Alfred Deutsch-German

Alfred German - German ( born September 27, 1870 in Vienna, † the fall of 1943, KZ Auschwitz ) was an Austrian journalist, writer, screenwriter and film director.

Life

Alfred German - German began his career as a writer and journalist, as which he, inter alia, worked for Little People's Daily. For Hans Ostwald's book series " city documents ," he wrote around 1906 Volume 17: " Viennese girl ". Shortly before the First World War, he came as a screenwriter for the Viennese art film industry. In 1915 he wrote the screenplay for " The War godchild ", one of the first propaganda films Austria for Robert Müller movie. His directorial debut, he returned in 1922 with "The world is in danger " from. He directed mainly old Austrian operetta and blessed movies - often with biographical, musical and historical background. From 1929 to 1932 he turned no movies. After this break, he directed only at the same time his first and only sound film, "The musician of Eisenstadt ."

He then worked until 1938 as a functionary in the Austrian film industry further. After the so-called annexation of Austria to Germany he went into exile to Nice to escape the persecution as a Jew by the Nazis. There he was interned in a camp in Drancy and deported on 28 October 1943, after Auschwitz, where he was gassed shortly after.

Filmography

As a writer, unless otherwise indicated: