Ewald Daub Explained

Ewald Daub
Birth Date:	13 October 1889
Birth Place:	Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
Death Place:	Berlin, Brandenburg Germany
Occupation:	Cinematographer
Yearsactive:	1919–1946

Ewald Daub (13 October 1889 – 4 November 1946) was a German cinematographer who shot more than a hundred films during his career. Daub entered the film industry during the silent era, with one of his first films being the biopic Martin Luther (1923).^[1] Over the next two decades he was to work on a number of Harry Piel thrillers and Heinz Rühmann comedies. He died in 1946 following an operation.

Selected filmography

• Miss Venus (1921)
• A Dying Nation (1922)
• Martin Luther (1923)
• Helena (1924)
• The Brigantine of New York (1924)
• Girls You Don't Marry (1924)
• Reluctant Imposter (1925)
• Love Story (1925)
• The Man in the Saddle (1925)
• Die Tragödie zweier Menschen (1925)
• Der Schuß in den Schatten (1925)
• Our Emden (1926)
• Crooks in Tails (1927)
• Assassination (1927)
• Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927)
• His Strongest Weapon (1928)
• Man Against Man (1928)
• Immorality (1928)
• Panic (1928)
• Taxi at Midnight (1929)
• His Best Friend (1929)
• Men Without Work (1929)
• Achtung! – Auto-Diebe! (1930)
• Menschen im Feuer (1930)
• Him or Me (1930)
• Wellen der Leidenschaft (1930)
• Bobby Gets Going (1931)
• Shadows of the Underworld (1931)
• The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
• Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
• The Heath Is Green (1932)
• Ship Without a Harbour (1932)
• Secret Agent (1932)
• Little Man, What Now? (1933)
• The Black Forest Girl (1933)
• Jumping Into the Abyss (1933)
• Tell Me Who You Are (1933)
• Master of the World (1934)
• Paganini (1934)
• The World Without a Mask (1934)
• Love Conquers All (1934)
• The Grand Duke's Finances (1934)
• Artisten (1935)
• The Bird Seller (1935)
• Last Stop (1935)
• Counsel for Romance (1936)
• The Czar's Courier (1936)
• The Beggar Student (1936)
• Michel Strogoff (1936)
• A Woman of No Importance (1936)
• Gordian the Tyrant (1937)
• Dance on the Volcano (1938)
• Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)
• The Indian Tomb (1938)
• The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938)
• Maria Ilona (1939)
• Men Are That Way (1939)
• The False Step (1939)
• The Swedish Nightingale (1941)
• Andreas Schlüter (1942)
• Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
• Quax in Afrika (1947)

Bibliography

• Wipfler, Esther Pia. Martin Luther in Motion Pictures: History of a Metamorphosis. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011.

Notes and References

1. Wipfler p.210