Walter Frentz(1907-2004)

Cinematographer
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Walter Frentz was born on 21 August 1907 in Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for SS-Panzer Division Viking (1941), 5000 Jahre Ägypten (1954) and Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933). He was married to Edeltrude Esser. He died on 6 July 2004 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Known for

SS-Panzer Division Viking

Cinematographer

1941

5000 Jahre Ägypten

Cinematographer

1954

Der Sieg des Glaubens

6.2

Cinematographer(as W. Frentz)

1933

Wasser hat Balken

Short

Cinematographer

1933

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Cinematographer

5000 Jahre Ägypten
- Cinematographer
- 1954
SS-Panzer Division Viking
- Cinematographer
- 1941
The German Weekly Review
8.1
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 1940–1945
Campaign in Poland
5.5
- Cinematographer
- 1940
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
7.7
- Cinematographer (uncredited)
- 1938
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
7.6
- Cinematographer (uncredited)
- 1938
Jugend der Welt. Der Film von den IV. Olympischen Winterspielen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
6.0
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1936
Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht
6.1
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1935
Triumph of the Will
7.1
- Cinematographer
- 1935
Wasser hat Balken
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1933
Der Sieg des Glaubens
6.2
- Cinematographer (as W. Frentz)
- 1933

Additional Crew

Actor

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Personal details

Alternative name
- W. Frentz
Born
- August 21, 1907
- Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany
Died
- July 6, 2004
- Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spouse
- Edeltrude Esser1949 - 1998 (her death, 1 child)
Publicity listings
- 1 Biographical Movie

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Met Albert Speer, who would become Hitler's architect, while a student in Berlin. Started in film with a 1931 feature about kayaking in Austria and Yugoslavia. Through Speer, Frentz met Leni Riefenstahl, who made masterful propaganda films for the Nazis, including "Triumph of the Will" in 1934. Worked with Riefenstahl on that film and several others.