Walter Fyrst | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1901 |
Birth Place: | Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | filmmaker |
Walter Fyrst (né Fürst; 6 July 1901 - 23 February 1993) was a Norwegian filmmaker. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the physician Valentin Fürst and Margarethe Christiane Dedekam. His first film was Troll-elgen from 1927, based on two novels by Mikkjel Fønhus. Other films were Cafe X from 1928 and Brudekronen from 1944. Fyrst made propaganda films for the Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.[1] [2]