Hein Heckroth

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Art

German surrealist painter, who made his reputation as a production designer for German ballet and theatre. He moved to Britain in 1935 as a set and costume designer. In 1948, he became chief production designer for Powell and Pressburger, best known for The Red Shoes (1948) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

Filmography

• Torn Curtain (1966)
• Bluebeard's Castle (1963)
• The Threepenny Opera (1963)
• The Haunted Castle (1960)
• Peterchens Mondfahrt (1959)
• The Girl and the Legend (1957)
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
• Ludwig II (1955)
• The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
• The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
• Gone to Earth (1950)
• The Small Back Room (1949)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• “The Red Shoes” Sketches (1948)
• Black Narcissus (1947)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)