Jump to content

Gernot Roll: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
stick to source
 
(26 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|German cinematographer}}
{{Short description|German cinematographer (1939–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
Line 7: Line 7:
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|9|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dresden]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Dresden]], Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|12|1939|4|9|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|12|1939|4|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Munich]], Germany
| death_place = [[Munich]], Germany
Line 25: Line 25:
}}
}}
}}
}}
'''Gernot Roll''' (9 April 1939{{spnd}}12 November 2020) was a German [[cinematographer]], film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors [[Edgar Reitz]] and [[Sönke Wortmann]]. He was regarded as an expert on literary material.<ref name="Grübl" />
'''Gernot Roll''' (9 April 1939{{spnd}}12 November 2020) was a German [[cinematographer]], film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors [[Edgar Reitz]] and [[Sönke Wortmann]]. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and film biographies, such as ''[[The Buddenbrooks (TV series)|The Buddenbrooks]]'', filming [[Buddenbrooks|Thomas Mann's novel]] in eleven television episodes directed by [[Franz Peter Wirth]], and the same work again in 2008 in [[Buddenbrooks (film)|the film]] directed by [[Heinrich Breloer]].


== Life ==
== Life ==
Roll was born in [[Dresden]] and grew up in [[Pirna]].<ref name="Grübl" /> At the age of 14 he began training as a cameraman and then worked at the DEFA Studios in Berlin-Babelsberg.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Spiegel">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=13 November 2020 |title=Kameramann Gernot Roll ist tot |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/gernot-roll-ist-tot-kameramann-bei-heimat-nirgendwo-in-afrika-a-8897c2dc-f446-4199-ac56-63f31f0dfaf2 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |location=Hamburg |access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> His first film as a camera assistant was the fairy tale film ''[[The Singing Ringing Tree]]''.<ref name="SZ" /> In 1960 he went to West Germany to work at [[Bavaria Film]] in Munich.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Kamerapreis" /> He filmed literary works such as ''{{ill|Geschlossene Gesellschaft (film)|de|Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1978)|lt=Geschlossene Gesellschaft}}'',<ref name="Grübl" /> and television series such as ''[[Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre]]'' and ''[[Tatort]]''.<ref name="SZ" /> From 1976, he worked as a freelance cinematographer.<ref name="Kamerapreis" />
Roll was born in [[Dresden]] and grew up in [[Pirna]].<ref name="Grübl" /> At the age of 14 he began training as a cameraman and then worked at the DEFA Studios in Berlin-Babelsberg.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Spiegel">{{cite news |date=13 November 2020 |title=Kameramann Gernot Roll ist tot |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/gernot-roll-ist-tot-kameramann-bei-heimat-nirgendwo-in-afrika-a-8897c2dc-f446-4199-ac56-63f31f0dfaf2 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |location=Hamburg |access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> His first film as a camera assistant was the fairy tale film ''[[The Singing Ringing Tree]]''.<ref name="SZ" /> In 1960 he went to West Germany to work at [[Bavaria Film]] in Munich.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Kamerapreis" /> He filmed literary works such as ''{{ill|Geschlossene Gesellschaft (film)|de|Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1978)|lt=Geschlossene Gesellschaft}}'',<ref name="Grübl" /> and television series such as ''[[Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre]]'' and ''[[Tatort]]''.<ref name="SZ" /> From 1976, he worked as a freelance cinematographer.<ref name="Kamerapreis" /> He was considered an expert in literary adaptations and film biographies.<ref name="Spiegel" /> In 1979, he was the cinematographer for ''[[The Buddenbrooks (TV series)|The Buddenbrooks]]'', eleven episodes for television of [[Buddenbrooks|Thomas Mann's novel]], directed by [[Franz Peter Wirth]].<ref name="Pommerenke" />


