Aenne Willkomm
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Aenne Willkomm | |
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| Born | 17 June 1902 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 20 June 1979 (aged 77) Hamburg, Germany |
| Other names | Änne Willkomm, Aenne Kettelhut (after marriage) |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Spouse | Erich Kettelhut |
Aenne Willkomm (17 June 1902 – 20 June 1979), later Aenne Kettelhut, was a German costume designer, born in Shanghai. She worked in German silent films in the 1920s, including as costume designer on Metropolis (1927).
Early life[edit]
Willkomm was born in Shanghai to European parents in 1902.[1]
Career[edit]
Willkomm worked in the fashion industry before she worked with designer Heinrich Umlauff on Fritz Lang's two-part film epic, Die Nibelungen (1924). She became head of UFA-GmbH's costuming department on the strength of her work on that first assignment.[2] She went on to work with Lang on Metropolis,[3] for which she designed and oversaw "literally thousands"[2] of Bauhaus-inspired "futuristic" costumes,[4] including for the film's main character, Maria, played by Brigitte Helm.[5] She often clashed with the demanding Lang on the set of Metropolis.[2] She worked on a few other films, including My Leopold (1924), Sister Veronika (1926), and Der Katzensteg (1927, based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann).
Personal life[edit]
Willkomm retired from film and by 1931 married her colleague, production designer Erich Kettelhut. She died in Hamburg in 1979, aged 77 years.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Sigler, Lora Ann (2019-06-27). Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film: The Influence on Costume and Set Design. McFarland. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-1-4766-7352-3.
- ^ a b c McGilligan, Patrick (2013-09-01). Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-1-4529-4064-9.
- ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999-01-01). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
- ^ Ganeva, Mila (2008). Women in Weimar Fashion: Discourses and Displays in German Culture, 1918-1933. Camden House. pp. 134–135, 149 note 71. ISBN 978-1-57113-205-5.
- ^ Fischer, Lucy (2003). Designing women : cinema, art deco, and the female form. Internet Archive. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 208–210. ISBN 978-0-231-12500-0.
- ^ Kettelhut, Erich (2009). Erich Kettelhut: der Schatten des Architekten (in German). Belleville. ISBN 978-3-936298-55-0.
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