# Richard Angst > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Angst > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Angst.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst > Source revision: 1357198001 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Swiss cinematographer (1905-1984) Richard Angst Angst richard Born 23 July 1905 Zurich, Switzerland Died 24 July 1984(1984-07-24) (aged 79) West Berlin, West Germany Occupation Cinematographer Years active 1927–1969 **Richard Angst** (23 July 1905 – 24 July 1984) was a Swiss [cinematographer](/source/Cinematographer). He became known in the late 1920s and early 1930s for his work on mountain films with [Arnold Fanck](/source/Arnold_Fanck) and later worked on a wide range of productions in Germany, including collaborations with [Fritz Lang](/source/Fritz_Lang). Over his career he was credited on numerous feature films and was recognised in 1971 with the [German Film Award](/source/German_Film_Award) for his life’s work.[1][2][3] ## Biography Richard Angst was born in [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), Switzerland, the son of Robert, an architect, and Elise Anna Klara Vaihinger, who came from [Pforzheim](/source/Pforzheim), Germany, where he was raised.[1][2] In 1923 he entered film through cameraman [Sepp Allgeier](/source/Sepp_Allgeier) and became assistant to [Arnold Fanck](/source/Arnold_Fanck) on his ski and mountain films.[3] He trained with Fanck’s Berg- und Sportfilm GmbH in [Freiburg](/source/Freiburg_im_Breisgau), where he learned camera technique and film laboratory work.[2] In the late 1920s and early 1930s he worked as one of Fanck’s chief cinematographers on mountain film classics including *[The Great Leap](/source/The_Great_Leap_(film))* (1927), *[The White Hell of Pitz Palu](/source/The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu_(1929_film))* (1929), *[Storm over Mont Blanc](/source/St%C3%BCrme_%C3%BCber_dem_Mont_Blanc)* (1930), and *[The White Ecstasy](/source/The_White_Ecstasy_(film))* (1931).[2][3] He gained recognition as an independent cinematographer, particularly for his work on expeditions in Asia from 1933 onward.[3] He also collaborated on the German-Japanese co-production *[The Daughter of the Samurai](/source/The_Daughter_of_the_Samurai)* (1936).[2] After returning to [Berlin](/source/Berlin) in 1939, Angst worked on films including *Eine kleine Nachtmusik* (1939), *Rembrandt* (1942), and *Der grosse Schatten* (1942). During this period he also worked on the anti-British drama *[My Life for Ireland](/source/My_Life_for_Ireland)* (1941), described as his only explicit [Nazi propaganda](/source/Nazi_propaganda) film.[2] After the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) he settled in [Ticino](/source/Ticino), Switzerland, before returning to [Berlin](/source/Berlin) in the late 1950s, where he continued his film career.[3] He was cinematographer for [Fritz Lang](/source/Fritz_Lang)’s *[The Tiger of Eschnapur](/source/The_Tiger_of_Eschnapur_(1959_film))* and *[The Indian Tomb](/source/The_Indian_Tomb_(1959_film))* (both 1959).[2] He later withdrew from the film industry in the 1960s, lamenting its decline, and in 1971 opened the restaurant “Provinz” in [Berlin-Moabit](/source/Berlin-Moabit). That same year he received the [German Film Award](/source/German_Film_Award) for his life’s work.[3] Angst died in West Berlin on 24 July 1984.[1][2] His manuscripts, including unpublished memoirs, are held by the [Deutsche Kinemathek](/source/Deutsche_Kinemathek).[3] ## Selected filmography - *[The Great Leap](/source/The_Great_Leap_(film))* (1927) - *[Milak, the Greenland Hunter](/source/Milak%2C_the_Greenland_Hunter)* (1928) - *[The White Hell of Pitz Palu](/source/The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu_(1929_film))* (1929) - *[Storm over Mont Blanc](/source/St%C3%BCrme_%C3%BCber_dem_Mont_Blanc)* (1930) - *[Two People](/source/Two_People_(1930_film))* (1930) - *[The White Ecstasy](/source/The_White_Ecstasy_(film))* (1931) - *[Adventures in the Engadin](/source/Adventures_in_the_Engadin)* (1932) - *[S.O.S. Iceberg](/source/S.O.S._Iceberg)* (1933) - *[The Burning Secret](/source/The_Burning_Secret)* (1933) - *[White Majesty](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Majesty&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1934) - *[Forbidden Territory](/source/Forbidden_Territory)* (1934) - *[North Pole, Ahoy](/source/North_Pole%2C_Ahoy)* (1934) - *[The Champion of Pontresina](/source/The_Champion_of_Pontresina)* (1934) - *[Demon of the Himalayas](/source/Demon_of_the_Himalayas)* (1935) - *[Kleine Scheidegg](/source/Kleine_Scheidegg_(film))* (1937) - *[The