Joseph-Louis Mundwiller Explained

Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Birth Date:	10 April 1886
Birth Place:	Mülhausen, Alsace, German Empire
Death Date:	9 July 1967
Death Place:	Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France
Occupation:	Cinematographer
Yearsactive:	1908–1942

Joseph-Louis Mundwiller (10 April 1886 – 9 July 1967)^[1] was a cinematographer. He was born in Mülhausen in Alsace following the region's annexation into the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War. He worked in the French cinema. In 1909 he directed an early travelogue Moscow Clad in Snow.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Moscow Clad in Snow (1909)
• The Duel (1910)
• Princess Tarakanova (1910)
• Novel with a Double Bass (1911)
• Anna Karenina (1911)
• The House of Mystery (1923)
• Le Brasier ardent (1923)
• The Masked Woman (1924)
• Muche (1927)
• Paris-New York-Paris (1928)
• A Foolish Maiden (1929)
• Le Bled (1929)
• Chotard and Company (1933)
• Street Without a Name (1934)
• Paris-Deauville (1934)
• Odette (1934)
• Lovers and Thieves (1935)
• Crime and Punishment (1935)
• The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936)
• The Man from Nowhere (1937)
• Peace on the Rhine (1938)
• Thérèse Martin (1939)
• The Duraton Family (1939)

Bibliography

• Lewis, Jon. Essential Cinema: An Introduction to Film Analysis. Cengage Learning, 2013.

Notes and References

1. Book: Leteux . Christine . Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control . 29 November 2022 . University of Wisconsin Pres . 978-0-299-33980-7 . 149 . en.
2. Lewis p.211