---
name: "Hein Heckroth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hein-heckroth"
fi1m_id: "hein-heckroth"
imdb_id: "nm0373081"
tmdb_id: 1314532
wikidata_id: "Q214664"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "14 April 1901"
died: "7 July 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 91
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:35:02.251267+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."
---

# Hein Heckroth

## Identity

Hein Heckroth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hein-heckroth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hein-heckroth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0373081
- **TMDB ID:** 1314532
- **Wikidata ID:** Q214664
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hein_Heckroth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1314532

Costume designer. Born 14 April 1901 in Giessen, Germany. Died 7 July 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 14 April 1901, Giessen, Germany
- **Died:** 7 July 1970
- **Active:** 1946–1948
- **Frequently works with:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md), [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md), [Marius Goring](https://film.one/person/marius-goring.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 91 to 84 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $12m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hein_Heckroth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1314532

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Red Shoes*](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) (92), [*Black Narcissus*](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md) (88)

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## Biography

Hein Heckroth (14 April 1901 – 7 July 1970) was a German painter, stage designer and film production and costume designer. Born in Giessen, he trained in art and began designing sets and costumes for theatre and ballet in Germany, including work with the Kurt Jooss company.

He moved to Britain in the 1930s and entered film as a costume designer on *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1945). He worked on several Powell and Pressburger productions, serving as costume designer on *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946) and *Black Narcissus* (1947) before becoming their principal production designer on *The Red Shoes* (1948), for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Colour) with Arthur Lawson. He also designed *The Small Back Room* (1949), *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951) and later films including *Torn Curtain* (1966).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Fi1m 92, Costume design, Production Design, Production design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Fi1m 88, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Fi1m 92, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Torn Curtain* (1966), Production Design
- *Bluebeard's Castle* (1963), Production Design
- *The Threepenny Opera* (1963), Costume Design, Art Direction, Set Decoration
- *The Haunted Castle* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Peterchens Mondfahrt* (1959), Set Designer, Screenplay
- *The Girl and the Legend* (1957), Production Design
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), as Other
- *Oh... Rosalinda!!* (1955), Production Design
- *Ludwig II* (1955), Production Design
- *The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan* (1953), Production Design
- *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Elusive Pimpernel* (1950), Production Design
- *Gone to Earth* (1950), Production Design
- *The Small Back Room* (1949), Production Design
- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *“The Red Shoes” Sketches* (1948), Director, Art Designer
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)

## Gallery

- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/59087/gallery-cd6e929c3274.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1959) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Der_Fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder%2C_musique_de_Richard_Wagner_-_btv1b8420019q_%2801_of_22%29.jpg/1280px-Der_Fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder%2C_musique_de_Richard_Wagner_-_btv1b8420019q_%2801_of_22%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Der Grabstein des deutschen Bühnenbildners Hein Heckroth, entworfen durch den deutschen Bildhauer Hans Steinbrenner, auf dem Alten Friedhof in Gießen. (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/59087/gallery-c3814871ac57.jpg) Der Grabstein des deutschen Bühnenbildners Hein Heckroth, entworfen durch den deutschen Bildhauer Hans Steinbrenner, auf dem Alten Friedhof in Gießen. (2026) — Harvey Kneeslapper, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Grabstein_Hein_Heckroth.jpg/1280px-Grabstein_Hein_Heckroth.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hein Heckroth](https://film.one/media/person/59087/gallery-0f9bd2150db3.jpg) Hein Heckroth — Emha at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Hein_heckroth_bueste_detlef_kraft_20070519.jpg/1280px-Hein_heckroth_bueste_detlef_kraft_20070519.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/59087/gallery-c6d61c353610.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1962) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Salom%C3%A9%2C_musique_de_Richard_Strauss_-_btv1b84200708_%2801_of_15%29.jpg/1280px-Salom%C3%A9%2C_musique_de_Richard_Strauss_-_btv1b84200708_%2801_of_15%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1952: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Tales of Hoffmann*
- 1952: Best Art Direction, Color (nominated), for *The Tales of Hoffmann*
- 1949: Best Art Direction, Color (won), for *The Red Shoes*

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

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