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name: "Charly Steinberger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charly-steinberger"
fi1m_id: "charly-steinberger"
imdb_id: "nm0825833"
tmdb_id: 23688
wikidata_id: "Q1067522"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 November 1937"
died: "27 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:08:09.843249+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charly Steinberger

## Identity

Charly Steinberger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charly-steinberger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charly-steinberger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0825833
- **TMDB ID:** 23688
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1067522
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_Steinberger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23688

Cinematographer. Born 3 November 1937 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Died 27 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 November 1937, Braunau am Inn, Austria
- **Died:** 27 March 2019
- **Also known as:** Karl Steinberger
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_Steinberger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23688

## Biography

Charly Steinberger, also credited as Karl Steinberger, was an Austrian cinematographer. Born on 3 November 1937 in Schalchen, Austria, he began as a photographer, then worked as a camera assistant before becoming a director of photography from the mid-1960s, initially on television films. He died on 27 March 2019 in Munich, Germany.

He is best known for his cinematography on Jerzy Skolimowski’s *Deep End* (1970), and collaborated again with the director on *King, Queen, Knave* (1972) and *The Lightship* (1985). In Germany he shot many adaptations of Johannes Mario Simmel novels directed by Alfred Vohrer in the 1970s. Steinberger directed one feature, the 1975 comedy *Monika and the Sixteen Year Olds*. He received the Filmband in Gold in 1974 for his work on two films and was a member of the BVK until 2010.

He was married to actress Susanne Uhlen until their divorce in 1984.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, afcinema.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Deep End* (1971), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/deep-end.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *König der Herzen* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Das Schicksal der Lilian H.* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Tödliche Lüge* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Fire, Ice and Dynamite* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Please, Let the Flowers Live* (1986), Director of Photography
- *The Lightship* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Non-Stop Trouble with my Double* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Satan ist auf Gottes Seite* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Väter* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Collin* (1981), series, Director of Photography
- *Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Just a Gigolo* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Women in Hospital* (1977), Camera Supervisor
- *Rosemary's Daughter* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Die Elixiere des Teufels* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Prodaná nevěsta* (1976), Director of Photography
- *The Net* (1975), Director of Photography
- *To the Bitter End* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Monika und die Sechzehnjährigen* (1975), Director of Photography, Director
- *Verbrechen nach Schulschluß* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen* (1974), Director of Photography
- *One or the Other of Us* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Drei Männer im Schnee* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Gott schützt die Liebenden* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Alle Menschen werden Brüder* (1973), Director of Photography
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), Cinematography
- *Love Is Only a Word* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, Director of Photography
- *Deep End* (1971), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/deep-end.md)
- *And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Females* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Der Mann, der den Eiffelturm verkaufte* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Delegation* (1970), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *Der Attentäter* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Al Capone im deutschen Wald* (1969), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Lydia muss sterben* (1964), Camera Operator

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