Director of Photography, Bruno Mondi, shot over 100 movies. He created great silent movies in the 20ties, revue films in the 30s, propaganda films in Nazi Germany of the 40s, anti-fascist films in the Soviet zone of Germany in the 50s and entertainment films in West Germany in the 60s. In 1918 he started his career as a trainee at the Bioskop-Film ...
Schwetz, West Prussia, Germany [now Swiecie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Profession
Cinematographer, Camera Department
Children
Georg Mondi
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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In 1924 he became a camera assistant for Richard Eichberg and three years later he worked for the first time as an independent cinematographer for "Die tolle Lola" (1927). In the next years he also worked often together with the director Veit Harlan besides Richard Eichberg.
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He was participated in nearly all early movies of actress Romy Schneider and they had a very cooperative relation to each other.
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His son Georg Mondi (born 1936) also became a cinematographer.
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He finished an apprenticeship at the educational establishment for cinema engineering and at the photo school in Berlin.
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He also worked for television in the series Förster Horn.
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Most of his movies were adventure and entertainment movies who reached a huge audience but for Harlan he also took part in some propaganda productions, the most famous one is "Jud Süss" (1940), which is still today under the restriction only to be performed under dictated conditions.
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Bruno Mondi was able to continue his career successfully after the war and he experienced again a late heyday in the 50's.
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The fifties he moved to the West German and Austrian film industry. Here he worked especially for several colorful productions by the director Ernst Marischka, especially the popular Sissi trilogy.
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Mondi was hired in 1946 by the DEFA as one of its chief cameramen. In this capacity he made in 1950 the first DEFA color film Heart of Stone.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
30. Januar 1945
1965
Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts
1964
Short
Ein langer Tag
1964
TV Movie
Mark of the Tortoise
1964
Berlin - Impressionen aus einer Weltstadt
1962
Short
Forever My Love
1962
Davon träumen alle Mädchen
1961
Wie einst im Mai
1961
TV Movie
Willy, der Privatdetektiv
1960
Der wahre Jakob
1960
Alt Heidelberg
1959
Ein Mann geht durch die Wand
1959
For Love and Others
1959
Das Dreimäderlhaus
1958
Embezzled Heaven
1958
Der Greifer
1958
Scampolo
1958
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
1957
Das Schloß in Tirol
1957
Casino de Paris
1957
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin
1956
Opernball
1956
Waldwinter
1956
Sissi
1955
Liebe ist ja nur ein Märchen
1955
Das fröhliche Dorf
1955
Die Deutschmeister
1955
The Story of Vickie
1954
Das sündige Dorf
1954
Prisoners of Love
1954
Mädchen mit Zukunft
1954
Hab' ich nur deine Liebe
1953
Südliche Nächte
1953
Mask in Blue
1953
Pension Schöller
1952
Aus Stein und Erde
1951
Short
Die Csardasfürstin
1951
Sensation in San Remo
1951
Das kalte Herz
1950
0 Uhr 15, Zimmer 9
1950
Der Biberpelz
1949
Rotation
1949
Und wieder 48
1948
Chemie und Liebe
1948
Wozzeck
1947
Kolberg
1945
as Mondi, color photography
Opfergang
1944
Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied
1943
Die goldene Stadt
1942
Der große König
1942
Pedro soll hängen
1941
Bismarck
1940
Falstaff in Vienna
1940
Jud Süß
1940
Stern von Rio
1940
The Trip to Tilsit
1939
The Immortal Heart
1939
Du und ich
1938
Covered Tracks
1938
El barbero de Sevilla
1938
Jugend
1938
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
1938
The Stars Shine
1938
Die Fledermaus
1937
Die Warschauer Zitadelle
1937
Gefährliches Spiel
1937
Fridericus
1937
The Night with the Emperor
1936
A Hoax
1936
Ave Maria
1936/I
Mädchenjahre einer Königin
1936
Jonny, haute-couture
1935
Trouble Backstairs
1935
Der Student von Prag
1935
...nur ein Komödiant
1935
Pygmalion
1935
Nacht der Verwandlung
1935
Frischer Wind aus Kanada
1935
High School
1934
Maiden vs. Monk
1934
Da stimmt was nicht
1934
The Cousin from Nowhere
1934
Gypsy Blood
1934
Toi que j'adore
1934
Ich kenn' dich nicht und liebe dich
1934
Three Imperial Light Infantrymen
1933
O' Schwarzwald, O' Heimat
1933
Gruß und Kuß - Veronika
1933
Heut' kommt's drauf an
1933
Salon Dora Green
1933
Die unsichtbare Front
1933
Crown of Thorns
1932
Das Millionentestament
1932
Kriminalreporter Holm
1932
Der Draufgänger
1931
Trara um Liebe
1931
Das Geheimnis der roten Katze
1931
Let's Love and Laugh
1931
Die Bräutigamswitwe
1931
Besuch um Mitternacht. Das Nachtgespenst von Berlin
1930
Short
Tingel-Tangel
1930
Zärtlichkeit
1930
Night Birds
1930
Der Greifer
1930
Hai-Tang
1930
The Flame of Love
1930
uncredited
Der Weg zur Schande
1930
Jennys Bummel durch die Männer
1929
Autobus Nr. 2
1929
Ein kleiner Vorschuß auf die Seligkeit
1929
The Crazy Countess
1928
Das Girl von der Revue
1928
Die Leibeigenen
1928
The Masked Mannequin
1927
Die tolle Lola
1927
Durchlaucht Radieschen
1927
Die Frau mit dem Etwas
1925
Der müde Tod
1921
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Förster Horn
1966
TV Series camera operator - 13 episodes
Holzapfel weiß alles
1932
camera operator - uncredited
Why Cry at Parting?
1929
camera operator
Schmutziges Geld
1928
camera operator
Die Motorbraut
1925
assistant camera
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1951
Best Film in Color
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Das kalte Herz (1950)
Known for movies
Sissi (1955) as Cinematographer
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956) as Cinematographer
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957) as Cinematographer
$6 Million
