John Heartfield
John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was an artist and a pioneer in the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield also created book jackets for authors such as Upton Sinclair, as well as stage sets for such noted playwrights as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator.
Life and career
Early life
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld) was born on 19 June 1891 in Berlin-Schmargendorf. His father was Franz Herzfeld, a socialist writer, and his mother was Alice (née Stolzenburg), a textile worker and political activist.
In 1899, Helmut, his brother Wieland Herzfelde and his two sisters Lotte and Hertha, were abandoned in the woods by their parents. For a while, the four children resided with an uncle in the small town of Aigens.
Along with his brother, Wieland Herzfelde (Wieland Herzfeld) and George Grosz, launched the publishing house Malik-Verlag in 1917.
In 1908, he studied art in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Arts and Crafts School. Two commercial designers, Albert Weisgerber and Ludwig Hohlwein, were early influences.
'John Heartfield' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Die Machtergreifung (2012)
Actors: Dominik Bender (actor), Joseph Konrad Bundschuh (actor), Mathieu Carrière (actor), Bernhard Conrad (actor), Thomas Douglas (actor), Markus Eberl (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Alexander Goebel (actor), Alexander Held (actor), Christian Koerner (actor), Tobias Lehmann (actor), Paul Matic (actor), Martin Neuhaus (actor), Andreas Nickl (actor), Rainer Basedow (actor),
Plot: The focus is on the years 1932-1933 the rise of Adolf Hitler as a politician, which eventually led to his dictatorship and the Nazi-Regime. Hitler had to fight many obstacles and setbacks, it almost seemed impossible for his party to ever gain power, but his ruthless determination and versatile diplomacy combined with his opponents dramatic mistakes and many coincidences finally led him to power. With Hitler's appointment as the 30th Chancellor January 1933 begins the end of the Weimar Republic. Within months he abolished press freedom, suspended fundamental rights, established the first concentration camps. With the Enabling Act he dis-empowers the Parliament, and the Nazi party is the only party. In June 1934, Hitler can kill his former comrades Röhm and his opponents Strasser and Schleicher. Five years it will take until the beginning of World War II and the way that led to the greatest crimes of the 20th Century has been prepared.
Genres: History,Taglines: How the politician Adolf Hitler managed to gain dictatorship
Die Konterrevolution (2011)
Actors: Eric P. Caspar (actor), Bernhard Conrad (actor), Hans-Eckart Eckhardt (actor), Heiko Fischer (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Andreas Grothusen (actor), Holger Handtke (actor), Christian Hoening (actor), Hans Hohlbein (actor), Norbert Hülm (actor), Karl Karliczek (actor), Janusz Kocaj (actor), Talin Lopez (actor), Paul Matic (actor), Thomas Bestvater (actor),
Plot: Germany, 1920. First World War is lost. The peace treaty of Versailles obliges Germany to reduce its army, the "Reichswehr" to 100,000 soldiers. Influencal groups of economists and military leaders connect in the "Nationalen Vereinigung" a national convention to plan the coup d'etat. Among them the chief of landscaping and member of the board of directors of the German Bank, Wolfgang Kapp and the highest ranked commanding General Walther, Freiherr von Lüttwitz. General Ludendorf, who used to be the chief of the Supreme Army Command during the World War, pulls the strings in he background by his middlemen Pabst and Colonel Bauer. When the government wanted to dissolve the "Brigade Ehrhardt", the most powerful Freikorps, General Lüttwitz disobeys this order and orders the troupes to march against the government in Berlin. The Government has to flee, first to Dresden, then to Stuttgart. Large parts of the army follow the putschists, who however, are not united themselves. First victim is Secretary of Finances Erzberger.
Genres: History,Der Gewaltfrieden (2010)
Actors: Serge Avedikian (actor), Rainer Basedow (actor), Dominik Bender (actor), Stephan Boden (actor), Markus Boniberger (actor), Joseph Konrad Bundschuh (actor), Mathieu Carrière (actor), Patrice-Luc Doumeyrou (actor), Jochen Drechsler (actor), Benedikt Figel (actor), Heiko Fischer (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Johannes Oliver Hamm (actor), Holger Handtke (actor), Bruno F. Apitz (actor),
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