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- Otto Kanturek was born on July 27, 1897 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Student's Romance (1935), Woman in the Moon (1929) and V tom domecku pod Emauzy (1934). He died on June 26, 1941 in Cawston, Norfolk, England, UK.
- He was killed with Jack Parry when a Hurricane fighter collided with their Avro Anson camera plane over Norfolk after filming for "A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941).
- Otto Kanturek became established as a cinematographer in the 20s and he worked for numerous silent movies.
- He also worked as a director on the romantic comedy The Student's Romance.
- In 1916 he was conscripted and was seconded to the special photographic services. During the First World War he also made his debut as Chief Cameraman.
- At the beginning of the 30s he shot many movies in Germany but with the rise of the National Socialism he left Germany.
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