Norbert Falk
Norbert Falk, Fred Orbing, ( born November 5, 1872 in White churches, † September 16, 1932 in Berlin) was an Austrian- German journalist and writer with great success as a screenwriter with the German film of the Weimar Republic.
Life and work
The Moravian merchant's son attended high school and began his journalistic work as employees of smaller newspapers like the 'Company'. In 1895 he became city editor of the Berlin ' little journal '. Already in the following year, he worked first as a critic. In 1900 it took the Berliner Morgenpost and employed him as a features editor and theater critic. At the same time he worked as an editor of the Berlin newspaper Illustrirten. Norbert Falk had later mainly known as a features editor of the daily newspaper BZ made at noon, and was in Berlin in the early 20th century as one of the most influential theater critics in Germany.
Already since 1896, Falk published his own works (novels, comedies and farces ). In addition, he published a number of anthologies, who devoted themselves especially the humorous literature.
Soon after the end of World War II, the director Ernst Lubitsch persuaded him to screenwriting collaboration in three of his most famous monumental and historical productions ( Madame Dubarry, Anne Boleyn, The Loves of Pharaoh). Two of these co-authored with Lubitsch's preferred authors Hanns Kräly manuscripts Falk wrote under the pseudonym Fred Orbing. Following this, Falk returned for a few years the cinema back on.
After several screenplays for film Alongside works in 1927/28 Norbert Falk took on in 1930 his work for the talkies. His second sound film was also his last and most famous work for the cinema are: Along with Robert Liebmann, the UFA specialists for musical and comedic materials, he wrote the manuscript to the lilting musical comedy Romance The Congress Dances, one of the few world successes of German cinema before the dawn of the Nazi era.
As Falk died in his adopted home of Berlin, aged less than 60 years, paid tribute to him as a critic, " of the upward movement of the Berlin theater plays a major role. "
Filmography ( complete)
Written contributions as a named author