Willy Hameister
Willy Hameister was born on December 3, 1889 in Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania, he soon started to work for the "Deutsche Bioscop" from 1904 and filmed actual topics - a kind of news. He switched to the film business in 1912 where he was active as a cinematographer for numerous movies. At the beginning of his film career he often worked together with the director Otto Rippert, anduring the 20s he worked besides many average movies also for some great classics, first of all "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1920). In 1938 he died at the age of only 48 after a long illness.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Das Geheimnis von St. Pauli
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Das lustige Kleeblatt
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Das Karussell des Todes
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Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
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Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
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In Night and Ice
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The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
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The Night of Queen Isabeau
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Die Kleine vom Bummel
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Wochenendzauber
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Die Frau ohne Nerven
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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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Only You
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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
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Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
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Wer hat Bobby gesehen?
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Und so ein Glück kannst du nur haben
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Backstairs
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The Island of the Lost
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Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
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Prinzessin Trulala
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Susie Cleans Up
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Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
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The Plague in Florence
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Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell
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Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier
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Der Triumph des Todes
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In der Tiefe des Schachtes
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Ihr Kammerdiener
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Die Beute der Erinnyen
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Die Abenteuer der schönen Dorette
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Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
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Die Augen der Maske
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Lilith and Ly
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Höllentempo
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Man by the Roadside
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Der lachende Ehemann
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Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
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Tales from the Vienna Woods
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Csárdás
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Das ewige Rätsel
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Schatten der Nacht
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The Dance of Death
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The Yellow Peril
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The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
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Das Blut der Ahnen
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Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2. Teil - Hyänen der Lust
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Pipin, der Kurze
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Mikosch rückt ein
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Poor little Eva
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Küssen ist keine Sünd'
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Rozpustilá noc
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V cizím revíru
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Charlott etwas verrückt
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