Peter Scharff

Peter Scharff (born 28 June 1924 in Munich, Germany) is a German scene designer and costume designer on stage, film and television. After his military service, Scharff had received training in visual arts and graphics in Hamburg and in his hometown of Munich. In 1950 he made his debut as a film architect. First he designed the scenes for Bavarian film material, with Bernhard Wicki's anti-war film Die Brücke was also involved in an artistically high-quality production for the first time. Despite this international success, Peter Scharff was only irregularly active for the cinema in the following years. He designed the film buildings for side works by representatives of the New German Film (Engelchen or Die Jungfrau von Bamberg) and for ambitious film documentaries (Die Mitführer) as well as for pure entertainment (Serenade for two spies) and the home film (Schloß Hubertus).In the 1970s and early 1980s, he was part of the team of producer and director Ottokar Runze, whose productions Das Messer im Rück, Die Standarte und Stern ohne Himmel er scenenbildnerisch besiecht.Since the mid-1950s, the Munich-based company also produced intense television productions. After his last work, Peter Scharff retired to his home in France with the beginning of the 90s.