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Karl Baumgartner(1922-2012)

  • Special Effects
  • Set Decorator
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Karl Baumgartner was born on 20 August 1922 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a set decorator, known for Enemy Mine (1985), Firefox (1982) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He died on 23 January 2012 in Brünninghausen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
BornAugust 20, 1922
DiedJanuary 23, 2012(89)
BornAugust 20, 1922
DiedJanuary 23, 2012(89)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine (1985)
Enemy Mine
6.9
  • Special Effects
  • 1985
Clint Eastwood in Firefox (1982)
Firefox
5.9
  • Special Effects
  • 1982
Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Kelly's Heroes
7.6
  • Special Effects(as Karli Baumgartner)
  • 1970
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot
8.3
  • Special Effects
  • 1981

Credits

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Special Effects



  • Rob Estes and Shannon Sturges in Terror in the Mall (1998)
    Terror in the Mall
    4.2
    TV Movie
    • special effects consultant
    • 1998
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones in Catherine the Great (1995)
    Catherine the Great
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • special effects
    • 1995
  • Verlassen Sie bitte Ihren Mann! (1994)
    Verlassen Sie bitte Ihren Mann!
    6.5
    • special effects (as Charly Baumgartner)
    • 1994
  • Stalingrad (1993)
    Stalingrad
    7.5
    • special effects
    • 1993
  • Sabbath (1989)
    Sabbath
    4.5
    TV Mini Series
    • special effects
    • 1991
  • Rama Dama (1991)
    Rama Dama
    6.4
    • special effects
    • 1991
  • Dr. M (1990)
    Dr. M
    4.9
    • special effects
    • 1990
  • Silvia Seidel in Anna (1988)
    Anna
    5.2
    • special effects (as Charly Baumgartner)
    • 1988
  • Die selige Edwina Black
    TV Movie
    • special effects (as Charly Baumgartner)
    • 1987
  • Sturmflut
    TV Movie
    • special effects
    • 1987
  • Ortrud Beginnen, Christoph Eichhorn, Brigitte Janner, Gottfried Lackmann, Ralph Morgenstern, Samy Orfgen, Elisabeth Volkmann, and Karl-Heinz von Hassel in Geierwally (1986)
    Geierwally
    6.2
    • special effects (as Charlie Baumgartner)
    • 1986
  • Radost Bokel, Birgit Doll, Hannelore Elsner, and Klausjürgen Wussow in Bitte laßt die Blumen leben (1986)
    Bitte laßt die Blumen leben
    5.1
    • pyrotechnician (as Charly Baumgartner)
    • 1986
  • Cornelia Froboess and Hans Peter Hallwachs in Der Sommer des Samurai (1986)
    Der Sommer des Samurai
    5.5
    • optical effects
    • 1986
  • Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine (1985)
    Enemy Mine
    6.9
    • floor effects supervisor
    • 1985
  • Das Boot (1985)
    Das Boot
    8.8
    TV Mini Series
    • special effects
    • 1985

Set Decorator



  • Up from the Beach (1965)
    Up from the Beach
    6.1
    • Set Decorator
    • 1965

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Charlie Baumgartner
  • Born
    • August 20, 1922
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Died
    • January 23, 2012
    • Brünninghausen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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    • 1 Interview

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