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Christoph Merg
West Berlin, West Germany
Christoph Merg was an acrobat in his first life. He trained at the Tempodrom circus school in Berlin. Starting in the mid-1980s, he toured Germany and Europe with his own group, "…
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Christoph Merg was an acrobat in his first life. He trained at the Tempodrom circus school in Berlin. Starting in the mid-1980s, he toured Germany and Europe with his own group, "Trio Blamage," for 12 years. The trio's stage program—a blend of acrobatics, music, and comedy—was unique at the time, partly because the live act was combined with self-made 16mm films. As an acrobat and actor, Christoph Merg also appeared in Wim Wenders' "The Brothers Skladanowsky" and "Wings of Desire." In addition to his work on the "boards that mean the world," he built props and sets for debut and short films, as well as for other independent theater productions. This was the initial spark for his second life, which began in 1999. Since then, he has worked in numerous national and international film and TV productions as a set designer, set decorator and prop master, including for award-winning films such as "Elser – He Would Have Changed the World", "Mr. Nobody" and most recently "All Quiet on the Western Front".
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2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie Art Department Assistant
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2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie Assistant Property Master
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2017
Tom of Finland
Movie Set Decoration
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2016
Heart of Stone
Movie Prop Maker
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2016
Eddie the Eagle
Movie Assistant Set Decoration
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2015
13 Minutes
Movie Lead Set Dresser
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2014
Der Fall Bruckner
Movie Set Decoration
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2014
Joy of Fatherhood
Movie Set Decoration
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2013
Frau Ella
Movie Set Decoration
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2013
Break Up Man
Movie Set Decoration
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2012
Measuring the World
Movie Set Decoration
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2012
The Apparition
Movie Lead Set Dresser
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2011
Lessons of a Dream
Movie Lead Set Dresser
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2010
Ladylike – Jetzt erst recht!
Movie Property Master
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2010
Tiger Team: The Mountain of 1000 Dragons
Movie Set Decoration
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2009
Mr. Nobody
Movie Art Department Assistant
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2009
Hilde
Movie Lead Set Dresser
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2008
Der russische Geliebte
Movie Assistant Production Design
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2008
Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
Movie Set Decoration
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2007
Die Aufschneider
Movie Set Decoration
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2005
Love Wrecked
Movie Property Buyer
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2004
Die Kirschenkönigin
TV show Props
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2004
Haven
Movie Property Master
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2002
I'm The Father
Movie Property Master
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2002
The Cat's Meow
Movie Set Dresser
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2000
Kalt ist der Abendhauch
Movie Assistant Art Director
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1999
Long Hello and Short Goodbye
Movie Assistant Art Director
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1999
The Love Servant
Movie Property Master
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1995
A Trick of the Light
Movie Eugen Skladanowsky / Jongleur (Der Jongleur)
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1987
Wings of Desire
Movie The Juggler
