Rochus Gliese (6 January 1891 — 22 December 1978) was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin, Germany.He is most remembered in the United States for his work as an art director on the film Sunrise. Most of his other films did not receive wide release in the United States. His final film as a director was 1930's Die Jagd nach dem Glück ("Running After Luck"), though he did some behind-the-scenes roles through the 1930s and in the 1950s. His final work was 1955's Fidelo, where he worked as a set decorator.He died in 1978 in Berlin.
His film activities dropped off in the 30's. His last movie as a director was "Die Jagd nach dem Glück" (30), as an art director and costume designer he worked for the productions "Amphitryon" (1935), "Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan" (1938) and "Hanna Amon" (1951).
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He got very early in contact with the film business and delivered an impressive work as an art director with his fantastic set for Paul Wegener's classic "Der Golem" (1914).
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Rochus Gliese worked as a art director, director, writer, costume designer as well as an actor.
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Rochus Gliese was awarded the German Film Award for his life's work in 1973.
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The director and art director Rochus Gliese was multitalent in the German film business. He studied at the State Museum for art and craft in Berlin.
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He was nominated for the Oscar for "Sunrise".
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When F.W. Murnau went to the USA at the end of the 20's he followed him.
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German art director, a 1911 graduate from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin. He began work as a theatrical set designer. His talent was noticed by Paul Wegener, who hired him to design sculptural constructs for The Golem (1915). Gliese is also remembered for building the monumental sets for Finances of the Grand Duke (1924) and for the magnificent set he created on the Fox Hills backlot for F.W. Murnau's classic film Sunrise (1927).
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ein Walzer mit dir
1943
uncredited
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
Short
The Main Event
1927
Sunrise
1927
uncredited
Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
Die Austreibung
1923
Short
Das brennende Geheimnis
1923
Das Liebesnest 1
1922
Der Kampf ums Ich
1922
Alexandra
1922
Der brennende Acker
1922
Die Sängerin
1921
Steuermann Holk
1920
Rausch
1919
Malaria
1919
Der Antiquar von Straßburg
1918
Der fremde Fürst
1918
Apokalypse
1918
Short
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland
1917
Der Yoghi
1916
Rübezahls Hochzeit
1916
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
Short
Menschen am Sonntag
1930
uncredited
Der rosa Diamant
1926
Die gefundene Braut
1925
Komödie des Herzens
1924
Das brennende Geheimnis
1923
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
uncredited
The Lost Shadow
1921
Steuermann Holk
1920
Der Galeerensträfling
1919
Malaria
1919
Apokalypse
1918
Short
Der papierene Peter
1917
Die schöne Prinzessin von China
1917
Short
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
Der Yoghi
1916
Rübezahls Hochzeit
1916
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moral
1967
TV Movie
Die Lästerschule
1961
TV Movie
Hermann und Dorothea
1961
TV Movie
Fidelio
1956
Ein Polterabend
1955
Hanna Amon
1951
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938
The Town Stands on Its Head
1933
Katharina die Große
1920
Die Austernprinzessin
1919
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
The Golem
1915
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
Short
The Main Event
1927
adaptation / screenplay
Komödie des Herzens
1924
as Murglie
The Lost Shadow
1921
Der papierene Peter
1917
Rübezahls Hochzeit
1916
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moral
1967
TV Movie
Das ewige Spiel
1951
Les dieux s'amusent
1935
Amphitryon
1935
The Lost Shadow
1921
The Golem
1920
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Der fremde Fürst
1918
Düssing, Evas Vetter, Volontär in Fa. Brodersen & Co.
Der papierene Peter
1917
Die schöne Prinzessin von China
1917
Short
Harlekin als Prologus
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland
1917
Rübezahls Hochzeit
1916
Friseur
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
assistant director - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brüder
1923
producer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1973
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1929
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Known for movies
Rübezahls Hochzeit (1916) as Art Director
The Pursuit of Happiness (1930) as Art Director
The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917) as Art Director
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