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- Walter Schulze-Mittendorff was born on January 31, 1893 in Berlin, Germany. He was a costume designer, known for Metropolis (1927), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Elisabeth Liewen. He died on August 14, 1976 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- SpouseElisabeth Liewen(May 27, 1919 - 1949) (her death, 1 child)
- Through the support of Robert Herlth Walter Schulze-Mittendorff met the legendary director, who was looking for a sculptor for his movie set for the production "Der müde Tod" (21) with Bernhard Goetzke in the leading role. Walter Schulze-Mittendorff was engaged and proved himself for future cinematical works.
- After World War 2 he continued his film career as a costume designer for the DEFA.
- In 1962 the in West Berlin living artist worked as a freelancing costume designer for 18 movie and TV productions.
- He allocated his services as a sculptor a last time for the movies "Amphitryon" (1935), "Der Herrscher" (1937), "Der zerbrochene Krug" (1937) with Emil Jannings and "Der Maulkorb" (1938).
- He was engaged as a sculptor for the movies"Peter der Grosse" (1922) with Emil Jannings, Fritz Lang's monumental film "Die Nibelungen" (1924), "Zur Chronik von Grieshuus" (1925) with Lil Dagover and Paul Hartmann and finally Lang's masterpiece "Metropolis" (1926) with Brigitte Helm and Gustav Fröhlich.
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