Career
Hunte is considered as one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his set designs on the early silent movies of Fritz Language. His early career was defined by a working relationship with fellow designers Karl Vollbrecht and Erich Kettelhut. Hunte"s architectural designs are found in many of the most important films of the period including Doctor Mabuse the Gambler, Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1927) and Der blaue Engel.
Hunte subsequently worked as one of the leading set designers during the Nazi era.
Post-Second World War he was employed by the East German studio DEFA.