Cinematography: Heinz von Jaworsky

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Heinz von Jaworsky. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Blue Light

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · Germany

Direction Béla Balázs · Leni Riefenstahl

Cast Leni Riefenstahl · Mathias Wiedman · Beni Führer · Max Holzboer

Synopsis Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light...

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6.5

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Campaign in Poland

1940 · Documentary · 69 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Hippler

Synopsis The first blitzkrieg, Hitler's invasion of Poland, is traced in this original Nazi propaganda film from 1940.

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Einheit SPD-KPD (S)

1946 · Documentary · 20 min. · Germany

Direction Kurt Maetzig

Synopsis In just twenty minutes this film describes the events that allegedly led to the 1946 German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the German Communist Party (KPD) to merge into the Socialist Unity Party (SED). Forced union, agreed with the direction...

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D III 88

1939 · Movie · 103 min. · Germany

Direction Herbert Maisch · Hans Bertram

Cast Christian Kayßler · Otto Wernicke · Heinz Welzel · Hermann Braun

Synopsis Flashbacks portray the heroics of two German fighter pilots in WWI and then the two are shown heading out to attack the British navy at the start of WWII.

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Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers

1935 · Movie · 79 min. · Germany

Direction Heinz Paul

Cast Ernst Udet · Jürgen Ohlsen · Käthe Haack · Cornelius Booth

Synopsis A young German boy meets his hero, a famous flying ace, and dreams of becoming a pilot. However, his mother--whose husband was a fighter pilot killed in battle during World War I--does not want to lose her son, too, and...

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Baptism of Fire

1940 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Hans Bertram

Cast Hermann Göring · Adolf Hitler · Herbert Gernot

Synopsis Poland was the first victim of Hitler's infamous blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling devastation wreaked upon Polish towns and armies.

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Direction Herbert Brieger · Carl Junghans

Cast Adolf Hitler

Synopsis This Nazi propaganda film covers the 1936 Winter Olympics that were held in Germany.

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The West Wall

1939 · Documentary · 42 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Hippler

Synopsis Der Westwall is a 1939 film about the Siegfried Line, the head of the film division within the Propagandaministerium. The Siegfried Line, called the West Wall by the Germans, was a large series of fortifications around the German borders with...

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Quax, der Bruchpilot

1941 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany

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