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name: "Georg Krause"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/georg-krause"
fi1m_id: "georg-krause"
imdb_id: "nm0470201"
tmdb_id: 14555
wikidata_id: "Q111861"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 April 1901"
died: "3 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:13:55.467763+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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# Georg Krause

## Identity

Georg Krause

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/georg-krause
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** georg-krause
- **IMDb ID:** nm0470201
- **TMDB ID:** 14555
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Krause, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14555

Cinematographer. Born 15 April 1901 in Berlin, Germany. Died 3 January 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 April 1901, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 3 January 1986
- **Also known as:** Giorgio Kreuse, George Krause
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Krause, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14555

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Paths of Glory*](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md) (93)

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## Biography

Georg Krause (15 April 1901 – 3 January 1986) was a German cinematographer. Born in Berlin, he began working in the film industry in the 1920s and became a chief cinematographer with the advent of sound films. He photographed more than 130 film and television productions between 1923 and 1967.

Krause is known for his work on Stanley Kubrick's *Paths of Glory* (1957), credited as George Krause, and on *Horrors of Spider Island* (1960). Other credits include *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), *The Devil Strikes at Night* (1957) and several entries in the 08/15 trilogy. He also co-directed the 1948 comedy *Unser Mittwochabend*. In 1958 he received the Filmband in Gold for his cinematography on *The Devil Strikes at Night*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paths of Glory* (1957), Fi1m 93, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Encounters in Salzburg* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Escape from East Berlin* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Melody of Hate* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Treibjagd auf ein Leben* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Island of the Amazons* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Isle of Sin* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Fair* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Horrors of Spider Island* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Satan Tempts with Love* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Endstation Rote Laterne* (1960), Director of Photography
- *She Walks by Night* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Black Chapel* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Head* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Dorothea Angermann* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Taiga* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Doctor of Stalingrad* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Paths of Glory* (1957), Director of Photography — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md)
- *The Devil Strikes at Night* (1957), Director of Photography
- *08/15 at Home* (1955), Director of Photography
- *08/15 Part 2* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Phantom of the Big Tent* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Lachkabinett* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Die Nacht ohne Moral* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Monks, Girls and Pandours* (1952), Director of Photography
- *When the Evening Bells Ring* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Primanerinnen* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The Berliner* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Unser Mittwochabend* (1948), Director of Photography, Director
- *The Enchanted Day* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Diesel* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Krach im Vorderhaus* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Last Round* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Verliebtes Abenteuer* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Stars Shine* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Port Arthur* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Ich tanke, Herr Franke* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Tempo, Carlo, Tempo* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Song of Happiness* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Die Goldgrube* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Love in speed* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Das Kind und die Welt* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Hanba* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Osudné noci* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Kameradschaftsehe* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Dva pekelné dny* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Downfall* (1923), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- German Film Award for Best Cinematography 1958: German Film Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The Devil Came at Night*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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