslavia. Through Speer, Frentz met Leni Riefenstahl, who made masterful propaganda films for the Nazis, including "Triumph of the Will" in 1934. Worked with Riefenstahl on that film and several others.
  • Nickname
    • The Führer's Cameraman

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