Max Reichmann

Max Reichmann ( born November 29, 1884 in Strasbourg, † February 3, 1958 in San Francisco, United States ) was a German film director.

Life and work

Reichmann worked in various film areas, including in 1921, Ewald André Dupont's production manager on two-piece children of darkness. His directorial debut was in 1923 in Vienna as co-director with The mistress of the murderer.

In July 1923 Reichmann returned to Berlin and initially operated among others 1925 as an assistant director on Dupont's film classic vaudeville. Since then staged Max Reichmann several films, mostly thrillers and adventure stories in which actor Paul Wegener, Jenny Jugo, Harry Liedtke, La Jana and Olga Chekhova participated. Finally, the tenor Richard Tauber was the focus of his work. 1930 succeeded Reichmann with the film The Land of Smiles again a huge box office success. Actor and producer was Richard Tauber, Richard Tauber, the production company production GmbH, Berlin. Composers such as Paul Dessau and writers such as Paul Hörbiger worked for Max Reichmann.

Reichmann, who was of Jewish descent, disappeared before the seizure of power by the National Socialists in 1933 from the public. In 1933 he emigrated to France and staged in the same year in Paris to 9 minutes and 20 seconds short film sorcier Apprentice (on dt: The Sorcerer's Apprentice ) after the eponymous Goethe ballad with Jean Weidt in the lead role.

Reichmann left France in August 1935, and moved to California. There he settled in Beverly Hills, cinematic activities can not be in the U.S., despite proximity to Hollywood to prove. Reichmann was naturalized in 1943, 15 years later, he died in San Francisco.

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