Milo Harbich (13 August 1900 â€" 13 September 1988) was a
Brazilian-born German film editor and director. He was born to
Austrian-Brazilian parents who moved to Dresden when he was a small
child. He began career as stage actor, but by the early 1930s was
increasingly involved with the German film industry. He edited his
first film in 1933. During the Nazi era he worked on a mixture of
propaganda films and less overtly political entertainment such as To
New Shores (1937) and the Marika Rökk vehicle Hello Janine! (1939).
He often worked with the directors Douglas Sirk and Hans
Steinhoff.After having previously made a couple of short films,
Harbich directed Commissioner Eyck his first feature film in 1940.In
1946 he directed Free Land for DEFA in East Germany. The following
year he returned to his native Brazil where he continued to work on
films intermittently until the early 1960s.
Brazilian-born German film editor and director. He was born to
Austrian-Brazilian parents who moved to Dresden when he was a small
child. He began career as stage actor, but by the early 1930s was
increasingly involved with the German film industry. He edited his
first film in 1933. During the Nazi era he worked on a mixture of
propaganda films and less overtly political entertainment such as To
New Shores (1937) and the Marika Rökk vehicle Hello Janine! (1939).
He often worked with the directors Douglas Sirk and Hans
Steinhoff.After having previously made a couple of short films,
Harbich directed Commissioner Eyck his first feature film in 1940.In
1946 he directed Free Land for DEFA in East Germany. The following
year he returned to his native Brazil where he continued to work on
films intermittently until the early 1960s.
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