Hans Richter

Hans Richter

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1888-04-06
Deathday: 1976-02-01 (87 years old)

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Biography

Richter's first contacts with modern art were in 1912 through the "Blaue Reiter" and in 1913 through the "Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon" gallery "Der Strum", in Berlin. In 1914 he was influenced by cubism. He contributed to the periodical Die Aktion in Berlin. His first exhibition was in Munich in 1916, and Die Aktion published as a special edition about him. In the same year he was wounded and discharged from the army and went to Zürich and joined the Dada movement.


Richter believed that the artist's duty was to be actively political, opposing war and supporting the revolution. His first abstract works were made in 1917. In 1918, he befriended Viking Eggeling, and the two experimented together with film. Richter was co-founder, in 1919, of the Association of Revolutionary Artists at Zürich. In the same year he created his first Prélude (an orchestration of a theme developed in eleven drawings). In 1920 he was a member of the November group in Berlin and contributed to the Dutch periodical De Stijl.


Throughout his career, he claimed that his 1921 film, Rhythmus 21, was the first abstract film ever created. This claim is not true: he was preceded by the Italian Futurist Bruno Corra and Arnaldo Ginna between 1911 and 1912 (as they report in the Futurist Manifesto of Cinema), as well as by fellow German artist Walter Ruttmann who produced Lichtspiel Opus 1 in 1920. Nevertheless, Richter's film Rhythmus 21 is considered an important early abstract film.


Richter moved from Switzerland to the United States in 1940 and became an American citizen. He taught in the Institute of Film Techniques at the City College of New York. While living in New York City, Richter directed two feature films, Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) and 8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957) in collaboration with Max Ernst, Jean Cocteau, Paul Bowles, Fernand Léger, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, and others, which was partially filmed on the lawn of his summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.


In 1957, he finished a film entitled Dadascope with original poems and prose spoken by their creators. After 1958, Richter spent parts of the year in Ascona and Connecticut and returned to painting. In 1963, he directed the short film "From the Circus to the Moon" on the American artist Alexander Calder.


Richter died in Minusio, Switzerland in 1976.

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Filmography

all 35

Movies 34

Director 21

self 10

Writer 2

TV Shows 1

Producer 1

Self - Filmmaker
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)

Movie
himself
A Visit To Hans Richter

A Visit To Hans Richter (2003)

Movie
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)

Movie
Self
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1974)

Movie
Self
Hans Richter: Give Chance a Chance

Hans Richter: Give Chance a Chance (1973)

Movie
Actor
Index – Hans Richter

Index – Hans Richter (1973)

Movie
Self
Ich lebe in der Gegenwart - Versuch über Hans Richter

Ich lebe in der Gegenwart - Versuch über Hans Richter (1973)

Movie
Self
Dada

Dada (1969)

Movie
Self
Germany Dada

Germany Dada (1969)

Movie
Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)

Movie
1
Director
From the Circus to the Moon

From the Circus to the Moon (1963)

Movie
Director
Dadascope

Dadascope (1961)

Movie
Director
Passionate Pastime

Passionate Pastime (1958)

Movie
Director
8 X 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

8 X 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)

Movie
Director
Die Husaren kommen

Die Husaren kommen (1955)

Movie
Self
Deutscher Filmpreis

Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)

TV
Director
Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)

Movie
Director
The Stock Exchange as a Barometer of the Economic Situation

The Stock Exchange as a Barometer of the Economic Situation (1939)

Movie
Writer
Der Springer von Pontresina

Der Springer von Pontresina (1934)

Movie
Writer
Mädels von heute

Mädels von heute (1933)

Movie
Director
Metall

Metall (1933)

Movie
Director
The New Apartment (Richter Studio Version)

The New Apartment (Richter Studio Version) (1932)

Movie
Director
Europa Radio

Europa Radio (1931)

Movie
Director
The New Apartment

The New Apartment (1930)

Movie
Screenplay / Director
Neues Leben

Neues Leben (1930)

Movie
Director
Two Pence Magic

Two Pence Magic (1929)

Movie
6
Director
Everything Turns, Everything Revolves

Everything Turns, Everything Revolves (1929)

Movie
Director
Every Day

Every Day (1929)

Movie
6.78
Director
The Storming of La Sarraz

The Storming of La Sarraz (1929)

Movie
Director
Race Symphony

Race Symphony (1928)

Movie
Director / Editor / Producer / Writer
Ghosts Before Breakfast

Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)

Movie
Director
Inflation

Inflation (1928)

Movie
Director
Film Study

Film Study (1926)

Movie
6.4
Director
Rhythm 23

Rhythm 23 (1923)

Movie
Director
Rhythm 21

Rhythm 21 (1921)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1888-04-06

Deathday
1976-02-01 (87 years old)

Birth Place
Berlin, Germany

Citizenships
Switzerland, United States of America, Germany

Residences
Zürich · Zurich, Switzerland

Awards
German Film Award


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