Alfred Junge
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Alfred Junge | |
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Born | 29 January 1886 |
Died | 16 July 1964 |
Occupation | Art director |
Years active | 1923–1957 (film) |
Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, Bad Kissingen, West Germany) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry.[1][2]
Biography
Junge had wanted to be an artist from childhood. Dabbling in
After a brief spell spent interned as an enemy alien on the Isle of Man, Junge returned to film work.[1] In 1939, he had worked with Powell and Pressburger on Contraband, the first of eight pictures he made with the partnership.[4][2] The last of these was Black Narcissus (1947);[4] his designs for the Himalayas-set film earned Junge the Oscar for Best Art Direction.[5]
From 1947 to 1955, he was in charge of MGM-British's art department, working on transatlantic titles such as
He was the first film production designer to have one of his pictures hung in the
Filmography
- The Green Manuela (1923)
- Inge Larsen (1923)
- The Ancient Law (1923)
- Man Against Man (1924)
- The Man at Midnight (1924)
- Waxworks (1924)
- Athletes (1925)
- The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store (1925)
- An Artist of Life (1925)
- Den of Iniquity (1925)
- The Alternative Bride (1925)
- Variety (1925)
- The Battle Against Berlin (1926)
- Lace (1926)
- Aftermath (1927)
- The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (1927)
- Mata Hari (1927)
- Love Affairs (1927)
- Regine (1927)
- Make Up (1927)
- Moulin Rouge (1928)
- Docks of Hamburg (1928)
- The Favourite of Schonbrunn (1929)
- Piccadilly (1929)
- Three Around Edith (1929)
- Triumph of Love (1929)
- Two Worlds (1930, British)
- Menschen im Käfig (1930)
- Two Worlds (1930, German)
- Marius (1931)
- Salto Mortale (1931)
- Nights in Port Said (1932)
- The Magic Top Hat (1932)
- Eight Girls in a Boat (1932)
- The Midshipmaid (1932)
- After the Ball (1932)
- The Good Companions (1933)
- I Was a Spy (1933)
- The Constant Nymph (1933)
- Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
- Sleeping Car (1933)
- Waltz Time (1933)
- Turkey Time (1933)
- Leave It to Smith (1933)
- Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
- A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
- Channel Crossing (1933)
- The Ghoul (1933)
- Orders Is Orders (1933)
- Waltz Time (1933)
- A Cup of Kindness (1934)
- Wild Boy (1934)
- The Iron Duke (1934)
- Evergreen (1934)
- The Fire Raisers (1934)
- Jack Ahoy (1934)
- My Song for You (1934)
- Evensong (1934)
- Jew Süss (1934)
- Lady in Danger (1934)
- Little Friend (1934)
- Red Ensign (1934)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- Dirty Work (1934)
- Road House (1934)
- The Clairvoyant (1935)
- The Night of the Party (1935)
- Me and Marlborough (1935)
- Bulldog Jack (1935)
- The Guv'nor (1935)
- Car of Dreams (1935)
- His Lordship (1936)
- Everything Is Thunder (1936)
- It's Love Again (1936)
- Head over Heels (1937)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
- Gangway (1937)
- Young and Innocent (1937)
- Sailing Along (1938)
- The Citadel (1938)
- Climbing High (1938)
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
- Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
- Contraband (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- The Silver Fleet (1943)
- A Canterbury Tale (1944)
- The Volunteer (1944, short)
- I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Black Narcissus (1947)
- Edward, My Son (1949)
- Conspirator (1949)
- The Miniver Story (1950)
- Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- The Hour of 13 (1952)
- Time Bomb (1953)
- Never Let Me Go (1953)
- Mogambo (1953)
- Knights of the Round Table (1953)
- Flame and the Flesh (1954)
- Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
- Betrayed (1954)
- Beau Brummell (1954)
- Bedevilled (1955)
- The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
- That Lady (1955)
- Invitation to the Dance (1956)
- A Farewell to Arms (1957)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b "Harry Ransom Center | Digital Collections | Alfred Junge". hrc.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ a b c d Bergfelder, Tim. "Junge, Alfred (1886-1964)". Screenonline. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Junge, Alfred (1886-1964): Film and TV Credits | Screenonline". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "The 20th Academy Awards | 1948". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards | 1954". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
See also
- Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
- List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees
External links
- Alfred Junge at IMDb
- Alfred Junge at the BFI's Screenonline