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name: "Franz Weihmayr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/franz-weihmayr"
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imdb_id: "nm0005925"
tmdb_id: 11923
wikidata_id: "Q1449398"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "30 December 1903"
died: "26 May 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:04:49.050551+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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# Franz Weihmayr

## Identity

Franz Weihmayr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franz-weihmayr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franz-weihmayr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005925
- **TMDB ID:** 11923
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1449398
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Weihmayr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1449398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11923

Cinematographer. Born 30 December 1903 in Munich, Germany. Died 26 May 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 30 December 1903, Munich, Germany
- **Died:** 26 May 1969
- **Also known as:** Franciszek Ksawery Weihmayr
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Weihmayr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1449398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11923

## Biography

Franz Weihmayr was a German cinematographer. He was born in Munich on 30 December 1903 and died there on 26 May 1969. He received photographic training in his father's portrait studio before becoming a camera assistant and then chief cinematographer from the mid-1920s.

Weihmayr worked on more than eighty films between 1924 and 1964. He shared cinematography duties with Reimar Kuntze on *Mädchen in Uniform* (1931) and was among the camera operators on Leni Riefenstahl's *Triumph of the Will* (1935). He photographed numerous features starring Zarah Leander during the Nazi era and, after the war, contributed to West German productions including the rubble film *Love '47* (1949).

He was married to actress Ada Tschechowa; the marriage ended in divorce.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Triumph of the Will* (1935), Fi1m 64, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/triumph-of-the-will.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Meilensteine aus der Chronik der Post* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Pariser Impressionen* (1963), Director of Photography, Director
- *Orientalische Nächte* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Resurrection* (1958), Director of Photography
- *And Lead Us Not Into Temptation* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Last Ones Shall Be First* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Heiraten verboten* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Wo der Wildbach rauscht* (1956), Director of Photography, Writer
- *Devil in Silk* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Canaris* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Eine Frau von heute* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Annaluise & Anton* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Vergiß die Liebe nicht* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Die große Versuchung* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Anywhere – In Our Time* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Two Times Lotte* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Love '47* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Journey to Happiness* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Paths in Twilight* (1948), Camera Operator
- *Nora* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Damals* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Great Love* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Request Concert* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Small Town Poet* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Heart of a Queen* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Desert Song* (1939), Director of Photography
- *It Was a Gay Ballnight* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Der Blaufuchs* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Homeland* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Yvette* (1938), Director of Photography
- *La Habanera* (1937), Director of Photography
- *To New Shores* (1937), Director of Photography
- *La Chanson du Souvenir* (1937), Director of Photography
- *The Court Concert* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The House of the Spaniard* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Moscow Shanghai* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Calling the Tune* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Stjenka Rasin* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Ferryman Maria* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The Grey Pikes Wharf* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Miracle of Flight* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Triumph of the Will* (1935), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/triumph-of-the-will.md)
- *Elisabeth and the Jester* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Seine erste Liebe* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Victory of Faith* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Anna and Elizabeth* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Sabra* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Mädchen in Uniform* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Der Jäger von der Riß. Der Schuß im Morgengrauen* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Kennst du das kleine Haus am Michigansee?* (1929), Director of Photography

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