Art
Hein Heckroth
Born — Died
1901-04-14 — 1970-07-07
Place of birth
Giessen, Germany
Known for
Art
Credits
2 titles
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.
Known for
NRA 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle.
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948
7.8The story of Little Peter and his sister Anneli, who help a May beetle named Mr. Zoomzeman (German: Herr Summsemann) to retrieve his missing sixth leg from the Moon. After a fantastic and dangerous overnight adventure they recover the leg and are returned to their beds at home.
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959
Behind the camera
NRA 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle.
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948
7.8The story of Little Peter and his sister Anneli, who help a May beetle named Mr. Zoomzeman (German: Herr Summsemann) to retrieve his missing sixth leg from the Moon. After a fantastic and dangerous overnight adventure they recover the leg and are returned to their beds at home.
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959