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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In 1937, he went to Germany to bring his only daughter, Gerda Maria Freund, back to the United States, saving her from almost certain death in the concentration camps. Karl's ex-wife, Susette Freund...
Known for
MetropolisMovie • 1927
DraculaMovie • 1931
All Quiet on the Western FrontMovie • 1930
The Last LaughMovie • 1924
The MummyMovie • 1932
Key LargoMovie • 1948
The Golem: How He Came into the WorldMovie • 1920
Murders in the Rue MorgueMovie • 1932
Pride and PrejudiceMovie • 1940
CamilleMovie • 1936
The Great ZiegfeldMovie • 1936
UndercurrentMovie • 1946
A Guy Named JoeMovie • 1944
Berlin: Symphony of a Great CityMovie • 1927
Mad LoveMovie • 1935
The Thin Man Goes HomeMovie • 1944
Golden BoyMovie • 1939
South of St. LouisMovie • 1949
Blossoms in the DustMovie • 1941
Bright LeafMovie • 1950
The Seventh CrossMovie • 1944
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden SeaMovie • 1919
The Bad SisterMovie • 1931
Without LoveMovie • 1945