The Life of Jazz

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 19 min
  • Premiere: 1956. June 27.

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 years ago.

Discover

Helga Göring

Narrator (voice)

Erich Franz

Narrator (voice)

Camera

Helmut Bergmann

Director of Photography

Crew

Kurt Tetzlaff

Dramaturgy

Directing

Wolfgang Bartsch

Director

Peter Ulbrich

Director

Editing

Manfred Porsche

Editor

Reginald Rudorf

Editorial Consultant

Writing

Wolfgang Bartsch

Writer

Wernfried Hübel

Writer

Reginald Rudorf

Writer

Camera

Helmut Bergmann

Director of Photography

Crew

Kurt Tetzlaff

Dramaturgy

Directing

Wolfgang Bartsch

Director

Peter Ulbrich

Director

Editing

Manfred Porsche

Editor

Reginald Rudorf

Editorial Consultant

Writing

Wolfgang Bartsch

Writer

Wernfried Hübel

Writer

Reginald Rudorf

Writer