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name: "Erich Nitzschmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erich-nitzschmann"
fi1m_id: "erich-nitzschmann"
imdb_id: "nm0633078"
tmdb_id: 1170444
wikidata_id: "Q1352909"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "13 February 1901"
died: "16 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:02.059491+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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# Erich Nitzschmann

## Identity

Erich Nitzschmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erich-nitzschmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erich-nitzschmann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0633078
- **TMDB ID:** 1170444
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1352909
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170444

Cinematographer. Born 13 February 1901 in Gdańsk. Died 16 January 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 13 February 1901, Gdańsk
- **Died:** 16 January 1980
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert Kling](https://film.one/person/albert-kling.md), [Alexander von Lagorio](https://film.one/person/alexander-von-lagorio.md), [Andor von Bàrsy](https://film.one/person/andor-von-barsy.md), [Ernst Kunstmann](https://film.one/person/ernst-kunstmann.md), [Fritz von Friedl](https://film.one/person/fritz-von-friedl.md), [Guzzi Lantschner](https://film.one/person/guzzi-lantschner.md), [Hans Karl Gottschalk](https://film.one/person/hans-karl-gottschalk.md), [Hans Scheib](https://film.one/person/hans-scheib.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170444

## Biography

Erich Nitzschmann was a German cinematographer. He began training as a camera assistant at Decla-Bioscop (later Babelsberg studios) in February 1916 and completed it in December 1919. He worked as an assistant and second cameraman on numerous silent films, including Fritz Lang's *Destiny* (1921), for which he shot the medieval German section.

From 1926 he served as chief cameraman on several features but returned to assistant roles at Tobis from 1930 to 1941, except in 1936 when he was one of the camera team on Leni Riefenstahl's *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* and *Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty* (both 1938). After the Second World War he joined DEFA in 1946 and photographed many documentaries.

Nitzschmann was born on 13 February 1901 in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and died on 16 January 1980 in Potsdam.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Fi1m 75, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Interview mit Berlin* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Maiparade 1956* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Song of the Rivers* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Ludwig van Beethoven* (1954), Cinematography
- *Všemi hlasy proti válce* (1953), Camera Operator
- *Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Unsere Frauen im neuen Leben* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Botschafter des Friedens* (1948), Camera Operator
- *Laugh Bajazzo* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Meine Freundin Josefine* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Two in a Big City* (1942), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Uncle Krüger* (1941), Assistant Camera
- *Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)
- *Die Frau ohne Nerven* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Her Dark Spot* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Student of Prague* (1926), Director of Photography
- *The Chronicles of the Gray House* (1925), Director of Photography
- *The Death in the Greenstreet* (1921), Cinematography
- *Destiny* (1921), Director of Photography

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