Walter Fyrst

{{Short description|Norwegian filmmaker}}

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| name = Walter Fyrst

| image = Walter Fürst.jpg

| caption = Fürst {{circa}} 1935

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1901|7|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age |1993|2|23|1901|7|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Oslo

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = filmmaker

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Walter Fyrst (né Fürst; 6 July 1901 – 23 February 1993) was a Norwegian filmmaker. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the physician Valentin Fürst and Margarethe Christiane Dedekam. His first film was Troll-elgen from 1927, based on two novels by Mikkjel Fønhus. Other films were Cafe X from 1928 and Brudekronen from 1944. Fyrst made propaganda films for the Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Walter Fyrst |first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Walter_Fyrst |language=Norwegian|accessdate=18 June 2012}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Walter Fyrst |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øivind |last=Hanche |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Walter_Fyrst/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 June 2012}}