Mini-Biography:
Nikolaus Farkas was born on June 27, 1890 in Margitta Bihaskau, Rumänien. He was a German Kameramann, 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 (Regisseur), Directed by Josef Gielen, Henri Decoin, with Ferdinand Classen, Paul Hartmann, Hugo Werner-Kahle,
1931: Les frères Karamazoff (Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff) (Kamera), Directed by Fjodor Ozep, with Fritz Kortner, Fritz Rasp, Aimé Clariond,
1931: Der Ball (Kamera), Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Jeanne Bernard, Allan Durant, Dolly Haas,
1931: Madame hat Ausgang (Kamera), Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Liane Haid, Hans Brausewetter, Ernst Dumcke,
1931: Danton (Kamera), Directed by Hans Behrendt, with Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens,
1930: Der Andere (Kamera), Directed by Robert Wiene, with Hans Ahrens, Paul Bildt, Julius Falkenstein,
1930: Das Recht auf Liebe (Kamera), Directed by Jakob Fleck, Luise Kolm, with Evelyn Holt, Georg Alexander, Georgia Lind,
1930: Geld auf der Strasse (Kamera), Directed by Georg Jacoby, with Rosa Albach-Retty, Georg Alexander, Leopold Kramer,
1930: Die Firma heiratet (Kamera), Directed by Carl Wilhelm, with Ralph Arthur Roberts, Charlotte Ander, Oskar Karlweis,
1929: Berlin Alexanderplatz (Kamera), Directed by Phil Jutzi, with Hans Deppe, Maria Bard, Gerhard Bienert,
1929: Phantome des Glücks (Der Mann in Fesseln) (Kamera), Directed by Reinhold Schünzel, with Ekkehard Arendt, Karina Bell, Yvette Darnys,
1929: Die weissen Rosen von Ravensburg (Kamera), Directed by Rudolf Meinert, with Diana Karenne, Viola Garden, Jack Trevor,
1927: Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (Kamera), Directed by Maurice Tourneur, with Marlene Dietrich, Heinrich Gotho, Robin Irvine,
1924: Der Fluch (Kamera), Directed by Robert Land, with Isak Deutsch, Lilian Harvey, Albert Heine,
1924: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg (Das Drama von Mayerling) (Kamera), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Arthur Bergen, Hans Brausewetter, Maria Corda,
1922: Samson und Delila (Der Roman einer Opernsängerin) (Kamera), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Ernst Arndt, Maria Corda, Alfred Galoar,
1921: Dorothys Bekenntnis (Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis, Die Dorothy von Golden Gate) (Kamera: (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