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- Botho Hoefer was born on May 15, 1880 in Berlin, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for Laubenkolonie (1930), The Woman They Talk About (1931) and O Mädchen, mein Mädchen, wie lieb' ich Dich! (1930). He died on December 9, 1958 in Berlin, Germany.
- The production designer Botho Höfer was a skilled stage painter and he carried this occupation for many years at the theater, often together with Willi Ohranski.
- During World War I he was active as an illustrator and his drawings were published in the "Berliner Illustrierten Zeitung" and in the "Leipziger Illustrierten".
- In the course of his career he worked together with several colleagues and he created a team with them. In the course of time he worked together with Bernhard Schwidewski, Hans Minzloff and Franz Bi.
- He went to Sibiria for five years where he became the painter of the imperiatorial Japanese army. He painted several battle scenes and one of them was even hung on the wall of the imperal palace in Tokyo.
- From 1930 when the sound film replaced the silent movies the engagements of Botho Höfer diminished as well. In the next years he worked for obvious less movies then in the busy period of the 20s.
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