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- Rochus Gliese was born on January 6, 1891 in Berlin, Germany. He was an art director and director, known for Brüder (1923), Komödie des Herzens (1924) and Die schöne Prinzessin von China (1917). He died on December 22, 1978 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- German art director, a 1911 graduate from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin. He began work as a theatrical set designer. His talent was noticed by Paul Wegener, who hired him to design sculptural constructs for The Golem (1914). Gliese is also remembered for building the monumental sets for Finances of the Grand Duke (1924) and for the magnificent set he created on the Fox Hills backlot for F.W. Murnau's classic film Sunrise (1927).
- When F.W. Murnau went to the USA at the end of the 20's he followed him.
- He was nominated for the Oscar for "Sunrise".
- The director and art director Rochus Gliese was multitalent in the German film business. He studied at the State Museum for art and craft in Berlin.
- Rochus Gliese was awarded the German Film Award for his life's work in 1973.
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