Alfred Bütow Explained

Alfred Bütow
Birth Date:	28 July 1902
Birth Place:	Berlin, Prussia, German Empire
Death Date:	3 April 1986
Death Place:	Herrsching, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation:	Art director
Yearsactive:	1934-1961 (film & TV)

Alfred Bütow (1902 – 1986) was a German art director. Originally he worked on scenic design in the theatre before switching to the film industry.^[1] He worked on the set design of over fifty films during his career.

Selected filmography

• Hearts are Trumps (1934)
• Moscow-Shanghai (1936)
• The Czar's Courier (1936)
• Alarm in Peking (1937)
• Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
• Police Report (1939)
• Mask in Blue (1943)
• Carnival of Love (1943)
• The Roedern Affair (1944)
• Thank You, I'm Fine (1948)
• Search for Majora (1949)
• Madonna in Chains (1949)
• Wedding with Erika (1950)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1952)
• Fritz and Friederike (1952)
• Prosecutor Corda (1953)
• A Double Life (1954)
• The Golden Plague (1954)
• Ball of Nations (1954)
• Ripening Youth (1955)
• Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes (1961, TV series)

Bibliography

• Rolf Giesen. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.

Notes and References

1. Giesen p.236-37