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Peter van Eyck

Peter van Eyck

4 films · 214 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19531960

Born 16 July 1911 · Steinwehr, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamienny Jaz, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland] · died 15 July 1969

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter van Eyck, born Götz von Eick – 15 July 1969, Männedorf near Zürich, Switzerland), was a German-American actor.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 214 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Peter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work Peter takes.

Time of day

Night49%
Day46%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key41%
Natural39%
Chiaroscuro11%
High key9%

Shot size

Medium56%
Closeup19%
Wide13%
Fullbody9%

Camera angle

Eye level73%
Low angle18%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense25%
Ominous6%
Lonely6%

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 214 frames from Peter van Eyck's 4 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.