Vulture Wally](/source/The_Vulture_Wally_(1940_film))* (1940) - *[My Life for Ireland](/source/My_Life_for_Ireland)* (1941) - *[Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt_(1942_film))* (1942) - *[Melody of a Great City](/source/Melody_of_a_Great_City)* (1943) - *[Gabriele Dambrone](/source/Gabriele_Dambrone)* (1943) - *[A Beautiful Day](/source/A_Beautiful_Day_(1944_film))* (1944) - *[Melusine](/source/Melusine_(film))* (1944) - *[Earth](/source/Earth_(1947_film))* (1947) - *[Ulli and Marei](/source/Ulli_and_Marei)* (1948) - *[A Kingdom For a Horse](/source/A_Kingdom_For_a_Horse)* (1949) - *[The White Hell of Pitz Palu](/source/The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu_(1950_film))* (1950) - *[Fanfares of Love](/source/Fanfares_of_Love)* (1951) - *[Storm Over Tibet](/source/Storm_Over_Tibet)* (1952) - *[Father Needs a Wife](/source/Father_Needs_a_Wife)* (1952) - *[Cuba Cabana](/source/Cuba_Cabana)* (1952) - *[Hit Parade](/source/Hit_Parade_(1953_film))* (1953) - *[Hocuspocus](/source/Hocuspocus_(1953_film))* (1953) - *[The First Kiss](/source/The_First_Kiss_(1954_film))* (1954) - *[Three Men in the Snow](/source/Three_Men_in_the_Snow_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[The Last Man](/source/The_Last_Man_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[I Often Think of Piroschka](/source/I_Often_Think_of_Piroschka)* (1955) - *[The Spessart Inn](/source/The_Spessart_Inn)* (1958) - *[La Paloma](/source/La_Paloma_(film))* (1959) - *[Peter Shoots Down the Bird](/source/Peter_Shoots_Down_the_Bird)* (1959) - *[The Indian Tomb](/source/The_Indian_Tomb_(1959_film))* (1959) - *[The Tiger of Eschnapur](/source/The_Tiger_of_Eschnapur_(1959_film))* (1959) - *[The Good Soldier Schweik](/source/The_Good_Soldier_Schweik_(1960_film))* (1960) - *[The Strange Countess](/source/The_Strange_Countess)* (1961) - *[Ramona](/source/Ramona_(1961_film))* (1961) - *[Via Mala](/source/Via_Mala_(1961_film))* (1961) - *[Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Deadly_Necklace)* (1962) - *[The Secret of the Black Trunk](/source/The_Secret_of_the_Black_Trunk)* (1962) - *[Axel Munthe, The Doctor of San Michele](/source/Axel_Munthe%2C_The_Doctor_of_San_Michele)* (1962) - *[The Black Abbot](/source/The_Black_Abbot_(1963_film))* (1963) - *[Breakfast in Bed](/source/Breakfast_in_Bed_(film))* (1963) - *[The Hangman of London](/source/The_Hangman_of_London)* (1963) - *[The Phantom of Soho](/source/The_Phantom_of_Soho)* (1964) - *[The Seventh Victim](/source/The_Seventh_Victim_(1964_film))* (1964) - *[The Dirty Game](/source/The_Dirty_Game)* (1965) - *[A Holiday with Piroschka](/source/A_Holiday_with_Piroschka)* (1965) - *[Praetorius](/source/Praetorius_(film))* (1965) - *[Liselotte of the Palatinate](/source/Liselotte_of_the_Palatinate_(1966_film))* (1966) - *[The Wedding Trip](/source/The_Wedding_Trip_(1969_film))* (1969) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_1-2) ["Richard Angst"](https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/009127/2000-08-02/). *Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS)*. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2025. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:0_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:0_2-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-:0_2-7) ["Richard Angst"](https://www.filmportal.de/person/richard-angst_7788c281d9794920b83449842574004b). *filmportal.de*. Retrieved 20 August 2025. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:2_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:2_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:2_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:2_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:2_3-6) ["Richard Angst"](https://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/de/sammlungen-archive/sammlung-digital/personenarchive/richard-angst). *Deutsche Kinemathek*. Retrieved 21 August 2025. ## Bibliography - High, Peter B. *The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945*. University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. - Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. *The A to Z of German Cinema*. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. ## External links - [Richard Angst](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0029940/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Italy Czech Republic Spain Israel People Deutsche Biographie DDB Other IdRef Historical Dictionary of Switzerland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Angst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.