# Mathias Matthies

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{{short description|German art director}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Mathias Matthies
| image        =
| caption      = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1911|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Potsdam](/source/Potsdam), [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg), [German Empire](/source/German_Empire)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2004|9|30|1911|8|7|df=y}}
| death_place  = [Greifenberg](/source/Greifenberg), [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = Art director
| years_active = 1949–1990 (film & TV) 
}}
'''Mathias Matthies''' (August 7, 1911 – September 30, 2004) was a German [art director](/source/art_director). He designed the sets for around a hundred films and television programmes. He often collaborated with his wife [Ellen Schmidt](/source/Ellen_Schmidt), including on some [Edgar Wallace](/source/Edgar_Wallace) adaptations made by [Rialto Film](/source/Rialto_Film).<ref>Bergfelder p. 254</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Dangerous Guests](/source/Dangerous_Guests)'' (1949)
* ''[Derby](/source/Derby_(1949_film))'' (1949)
* ''[My Wife's Friends](/source/My_Wife's_Friends)'' (1949)
* ''[Unknown Sender](/source/Unknown_Sender_(film))'' (1950)
* ''[The Allure of Danger](/source/The_Allure_of_Danger)'' (1950)
* ''[Abundance of Life](/source/Abundance_of_Life)'' (1950)
* ''[The Shadow of Herr Monitor](/source/The_Shadow_of_Herr_Monitor)'' (1950)
* ''[Dark Eyes](/source/Dark_Eyes_(1951_film))'' (1951)
* ''[The Sinful Border](/source/The_Sinful_Border)'' (1951)
* ''[My Wife Is Being Stupid](/source/My_Wife_Is_Being_Stupid)'' (1952)
* ''[Shooting Stars](/source/Shooting_Stars_(1952_film))'' (1952)
* ''[Wedding in Transit](/source/Wedding_in_Transit)'' (1953)
* ''[The Bogeyman](/source/The_Bogeyman_(1953_film))'' (1953)
* ''[Men at a Dangerous Age](/source/Men_at_a_Dangerous_Age)'' (1954)
* ''[Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law](/source/Don't_Worry_About_Your_Mother-in-Law)'' (1954)
* ''[Doctor Solm](/source/Doctor_Solm)'' (1955)
* ''[I Was an Ugly Girl](/source/I_Was_an_Ugly_Girl)'' (1955)
* ''[My Children and I](/source/My_Children_and_I)'' (1955)
* ''[Father's Day](/source/Father's_Day_(1955_film))'' (1955)
* ''[The Old Forester House](/source/The_Old_Forester_House)'' (1956)
* ''[The First Day of Spring](/source/The_First_Day_of_Spring)'' (1956)
* ''[The Girl from the Marsh Croft](/source/The_Girl_from_the_Marsh_Croft_(1958_film))'' (1958)
* ''[Crime After School](/source/Crime_After_School_(1959_film))'' (1959)
* ''[The Merry War of Captain Pedro](/source/The_Merry_War_of_Captain_Pedro)'' (1959)
* ''[Yes, Women are Dangerous](/source/Yes%2C_Women_are_Dangerous)'' (1960)
* ''[The Forger of London](/source/The_Forger_of_London)'' (1961)
* ''[The Last Chapter](/source/The_Last_Chapter_(1961_film))'' (1961)
* ''[The Green Archer](/source/The_Green_Archer_(1961_film))'' (1961)
* ''[The Inn on the River](/source/The_Inn_on_the_River)'' (1962)
* ''[Aurora Marriage Bureau](/source/Aurora_Marriage_Bureau)'' (1962)
* ''[The Happy Years of the Thorwalds](/source/The_Happy_Years_of_the_Thorwalds)'' (1962)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | last = Bergfelder | first = Tim | title = International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2005 | orig-year = 2004 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-539-2 }}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0560238}}

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