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name: "Henning von Gierke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henning-von-gierke"
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imdb_id: "nm0902311"
tmdb_id: 1464209
wikidata_id: "Q1566617"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "22 December 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:10:59.647509+00:00"
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# Henning von Gierke

## Identity

Henning von Gierke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henning-von-gierke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henning-von-gierke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0902311
- **TMDB ID:** 1464209
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1566617
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_von_Gierke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566617, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1464209

Production designer. Born 22 December 1947 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 22 December 1947, Karlsruhe, Germany
- **Active:** 1977–1982
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_von_Gierke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566617, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1464209

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fitzcarraldo*](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) (82)

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## Biography

Henning von Gierke (born 22 December 1947) is a German painter, set designer, production designer and art director. He trained as an autodidact painter and began working in film and theatre in the early 1970s.

He collaborated extensively with director Werner Herzog, serving as production designer on *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), *Nosferatu the Vampyre* (1979) and *Fitzcarraldo* (1982). He also worked as set decorator or set designer on *Heart of Glass* (1976), *Stroszek* (1977) and *Woyzeck* (1979).

Von Gierke received the German Film Award in Gold for *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* and the Silver Bear for outstanding single achievement for *Nosferatu the Vampyre* at the 1979 Berlin International Film Festival. After *Fitzcarraldo* he shifted focus towards painting, opera design and teaching.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *Stroszek* (1977), Fi1m 82, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera* (2008), Scenic Artist
- *The Transformation of the World Into Music* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Flying Dutchman* (1992), Production Design, Stage Director
- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *Woyzeck* (1979), as Set Decoration
- *Stroszek* (1977), Set Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)
- *Heart of Glass* (1976), Set Designer
- *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), Production Design

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