Gerhard Lamprecht (1897-1974) encountered the cinema at an early age when he worked as a projectionist at a movie theater in 1909. Lamprecht went on to study Art History and Theater and worked as an actor, writer, dramatic advisor, and cameraman, as well as patenting original technical devices.

Considered the youngest German film director, Lamprecht's first film premiered in 1920. He received accolades for his production of Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks in 1923. Lamprecht worked through the Third Reich and continued work with the East German DEFA studio. His film Somewhere in Berlin is regarded as one of the most important postwar "rubble films" (Truemmerfilme). Lamprecht's last production was shot in West Germany in the 1950s. His work spanned three decades of German film history.

Filmography

Buddenbrooks (Buddenbrooks) 1923; Emil and the Detectives (Emil und die Detektive) 1931; The Black Hussar (Der schwarze Husar) 1932; Princess Turandot (Prinzessin Turandot) 1934; Madame Bovary, 1937; Somewhere in Berlin (Irgendwo in Berlin) 1946; Quartet of Five (Quartett zu fuenft) 1949; Madonna in Chains (Madonna in Ketten) 1949; Constable Borck (Oberwachtmeister Borck) 1955.