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name: "Richard Groschopp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-groschopp"
fi1m_id: "richard-groschopp"
imdb_id: "nm0343275"
tmdb_id: 23269
wikidata_id: "Q999409"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "19 February 1906"
died: "8 July 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:02.033817+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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# Richard Groschopp

## Identity

Richard Groschopp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-groschopp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-groschopp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0343275
- **TMDB ID:** 23269
- **Wikidata ID:** Q999409
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Groschopp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23269

Cinematographer. Born 19 February 1906 in Kölleda, Germany. Died 8 July 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 February 1906, Kölleda, Germany
- **Died:** 8 July 1996
- **Also known as:** Рихард Грошопп
- **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), [Erich Nitzschmann](https://film.one/person/erich-nitzschmann.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)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Groschopp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23269

## Biography

Richard Groschopp (19 February 1906 – 8 July 1996) was a German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Born in Kölleda, Thüringen, he began as an amateur filmmaker in the late 1920s while working as a confectioner. From 1936 he was employed at a Dresden advertising film company, directing and photographing numerous short industrial, documentary and advertising films.

In 1936–1938 he contributed as a cameraman to Leni Riefenstahl’s *Olympia* (two parts, 1938), filming fencing and scenes at the Olympic Village. After the war he joined DEFA in 1946, working on newsreels and directing over a hundred short documentaries and propaganda films. From the early 1950s he directed feature films at the DEFA studio in Babelsberg, including *52 Wochen sind ein Jahr* (1955), *Die Glatzkopfbande* (1963) and *Chingachgook, die große Schlange* (1967). He was also known for his work on the satirical short series *Das Stacheltier*.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, 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 (31)

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

- *Filmemacher* (1971), Director, Writer
- *Angebot aus Schenectady* (1971), Screenplay, Director
- *Geheimkommando Ciupaga* (1968), series, Director
- *Chingachgook: The Great Snake* (1967), Director, Screenplay
- *Entlassen auf Bewährung* (1965), Screenplay, Director
- *Carl von Ossietzky* (1963), Director
- *The Baldheaded Gang* (1963), Director, Writer
- *Freispruch mangels Beweises* (1962), Director, Writer
- *Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot* (1961), Director, Writer
- *Before lightning strikes* (1959), Director, Writer
- *Ware für Katalonien* (1959), Director, Writer
- *They All Knew Each Other* (1958), Director, Writer
- *Das Stacheltier - Endstation Kanal* (1956), Director, Writer
- *52 Weeks Make A Year* (1955), Director, Writer
- *Das Stacheltier - Der Wintermantel* (1954), Director
- *Das Stacheltier - Das GROSSE Abenteuer* (1953), Director
- *Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte* (1953), Writer, Director
- *Geheimakten Solvay* (1953), Writer
- *Modell Bianka* (1951), Director, Writer
- *The Benthin Family* (1950), Director
- *Botschafter des Friedens* (1948), Camera Operator, Director
- *Station IV* (1948), Director, Writer, Editor, Sound
- *Lebensbaum unseres Volkes* (1947), Cinematography
- *Leipziger Messe 1946* (1946), Cinematography
- *Dresden* (1946), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Karlsbader Reise* (1940), Director, Writer
- *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)
- *Bommerli fährt ins Mittelmeer* (1938), Director
- *Elbestadt bei Nacht* (1937), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Eine kleine Königstragödie* (1935), Director

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