Otto Wilhelm Eduard Erdmann (born 1834 – died 1905) was a German Realism-Impressionism painter, famous for his fine interior scenes with figures from the 18th century. The artist created a series of engravings for the Belgian publication European illustrations circa 1870. Works of Erdmann are displayed in the museum of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Leipzig, where he was born. Erdmann died in Düsseldorf in 1905.
Otto Erdmann continues his career in the sound film era of the 30s and he created the decoration for the productions "Alraune" (1930), "Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin" (1931), "Das Ekel" (1931), "Scampolo, ein Kind der Strasse" (1932), or "Der tolle Bomberg" (1932).
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The production designer Otto Erdmann finished an education at the Academy of visual arts and joined the film business in 1921. There he began as an assistant of the production designer and director Paul Leni. Only two years later he became a demanded production designer and he worked together with Hans Sohnle as a team.
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His first cinematical works belong" Der Flug um den Erdball" (1925) and his most famous work "Die freudlose Gasse" (1925) directed by G. W. Pabst with Asta Nielsen and Greta Garbo.
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His last movies came at the beginning of the 60s into being with "Strafbataillon 999" (1960) and "Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse" (1961).
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He continued his film career after World War II till to the end of the 50s, first for the DEFA in East Germany, afterwards in West Germany.
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When the team Erdmann - Sohnle separated in 1938 Otto Erdmann went on with his career alone.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Stresemann
1957
Thomas Müntzer
1956
Die Störenfriede
1953
Roman einer jungen Ehe
1952
Der Biberpelz
1949
Träum' nicht, Annette
1949
Kein Platz für Liebe
1947
Das Konzert
1944
Ich habe von dir geträumt
1944
Romanze in Moll
1943
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
Mein Leben für Irland
1941
Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
1938
Der unmögliche Herr Pitt
1938
Wie einst im Mai
1938
Das große Abenteuer
1938
Fremdenheim Filoda
1937
Fridericus
1937
as Erdmann
A Woman of No Importance
1936
A Hoax
1936
Eskapade
1936
The Higher Command
1935
One Too Many on Board
1935
Das Einmaleins der Liebe
1935
Mein Leben für Maria Isabell
1935
Ihr größter Erfolg
1934
Un jour viendra
1934
Der schwarze Walfisch
1934
Einmal eine große Dame sein
1934
A Certain Mr. Gran
1933
Die kleine Schwindlerin
1933
Madame ne veut pas d'enfants
1933
Madame Wants No Children
1933
Die grausame Freundin
1932
Der tolle Bomberg
1932
A Night in Paradise
1932
Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin
1931
Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu
1931
Die große Sehnsucht
1930
Nur am Rhein ...
1930
Spielereien einer Kaiserin
1930
Die Schleiertänzerin
1929
Alraune
1929
Bride 68
1929
Sensation im Wintergarten
1929
Mascottchen
1929
Der Adjutant des Zaren
1929
Ein Mädel mit Temperament
1928
Fünf bange Tage
1928
Der geheime Kurier
1928
The Devious Path
1928
Pawns of Passion
1928
The Lady and the Chauffeur
1928
Scampolo
1928
Wer das Scheiden hat erfunden
1928
Das Karussell des Todes
1928
The Countess of Sand
1928
Frauenraub in Marokko
1928
La storia di una piccola Parigina
1928
Die Stadt der tausend Freuden
1927
The White Slave
1927
Girls for Sale!
1927
Survival
1927
Halloh - Caesar!
1927
Die leichte Isabell
1927
Die Hochstaplerin
1927
Die Frau die nicht nein sagen kann
1927
Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht
1926
Die dritte Eskadron
1926
Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstraße
1926
Das Gasthaus zur Ehe
1926
Der Stolz der Kompagnie
1926
Die tolle Herzogin
1926
Der Wilderer
1926
Mikoschs letztes Abenteuer
1926
Schatten der Weltstadt
1925
The Joyless Street
1925
Der Flug um den Erdball, 2. Teil - Indien, Europa
1925
Der Flug um den Erdball, 1. Teil - Paris bis Ceylon
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