---
name: "Elfi Böttrich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elfi-bottrich"
fi1m_id: "elfi-bottrich"
imdb_id: "nm1569549"
tmdb_id: 66796
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:03:53.330989+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."
---

# Elfi Böttrich

## Identity

Elfi Böttrich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elfi-bottrich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elfi-bottrich
- **IMDb ID:** nm1569549
- **TMDB ID:** 66796
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66796

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1924–1926
- **Also known as:** Elfriede Böttrich
- **Frequently works with:** [Emil Jannings](https://film.one/person/emil-jannings.md), [Erich Pommer](https://film.one/person/erich-pommer.md), [F. W. Murnau](https://film.one/person/f-w-murnau.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66796

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Last Laugh*](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Elfi Böttrich, also credited as Elfriede Böttrich, was a German film editor. Her early credits include editing *The Last Laugh* (1924), *Faust* (1926) and *Passion* (1919).

Later in her career she edited numerous short films in the 1950s, several television series including *Vorsicht, Falle!* (1971–1985) and the series *Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer* (1961).

*Sources: imdb.com, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Laugh* (1924), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Simon Wiesenthal oder Ich jagte Eichmann* (1978), Editor
- *Hoffnung - Fünfmal am Tag* (1966), Editor
- *Kämpfende Kunst* (1959), Editor
- *Der Winter ist ein harter Mann* (1958), Editor
- *Faust* (1926), Editor
- *The Last Laugh* (1924), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md)

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