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Looking for reviews of films directed by Eugen Schüfftan? Cinafilm has a total of 471 reviews across 1 movies directed by Eugen Schüfftan.
Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 58%.
Into the Blue is Eugen Schüfftan's highest rated movie, with a score of 58% based on 471 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Eugen Schüfftan is Into the Blue, with a score of 58% based on 471 reviews.
Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, Breslau, Silesia, Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland – 6 September 1977, New York City) was a German Jewish cinematographer.
He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the first uses of the process what for Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The technique what is widely used throughout the first half of the 20th century until it was supplanted by the travelling matte and bluescreen techniques.
Schüfftan won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film The Hustler.
Eugen Schüfftan has directed films starring Theo Lingen, Wolfgang Staudte, Carl Ballhaus and Franz Stein.
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