Oscar Werndorff

Oscar Werndorff
Born	30 May 1880 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 November 1938 Wembley, London United Kingdom
Other names	Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1920 – 1938 (film)

Oscar Friedrich Werndorff (1880–1938) was an Austrian art director.^[1] After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He co-directed the 1931 film The Bells.^[2]

Selected filmography

Art director

• The Count of Cagliostro (1920)
• The Wonderful Adventure (1924)
• Man Against Man (1924)
• Unmarried Daughters (1926)
• Nanette Makes Everything (1926)
• A Modern Dubarry (1927)
• Heaven on Earth (1927)
• Odette (1928)
• The Singing City (1930)
• The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
• The Camels Are Coming (1934)
• Heat Wave (1935)
• Fighting Stock (1935)
• Pagliacci (1936)
• Rhodes of Africa (1936)
• For Valour (1937)
• The Lilac Domino (1937)
• Under Secret Orders (1937)
• The Ware Case (1938)
• Let's Be Famous (1939)

References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11962
2. Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.78

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.

External links

• Oscar Werndorff at the Internet Movie Database