Biography
Richard Angst (23 July 1905 – 24 July 1984) was a Swiss cinematographer who worked on more than ninety films during his career, most of them in Germany. Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era. He often worked with the director Arnold Fanck, and accompanied him in 1937 for The New Earth his troubled 1937 co-production with Japan. While he worked on some Nazi propaganda films such as My Life for Ireland, many of the films he was employed on during the era were less political.After the Second World War, he worked regularly in German commercial cinema often at CCC Film. He was the cinematographer for Fritz Lang's The Indian Tomb and The Tiger of Eschnapur (both 1959).
Filmography
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Director of Photography
De Sade (1969)
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Cinematographer
Eine Nervensäge gegen alle (1969)
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Director of Photography
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal (1969)
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Director of Photography
The Fight for Rome (1968)
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Cinematographer
Rheinsberg (1967)
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Cinematographer
Glorious Times in the Spessart (1967)
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Cinematographer
Liselotte von der Pfalz (1966)
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Director of Photography
Hocuspocus (1966)
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Cinematographer
Heidi (1965)
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Director of Photography
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (1965)
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Cinematographer
The Racetrack Murders (1964)
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Cinematographer
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
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Cinematographer
The Phantom of Soho (1964)
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Cinematographer
The Mad Executioners (1963)
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Cinematographer
Gripsholm Castle (1963)
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Director of Photography
The Black Abbot (1963)
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Cinematographer
Breakfast in Bed (1963)
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Cinematographer
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
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Story of San Michele (1962)
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Cinematographer
The Secret of the Black Trunk (1962)
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Cinematographer
Ramona (1961)
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Director of Photography
The Strange Countess (1961)
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Cinematographer
Via Mala (1961)
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Cinematographer
Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961)
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Director of Photography
Journey to the Lost City (1960)
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Cinematographer
Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1960)
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Director of Photography
Mistress of the World - Part II (1960)
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Director
Mistress of the World - Part I (1960)
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Cinematographer
O sole Mio (1960)
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Cinematographer
Du bist wunderbar (1959)
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Cinematographer
La Paloma (1959)
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Cinematographer
Peter schießt den Vogel ab (1959)
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Director of Photography
The Indian Tomb (1959)
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Director of Photography
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
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Director of Photography
Aren't We Wonderful (1958)
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Director of Photography
The Spessart Inn (1958)
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Holy Heritage (1957)
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Director of Photography
Ich suche Dich (1956)
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Director of Photography
I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)
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Cinematographer
Der letzte Mann (1955)
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Cinematographer
Three Men in the Snow (1955)
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Director of Photography
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model (1955)
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Cinematographer
Der erste Kuß (1954)
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Cinematographer
Hokuspokus (1953)
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Cinematographer
Cuba Cabana (1952)
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Cinematographer
Vater braucht eine Frau (1952)
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Director of Photography
Storm Over Tibet (1952)
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Cinematographer
No Greater Love (1952)
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Director of Photography
Borneo - Insel der Schönheit, Leidenschaft und Dämonie (1952)
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Director of Photography
Fanfares of Love (1951)
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Self
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
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Cinematographer
The Fallen Star (1950)
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Cinematographer
Fight Without Hate (1948)
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Cinematographer
Ulli und Marei (1948)
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Cinematographer
Erde (1947)
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Cinematographer
Climbing the Matterhorn (1947)
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Cinematographer
Ein schöner Tag (1944)
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Cinematographer
Melusine (1944)
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Cinematographer
Gabriele Dambrone (1943)
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Director of Photography
Melody of a Great City (1943)
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Cinematographer
Der große Schatten (1942)
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Cinematographer
Rembrandt (1942)
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Director of Photography
Das heilige Ziel (1942)
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Cinematographer
My Life for Ireland (1941)
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Cinematographer
Die Geierwally (1940)
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Cinematographer
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1940)
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Cinematographer
Die unheimlichen Wünsche (1939)
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Writer
Kokumin no chikai (1938)
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Cinematographer
Kleine Scheidegg (1937)
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Cinematographer
The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
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Cinematographer
Headhunters of Borneo (1936)
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Director of Photography
Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
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Cinematographer
Der ewige Traum (1934)
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Director of Photography
Der Springer von Pontresina (1934)
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Cinematographer
Nordpol - Ahoi! (1934)
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Cinematographer
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
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Director of Photography
The Burning Secret (1933)
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Cinematographer
White Ecstasy (1931)
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Director of Photography
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
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Cinematographer
Milak, der Grönlandjäger (1928)
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Cinematographer
The White Stadium (1928)
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Cinematographer
The Great Leap (1927)
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1942
1955
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1969
Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1905-07-23
Deathday1984-07-24 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceZurich, Switzerland
CitizenshipsSwitzerland
Also Known AsR. Angst, Richard Fears
AwardsGerman Film Award
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