Walter Fyrst

Walter Fürst, who later signed himself Fyrst, was born on 6 July 1901 in Kristiania, the son of the physician Valentin Fürst, and came to cinema through advertising. The 2018 Giornate catalogue reports that he supported Quisling's Nasjonal Samling very early on, left it, then rejoined it under the occupation, and in 1941 enlisted in the Norwegian Legion; he made propaganda films. Convicted after the war, he spent three years in prison, then worked in advertising and television. He died in Oslo on 23 February 1993.

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• CinemaTroll-elgenWalter Fyrst · 1927Cinema