- The production designer Erich Zander made an education as a painter at a school of arts and afterwards he worked as a coulisse painter for the opera.
- When he teamed up with the production designer Karl Machus it followed some big movie productions during World War II for which both of them were responsible for the set. To these productions belong "Bismarck" (1940), "Der grosse König" (1942), "Die goldene Stadt" (1942) and "Kolberg" (1945).
- In the 30s followed numerous other engagements - normally for entertainment movies - and Erich Zander created the set for "Klein Dorrit" (1934), "Sein bester Freund" (1937), "Zwei Frauen" (1938) and "Robert und Bertram" (1939).
- His last cinematical works came at the beginning of the 60s.
- Erich Zander was able to continue his film career after the war and he was engaged as a production designer for DEFA movies like "Die Brücke" (1949), "Familie Benthi" (1950), "Der Untertan" (1951), "Das Beil von Wandsbek" (1951), "Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck" (1953), "Polo Poppenspäler" (1954) and "Nur eine Liebe" (1958).
- After World War I he joined the film industry where he first worked for the well-known production designer Paul Leni. From 1923 Erich Zander became a separate production designer.
- To his silent movies of the 20s belong "Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland" (1920), "Venus im Frack" (1927), "Thérèse Raquin" (1928) and "Napoleon auf St. Helena" (1929).
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