Roll's breakthrough came with the celebrated 16-hour TV series [[Heimat (film series)|''Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik'']] by [[Edgar Reitz]] in 1984.<ref name="SZ" /> Among his films were Caroline Link's ''[[Jenseits der Stille]]'' and Helmut Dietl's ''[[Rossini (film)|Rossini oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief]]''. He worked with [[Sönke Wortmann]] for ''[[Der bewegte Mann]]'', with {{ill|Peter Sehr|de}} for ''{{ill|Kaspar Hauser (film)|de|Kaspar Hauser (1993)|lt=Kaspar Hauser}}'', and with Link again for ''[[Nirgendwo in Afrika]]'' (''Nowhere in Africa'').<ref name="Grübl" /> He also worked with directors including [[Jo Baier]], [[Axel Corti]] and [[Peter Keglevic]].<ref name="Kamerapreis" />
Roll's breakthrough came with the celebrated 16-hour TV series [[Heimat (film series)|''Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik'']] by [[Edgar Reitz]] in 1984.<ref name="SZ" /> Among his films were Caroline Link's ''[[Jenseits der Stille]]'' and Helmut Dietl's ''{{ill|Rossini (1997 film)|de|3=Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief|lt=Rossini}}''. He worked with [[Sönke Wortmann]] for ''[[Der bewegte Mann]]'', with {{ill|Peter Sehr|de}} for ''{{ill|Kaspar Hauser (film)|de|Kaspar Hauser (1993)|lt=Kaspar Hauser}}'', and with Link again for [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning ''[[Nirgendwo in Afrika]]'' (''Nowhere in Africa'').<ref name="Grübl" /><ref name="Yue 2003">{{cite web | last=Yue | first=Tao | title=FILM REVIEW HHH: From a Distance – 'Nowhere in Africa': Quiet and Compelling | website=The Tech | date=4 April 2003 | url=http://tech.mit.edu/V123/N16/nowhere_in_afri.16a.html | access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> He also worked with directors including [[Jo Baier]], [[Axel Corti]] and [[Peter Keglevic]].<ref name="Kamerapreis" />


Roll's debut as a director was in the film ''{{ill|Radetzkymarsch (1994)|de|lt=Radetzkymarsch}}''.<ref name="Grübl2" /> Roll was the director for films including the children's classic ''{{ill|Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (film)|de|Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (2006)|lt=Der Räuber Hotzenplotz}}'' (''The Robber Hotzenplotz'') in 2006.<ref name="SZ" />
Roll's debut as a director was in the film ''{{ill|Radetzkymarsch (1994)|de|lt=Radetzkymarsch}}''.<ref name="Grübl2" /> Roll was the director for films including the children's classic ''{{ill|The Robber Hotzenplotz (2006 film)|de|3=Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (2006)|lt=The Robber Hotzenplotz}}'' in 2006.<ref name="SZ" /> In 2008, he was the cinematographer for [[Heinrich Breloer]]'s film ''[[Buddenbrooks (film)|Die Buddenbrooks]]''.<ref name="Pommerenke" />


Roll was one of the founding members of the [[Deutsche Filmakademie]] in 2003.<ref name="Jungblut 2020">{{cite web | last=Jungblut | first=Peter | title=Kameramann der "Heimat"-Chroniken: Gernot Roll gestorben | website=BR24 | date=12 November 2020 | url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/kameramann-der-heimat-chroniken-gernot-roll-gestorben,SG7iMMk | language=de | access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>
Roll was one of the founding members of the [[Deutsche Filmakademie]] in 2003.<ref name="Jungblut 2020">{{cite web | last=Jungblut | first=Peter | title=Kameramann der "Heimat"-Chroniken: Gernot Roll gestorben | website=BR24 | date=12 November 2020 | url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/kameramann-der-heimat-chroniken-gernot-roll-gestorben,SG7iMMk | language=de | access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>


He was married to the producer Rita Serra-Roll;<ref name="Grübl" /> their son is the actor [[Michael Roll (actor)|Michael Roll]] (born 1961).<ref name="Grübl" /> They lived in the [[Hundsrück]].
He was married to the producer Rita Serra-Roll;<ref name="Grübl" /> their son is the actor [[Michael Roll (actor)|Michael Roll]] (born 1961).<ref name="Grübl" /> They lived in the [[Hunsrück]].


Roll died on 12 November 2020 in Munich after a severe illness, at the age of 81.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Filmportal" />
Roll died on 12 November 2020 in Munich after a severe illness, at the age of 81.<ref name="SZ" /><ref name="Filmportal" />


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
Films for which Roll was the cinematographer include:<ref name="Filmportal" />
Films for which Roll was the cinematographer include:<ref name="Filmportal" /><ref name="IEC - HOME 1939" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Filmography
|+ Filmography
Line 67: Line 67:
| 1979
| 1979
| ''[[The Buddenbrooks (TV series)|The Buddenbrooks]]''
| ''[[The Buddenbrooks (TV series)|The Buddenbrooks]]''
| [[Franz Peter Wirth]]
| [[Franz Peter Wirth]]<ref name="Filmhaus" />
| TV series
| TV series
|-
|-
Line 142: Line 142:
| 2008
| 2008
| ''[[Buddenbrooks (film)|Buddenbrooks]]''
| ''[[Buddenbrooks (film)|Buddenbrooks]]''
| Breloer
| Breloer<ref name="Pommerenke" />
|
|
|-
|-
Line 153: Line 153:
| ''[[Home from Home (2013 film)|Home from Home]]''
| ''[[Home from Home (2013 film)|Home from Home]]''
| Reitz
| Reitz
|
|-
| 2019
|''[[Brecht (TV film)|Brecht]]''
|Breloer
|
|
|-
|-
Line 177: Line 182:
| language = de
| language = de
| access-date = 13 November 2020
| access-date = 13 November 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Pommerenke">{{cite web
| last = Pommerenke
| first = Silvy
| url = https://www.kino-zeit.de/film-kritiken-trailer-streaming/buddenbrooks
| title = Buddenbrooks / Eine Filmkritik
| website = kino-zeit.de
| language = de
| access-date = 3 December 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Filmhaus">{{cite web
| url = http://www.deutsches-filmhaus.de/filme_einzeln/w_einzeln/wirth_franz_peter/buddenbrooks.htm
| title = Buddenbrooks / 1979
| website = deutsches-filmhaus.de
| language = de
| access-date = 3 December 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Line 184: Line 207:
| website = filmportal.de
| website = filmportal.de
| date = 12 November 2020
| date = 12 November 2020
| language = de
| access-date = 13 November 2020
| access-date = 13 November 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
Line 191: Line 215:
| title = Gernot Roll / Ehrenpreis 1998
| title = Gernot Roll / Ehrenpreis 1998
| website = Deutscher Kamerapreis
| website = Deutscher Kamerapreis
| date =
| date = 28 March 2018
| language = de
| access-date = 13 November 2020
| access-date = 13 November 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
Line 227: Line 252:
|language=de
|language=de
|access-date=13 November 2020
|access-date=13 November 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="IEC - HOME 1939">{{cite web
| title=Gernot Roll
| website=IEC – HOME
| url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/roll.htm
| language=de
| access-date=23 November 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Line 242: Line 275:
[[Category:Film people from Dresden]]
[[Category:Film people from Dresden]]
[[Category:German cinematographers]]
[[Category:German cinematographers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]

Latest revision as of 12:25, 8 October 2023

Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll in 2015
Born(1939-04-09)9 April 1939
Dresden, Germany
Died12 November 2020(2020-11-12) (aged 81)
Munich, Germany
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • Film director
  • Script writer
Awards

Gernot Roll (9 April 1939 – 12 November 2020) was a German cinematographer, film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and film biographies, such as The Buddenbrooks, filming Thomas Mann's novel in eleven television episodes directed by Franz Peter Wirth, and the same work again in 2008 in the film directed by Heinrich Breloer.

