Biography
Helmar Lerski (18 February 1871, in Strasbourg – 19 September 1956, in Zürich) was a photographer who laid some of the important foundations of modern photography. His works are on display in the USA, Germany, Israel and Switzerland. He focused mainly on portraits and the technique of photography with mirrors.
His real name was Israel Schmuklerski. In 1876, the family moved to Zürich, Switzerland, where the family was naturalized. In 1888, Lerski emigrated to the United States, where he worked as an actor. Around 1910, he began to photograph. In 1915, he returned to Europe and worked as a cameraman and expert for special effects for many films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis. At the end of the 1920s, he made a name as an avant-garde portrait photographer.
In 1932, he emigrated with his second wife to Mandate Palestine, where he continued to work as a photographer, cameraman, and film director. On 22 March 1948, they left what was by then Israel and settled again in Zürich.
Filmography
all 23
Movies 23
Director 3
Avodah (1936)
Hebrew Melody (1935)
Explodigger 1010 (1929)
Dagfin (1926)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926)
Die Perücke (1925)
Waxworks (1924)
Inge Larsen (1924)
She and the Three (1922)
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds (1922)
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples (1921)
Nerves (1919)
Maria Pawlowna (1919)
Opium (1919)
Das Spitzentuch der Fürstin Wolkowska (1918)
Irrwege der Liebe (1918)
Ahasver, 3. Teil (1917)
Ahasver, 2. Teil (1917)
Ahasver, 1. Teil (1917)
Wenn Tote sprechen (1917)
Der Knute entflohen (1917)
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GenderMale
Birthday1871-02-18
Deathday1956-09-29 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceStraßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]
CitizenshipsMandatory Palestine, France, Switzerland
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