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Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19861989

Born 18 April 1926 · Bremen, Germany · died 5 December 1994

Günter Meisner was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Günter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Günter takes.

Time of day

Night61%
Day29%

Lighting

Low key56%
Natural29%
High key7%
Chiaroscuro5%

Shot size

Medium35%
Closeup28%
Wide20%
Fullbody13%

Camera angle

Eye level72%
Low angle19%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral53%
Tense23%
Lonely14%
Ominous8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Günter Meisner's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.