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Waldemar Roger (* 1875; † 15. Dezember 1958) was a German educator, film distributor and film producer.

Life

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For a long time in his life he worked as a teacher in the Quickborn movement. In order to be able to carry out "financial transactions" of a private nature, he came into contact with smaller film productions and distributors in the early twenties. He can already be identified in a still from the filming of "Nosferatu" in October 1921.[1] He later appears again in a production photo for "Alraune" in 1927 and from 1929 onwards he was the artistic editor for three different silent and sound versions of the newly released "Nosferatu" from 1921. In addition, from 1929 onwards he was involved in the distribution of the sound film version of "Schatten" from 1923 and showed it mainly in provincial areas. Already in the early 1930s he disappeared from professional film work and only worked on films on the Kreuzbund theme as an editor of the 16 mm versions.[2]

In 1928 he acquired the permanent rights to use the film Nosferatu from the producer Albin Grau[3]. and edited the sound film versions Nosferatu the Vampire and The Twelfth Hour – A Night of Horror[4]. He also incorporated cut material from the classic that Murnau did not use into the film. He also shot new scenes, e.g. a requiem mass with Hans Behal as the priest.

Waldemar Roger died in 1958 in southern Germany on the Austrian border.

Filmographie

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as Cutter

  • Magister Mundus (1925)
  • Nosferatu the Vampire (1928) USA-Export
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1929) Stummfassung
  • Die zwölfte Stunde (1929)
  • Rache für Eddy (1929)
  • Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (1924/29-Tonfassung)
  • Schatten – Die Nacht der Erkenntnis (1929)
  • In höchster Gefahr (1930)
  • Bill… Augen auf (1930)
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1931) Synchr. Fassung
  • Was gibts neues Heut (1933)
  • Eine wie Du (1933)
  • Aus Liebe getan – Mit Liebe voran (1936)
  • Weltkampf gegen Weltnot (1937)
  • Werden und Wirken einer Rotkreuz-Schwester (1937)
  • Das Kur- und Heilbad Bilin (1940)

as Producer

  • Nosferatu the Vampire (1928) USA-Export
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1929) Stummfassung
  • Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (1924/29-Tonfassung)
  • Schatten – Die Nacht der Erkenntnis (1929)
  • Die zwölfte Stunde (1929)
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1931) Synchr. Fassung

as Writer

  • Nosferatu the Vampire (1928) USA-Export
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1929) Stummfassung
  • Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (1924/29-Tonfassung)
  • Schatten – Die Nacht der Erkenntnis (1929)
  • Die zwölfte Stunde (1929)
  • Nosferatu der Vampyr (1931) Synchr. Fassung
  • Werden und Wirken einer Rotkreuz-Schwester (1937)
  • Das Kur- und Heilbad Bilin (1940)

Literary

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  • Lotte H. Eisner: Murnau. Der Klassiker des deutschen Films. Friedrich, Velber/Hannover 1967.
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References

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  1. ^ Jens Geutebrück (2024), Nosferatu-Uncoupled (1 ed.), Hörselgau: Verlag & Archiv Geutebrück
  2. ^ {{Literatur |Autor=Jens Geutebrück |Titel=Nosferatu-Uncoupled |Auflage=1 |Verlag=Verlag & Archiv Geutebrück |Ort=Hörselgau |Datum=2024 |Kommentar=Briefverkehr zwischen Kurt Döbler, Heinrich Czeloth, Waldemar Roger und Johannes Roger, Nachlass Roger}
  3. ^ Contracts between Grau, Deutsch, Döbler and Roger, Roger's estate
  4. ^ Screening copies on 35 mm in the archives of the Cinémathèque française, the Austrian Film Museum, the Filmoteka Espanol, the Federal Film Archive, the Geutebrück Archive and two Brazilian archives