Tag: Nicolaus Kaufmann

Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

Helmy Hurt :: Stills from "Wege z. Kraft u. Schönheit", 1925/printed 1930s. Film Photography. Photographer: Helmy Hurt (active 1920s). Photo with UfA logo in lower right corner in the negative. Helmy Hurt had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film "Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit" (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann. | src Galerie Bassenge via The Saleroom
Helmy Hurt :: Still from “Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit“, 1925; printed 1930s. Film Photography. Photo with UfA logo (and nº 63) in lower right corner. | src Galerie Bassenge via The Saleroom

Photographer Helmy Hurt (active 1920s) had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann.

Gerhard Riebicke :: Still from the film ‘Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit’, 1925. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src liveauctioneers

Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). This image still captures the general mood of the earlier FKK nudist movement which stressed the importance of movement and exercise outdoors. (quoted from src)