Producer
Günther Stapenhorst
143 years · Gebweiler, Alsace, Germany [now Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, France] · 24 films
Originally an export salesman he began to work in film business in 1924. In 1928 he was given commission by the Ufa to build another production group besides the one of Erich Pommer. After his last Ufa production Amphitryon (1935) he emigrated to the UK in 1935 where he worked with cinematographer Sepp Allgeier for Gaumont-British and later joined Alexander Korda's film production. In 1939 he worked and lived in Switzerland. Between 1941 and 1943 he tried a comeback to the Ufa several times, but he was disliked in nazi Germany. 1949 he founded the Carlton Film GmbH in Munich, Germany. For the next ten years he produced films joined by some of his former colleagues, besides others Josef von Báky and Georg Wilhelm Pabst. - IMDb mini biography by: Oliver Heidelbach
Best known for
Filmography 24
The White Horse Inn
1960 · Producer
The Restless Night
1958 · Producer
Ballerina
1956 · Producer
The Flying Classroom
1954 · Producer
Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir
1954 · Producer
Unnatural
1952 · Producer
Two Times Lotte
1950 · Producer
The Challenge
1938 · Producer
On Artiflix
Les dieux s'amusent
1935 · Producer
Turandot, princesse de Chine
1935 · Producer
Waltz War
1933 · Producer
Dawn
1933 · Producer
The Beautiful Adventure
1932 · Producer
Ronny
1931 · Producer
Emil and the Detectives
1931 · Producer
The Small Gap
1931 · Producer
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
1930 · Producer
The Temporary Widow
1930 · Producer
Hokuspokus
1930 · Producer
The Immortal Vagabond
1930 · Producer
Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst
1929 · Producer
The Convict from Stamboul
1929 · Producer
Her Dark Spot
1929 · Producer
Der Tanzstudent
1928 · Producer