Life

[edit]

Roll was born in Dresden and grew up in Pirna.[1] At the age of 14 he began training as a cameraman and then worked at the DEFA Studios in Berlin-Babelsberg.[2][3] His first film as a camera assistant was the fairy tale film The Singing Ringing Tree.[2] In 1960 he went to West Germany to work at Bavaria Film in Munich.[2][4] He filmed literary works such as Geschlossene Gesellschaft [de],[1] and television series such as Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre and Tatort.[2] From 1976, he worked as a freelance cinematographer.[4] He was considered an expert in literary adaptations and film biographies.[3] In 1979, he was the cinematographer for The Buddenbrooks, eleven episodes for television of Thomas Mann's novel, directed by Franz Peter Wirth.[5]

Roll's breakthrough came with the celebrated 16-hour TV series Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik by Edgar Reitz in 1984.[2] Among his films were Caroline Link's Jenseits der Stille and Helmut Dietl's Rossini [de]. He worked with Sönke Wortmann for Der bewegte Mann, with Peter Sehr [de] for Kaspar Hauser [de], and with Link again for Oscar-winning Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa).[1][6] He also worked with directors including Jo Baier, Axel Corti and Peter Keglevic.[4]

Roll's debut as a director was in the film Radetzkymarsch [de].[7] Roll was the director for films including the children's classic The Robber Hotzenplotz [de] in 2006.[2] In 2008, he was the cinematographer for Heinrich Breloer's film Die Buddenbrooks.[5]

Roll was one of the founding members of the Deutsche Filmakademie in 2003.[8]

He was married to the producer Rita Serra-Roll;[1] their son is the actor Michael Roll (born 1961).[1] They lived in the Hunsrück.

Roll died on 12 November 2020 in Munich after a severe illness, at the age of 81.[2][9]

Filmography

[edit]

Films for which Roll was the cinematographer include:[9][10]

Filmography
Year Title Director Notes
1970 The Last Escape Walter Grauman
1971–72 Salto Mortale Michael Braun [de] TV series
1977 Zero Hour Edgar Reitz
1979 The Buddenbrooks Franz Peter Wirth[11] TV series
1980 Car-napping Wigbert Wicker [de]
1980 Ein Stück Himmel Wirth
1984 Heimat – eine deutsche Chronik Reitz TV series
1985 Morenga Egon Günther
1985 Mit meinen heißen Tränen Fritz Lehner
1989 The Rose Garden Fons Rademakers
1982 Kleine Haie Sönke Wortmann
1994 Der bewegte Mann Wortmann
1996 Das Mädchen Rosemarie Bernd Eichinger TV film
1996 Beyond Silence Caroline Link
2001 Nowhere in Africa Link
2001 Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman Heinrich Breloer miniseries
2002 Jedermanns Fest Lehner
2005 Speer und Er Breloer
2008 Buddenbrooks Breloer[5]
2010 Henri 4 Jo Baier
2013 Home from Home Reitz
2019 Brecht Breloer

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e Grübl, Josef (12 November 2020). "Meister des Lichts". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dieckmann, Cordula; Etscheit, Georg (12 November 2020). "Kameramann Gernot Roll ist tot". Sächsische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kameramann Gernot Roll ist tot". Der Spiegel. Hamburg. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Gernot Roll / Ehrenpreis 1998". Deutscher Kamerapreis (in German). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Pommerenke, Silvy. "Buddenbrooks / Eine Filmkritik". kino-zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ Yue, Tao (4 April 2003). "FILM REVIEW HHH: From a Distance – 'Nowhere in Africa': Quiet and Compelling". The Tech. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b Grübl, Josef (16 January 2015). "Stilles Genie hinter der Kamera". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. ^ Jungblut, Peter (12 November 2020). "Kameramann der "Heimat"-Chroniken: Gernot Roll gestorben". BR24 (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Gernot Roll". filmportal.de (in German). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Gernot Roll". IEC – HOME (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Buddenbrooks / 1979". deutsches-filmhaus.de (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ^ "In Dresden geborener Kameramann Gernot Roll gestorben" (in German). MDR. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gernot Roll.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gernot_Roll&oldid=1179179872"