Film Producer. A Jewish refugee, he arrived in England in 1939 under the "Kindetransport" movement. Luckier than most Jewish refugees, he was subsequently reunited with his parents and his older sister, and grew up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where his father established a sausage casing business. At Bishop Wordsworth school, his teachers included William Golding, and his contemporaries later claimed to recognise themselves in Golding's novel, The Lord Of The Flies. All agreed that Otto was the original of "Piggy." Plaschkes went on to producing and was assistant director to fellow-Viennese Otto Preminger on "Exodus," and, in 1962, production assistant on "Lawrence Of Arabia." By this time, he had already embarked as a producer in his own right with a film for the Children's Film Foundation, "Bungala Boys" (1961). He went on to produce several successful movies for the silver screen and TV including "Georgy Girl" (1966),"Hopscotch" (1980), "The Sign of Four" (1983), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983) and "Doggin' Around" (1994).
Film Producer. A Jewish refugee, he arrived in England in 1939 under the "Kindetransport" movement. Luckier than most Jewish refugees, he was subsequently reunited with his parents and his older sister, and grew up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where his father established a sausage casing business. At Bishop Wordsworth school, his teachers included William Golding, and his contemporaries later claimed to recognise themselves in Golding's novel, The Lord Of The Flies. All agreed that Otto was the original of "Piggy." Plaschkes went on to producing and was assistant director to fellow-Viennese Otto Preminger on "Exodus," and, in 1962, production assistant on "Lawrence Of Arabia." By this time, he had already embarked as a producer in his own right with a film for the Children's Film Foundation, "Bungala Boys" (1961). He went on to produce several successful movies for the silver screen and TV including "Georgy Girl" (1966),"Hopscotch" (1980), "The Sign of Four" (1983), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983) and "Doggin' Around" (1994).
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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