Richard Angst (1905–1984) was a Swiss cinematographer who worked on more than ninety films during his career, most of them in Germany. Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era. He often worked with the director Arnold Fanck, and accompanied him in 1937 for The New Earth his troubled 1937 co-production with Japan. While he worked on some Nazi propaganda films such as My Life for Ireland, many of the films he was employed on during the era were less political.After the Second World War, he worked regularly in German commercial cinema often at CCC Film. He was the cinematographer for Fritz Lang's The Indian Tomb and The Tiger of Eschnapur (both 1959).
Richard Angst wrote his memoirs with the title "47 Jahre objektiv gesehen".
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He died one day after his 79th birthday.
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He opened the restaurant "Provinz" in Berlin-Moabit, where he often worked at the bar and in the kitchen.
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Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era.
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When the German cinema scene drifted off to silly sex movies in the 70's, Richard Angst gave up his job and retired from the film business.
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His occupation led Richard Angst to different countries in the next few years, among others he photographed documentaries in Borneo, the Himalayas and in Japan.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wir Wunderkinder
1958
Petersburger Nächte
1958
Das Wirtshaus im Spessart
1958
Meine schöne Mama
1958
Wer die Heimat liebt
1957
Ich suche dich
1956
Ich denke oft an Piroschka
1955
Der letzte Mann
1955
Drei Männer im Schnee
1955
Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells
1955
Der erste Kuß
1954
Schlagerparade
1953
Hokuspokus
1953
Cuba Cabana
1952
Vater braucht eine Frau
1952
Storm Over Tibet
1952
No Greater Love
1952
Fanfaren der Liebe
1951
The Falling Star
1950
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
1950
Een koninkrijk voor een huis
1949
Ulli und Marei
1948
Erde
1947
Climbing the Matterhorn
1947
Short documentary
Melusine
1944
Ein schöner Tag
1944
Gabriele Dambrone
1943
Großstadtmelodie
1943
cinematographer: exterior scenes
Der große Schatten
1942
Rembrandt
1942
Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast
1942
Frühling in Japan
1941
Short
Japans heiliger Vulkan
1941
Short
Mein Leben für Irland
1941
Die Geierwally
1940
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
1939
Die unheimlichen Wünsche
1939
Senyu no uta - Huang pu jiang
1939
Documentary
Kokumin no chikai
1938
Atarashiki tsuchi
1937
Kleine Scheidegg
1937
Kopfjäger von Borneo
1936
Documentary
Rêve éternel
1935
Der Dämon des Himalaya
1935
Der ewige Traum
1934
Der Springer von Pontresina
1934
White Majesty
1934
Nordpol - Ahoi!
1934
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933
S.O.S. Eisberg
1933
The Burning Secret
1933
Slalom
1932
outdoors
Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau
1932
Der weiße Rausch - Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs
1931
Storm Over Mont Blanc
1930
Zwei Menschen
1930
Die heiligen drei Brunnen
1930
White Hell of Pitz Palu
1929
Milak, der Grönlandjäger
1928
Das weiße Stadion
1928
Documentary
Der große Sprung
1927
De Sade
1969
Die Hochzeitsreise
1969
Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat
1969
The Last Roman
1968
Rheinsberg
1967
Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart
1967
Liselotte von der Pfalz
1966
Hokuspokus oder: Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...?
1966
Ferien mit Piroschka
1965
Heidi
1965
The Secret Agents
1965
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1965
Das siebente Opfer
1964
Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß
1964
Das Phantom von Soho
1964
The Mad Executioners
1963
Schloß Gripsholm
1963
The Black Abbot
1963
Breakfast in Bed
1963
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
Story of San Michele
1962
Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer
1962
Ramona
1961
Die seltsame Gräfin
1961
Via Mala
1961
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
1961
O sole mio
1960
Journey to the Lost City
1960
The Good Soldier Schweik
1960
Bilderbuch Gottes
1960
Documentary
Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II
1960
Mistress of the World
1960
Du bist wunderbar
1959
La Paloma
1959
Peter schiesst den Vogel ab
1959
The Indian Tomb
1959
Der Tiger von Eschnapur
1959
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II
1960
uncredited
Mistress of the World
1960
uncredited
Senyu no uta - Huang pu jiang
1939
Documentary
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966
additional camera operator - uncredited
Barry
1949
camera operator - as R. Angst
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Milak, der Grönlandjäger
1928
Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kokumin no chikai
1938
story
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
High Conquest
1947
exteriors photographer: Switzerland
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kamera: Richard Angst
1983
TV Movie
Himself
18 Bilder mit der Hand
1972
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Yukiyama no album
1939
Documentary short
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eigentlich wollte ich nach Indien - Baron Victor von Plessen und seine Filme
1976
TV Short documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1971
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Known for movies
Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958) as Cinematographer
$3 Million
