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Heinz Pehlke (October 8, 1922 – March 12, 2002) was a freelance German cinematographer in film and television. In 1943, he worked as an assistant on the Nazi propaganda film, ''Kolberg'' directed by Veit Harlan and in 1962, on the anti-Nazi television film, ''Jeder stirbt für sich allein'', directed by Falk Harnack. == Life and early career == Heinz Paul Helmut Pehlke was born in Berlin to Elisabeth (née Knaack) and Friedrich Wilhelm Pehlke, a merchant.〔Rolf Aurich, ("Heinz Pehlke - Kameramann" ) CineGraph, Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film. Retrieved March 12, 2012 〕 He first became interested in photography at the age of 12. In 1939, Pehlke began attending a graphic arts school in Berlin. That same year, while on vacation at the Millstätter See, he happened to see a movie being shot, ''Kitty und die Weltkonferenz'', directed by Helmut Käutner, and first became interested in filmmaking.〔 In late summer 1942, at the age of 19, he was accepted as a trainee at Döring Film Werke, which made promotional films, including for the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Joseph Goebbels. While there, Pehlke worked as an assistant to Czech cinematographer Friedrich Jurda on a Nazi propaganda film, ''Einsatz ausländischer Arbeiter in Deutschland'' ("Foreign Worker Employment in Germany"), where they filmed at Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps for six weeks.〔 The footage may be part of the 1943 Nazi film ''Wir Leben in Deutschland'' ("We Live in Germany"), archived at the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv; however, the credits don't mention Pehlke's participation.〔 In autumn 1943, after the company was hit during a bomb attack, Pehlke sought a similar position at Universum Film AG (UFA).〔 He was accepted in late August 1944 and began working at UFA on September 1, 1944 for 50 Reichmarks a week, though he had apparently already been working there as a temporary employee for several months.〔 Pehlke finished his formal training at UFA.〔 Because of the war, there was a shortage of manpower and Pehlke advanced quickly, soon becoming an assistant to several notable cinematographers, such as Bruno Mondi.〔 He worked as an assistant on Veit Harlan's propaganda film ''Kolberg'', and under heavy allied bombing, to cinematographer Igor Oberberg an Käutner's film, ''Unter den Brücken'' and to Heinz von Jaworsky on Wolfgang Liebeneiner's unfinished film, ''Das Leben Geht Weiter'' (1945).〔 The Liebeneiner film contained a nighttime farewell scene at a darkened Berlin S-Bahnhof, complete with a background of "flak" searchlights in the sky and cascading Pathfinder flares, to be produced with special effects. As Pehlke later commented, "The absurdity of it all was to produce with special effects what we were going through non-stop in reality."〔 In early February 1945, despite an injury in his teens that prevented him from being called to military service, Pehlke was called to serve in the Volkssturm, where he used Italian-made arms and had no ammunition. After the war, he was held by the Soviet Union as a prisoner of war in Spandau Prison and was released shortly thereafter in March 1945.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heinz Pehlke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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