Mini-Biography:
Nikolaus Farkas was born on June 27, 1890 in Margitta Bihaskau, Rumänien. He was a German Director of Photography, known for Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Phantome des Glücks (1929), Geld auf der Strasse (1930), Nikolaus Farkas's first movie on record is from 1921. Nikolaus Farkas died on March 22, 1982 in New York, New York, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1936.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1936: Port Arthur (Director), Directed by Josef Gielen, Henri Decoin, with Ferdinand Classen, Paul Hartmann, Hugo Werner-Kahle,
1931: Les frères Karamazoff (Director of Photography), Directed by Fjodor Ozep, with Fritz Kortner, Fritz Rasp, Aimé Clariond,
1931: Der Ball (Director of Photography), Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Jeanne Bernard, Allan Durant, Dolly Haas,
1931: Madame hat Ausgang (Director of Photography), Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Liane Haid, Hans Brausewetter, Ernst Dumcke,
1931: Danton (Director of Photography), Directed by Hans Behrendt, with Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens,
1930: Der Andere (Den Anden) (Director of Photography), Directed by Robert Wiene, with Hans Ahrens, Paul Bildt, Julius Falkenstein,
1930: Das Recht auf Liebe (Director of Photography), Directed by Jakob Fleck, Luise Kolm, with Evelyn Holt, Georg Alexander, Georgia Lind,
1930: Geld auf der Strasse (Money on the Street) (Director of Photography), Directed by Georg Jacoby, with Rosa Albach-Retty, Georg Alexander, Leopold Kramer,
1930: Die Firma heiratet (Director of Photography), Directed by Carl Wilhelm, with Ralph Arthur Roberts, Charlotte Ander, Oskar Karlweis,
1929: Berlin Alexanderplatz (Director of Photography), Directed by Phil Jutzi, with Hans Deppe, Maria Bard, Gerhard Bienert,
1929: Phantome des Glücks (Director of Photography), Directed by Reinhold Schünzel, with Ekkehard Arendt, Karina Bell, Yvette Darnys,
1929: Die weissen Rosen von Ravensburg (The White Roses of Ravensberg) (Director of Photography), Directed by Rudolf Meinert, with Diana Karenne, Viola Garden, Jack Trevor,
1927: Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (Director of Photography), Directed by Maurice Tourneur, with Marlene Dietrich, Heinrich Gotho, Robin Irvine,
1924: Der Fluch (Director of Photography), Directed by Robert Land, with Isak Deutsch, Lilian Harvey, Albert Heine,
1924: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg (The Tragedy in the House of Habsburg, The Destiny of the House of Hapsburg) (Director of Photography), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Arthur Bergen, Hans Brausewetter, Maria Corda,
1922: Samson und Delila (Director of Photography), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Ernst Arndt, Maria Corda, Alfred Galoar,
1921: Dorothys Bekenntnis (Mrs. Dane's Confession, Frau Dorothy's Confession) (Director of Photography: (AKA Nicolas Farkas)), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Lucy Doraine, Alphons Fryland, Otto Tressler,
Bibliography
Felix Bucher / Leonhard Gmür: Germany, London and New York 1970