Alfred German-German
Alfred Deutsch-German (born September 27, 1870 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † autumn 1943 , Auschwitz concentration camp ) was an Austrian journalist , writer , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Alfred Deutsch-German began his career as a writer and journalist, as which he worked for the Kleine Volkszeitung among others . Around 1906 he wrote Volume 17: Wiener Mädel for Hans Ostwald's book series Großstadt-Documents . Shortly before the First World War , he came to the Vienna art film industry as a screenwriter . In 1915 he wrote the screenplay for The War Sponsor Child for the Robert Müller film , one of Austria's first propaganda films . In addition to his work as a screenwriter, Deutsch-German wrote comedies - among others, together with Armin Friedmann, the local farce Frau Breier from Gaya, a revue with three film interludes and a judicial aftermath .
He made his directorial debut in 1922 with The World in Danger . He mainly directed old Austrian and operetta films - often with a biographical, musical and historical background. He did not make any films from 1929 to 1932. After this break, he only directed his first and only sound film at the same time: The Musician of Eisenstadt . He then continued to work as a functionary in the Austrian film industry until 1938 . After the so-called annexation of Austria to Germany, he went into exile in Nice to avoid persecution by the National Socialists as a Jew . There he was interned in the Drancy assembly camp and deported to Auschwitz on October 28, 1943 , where he was gassed a little later.
Filmography
as screenwriter, unless otherwise stated:
- 1913: Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube
- 1914: Mrs. Gertrud nameless
- 1915: The war sponsor child
- 1916: tyranny
- 1917: Bogdan Stimoff
- 1919: old times, new times
- 1919: The Eye of the Buddha
- 1922: The Rosicrucians
- 1922: The World in Danger (directorial debut)
- 1923: Vienna, the city of songs (director)
- 1924: Duty and Honor (also direction)
- 1925: Franz Lehár, the operetta king (director)
- 1926: Mrs. Braier from Gaya (director)
- 1926: Franz Schubert's Last Love (director)
- 1929: Archduke Johann
- 1930: The deed of Andreas Harmer (also director)
- 1933: The musician from Eisenstadt (also director)
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Deutsch-German in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alfred Deutsch-German at The German Early Cinema Database
- Alfred Deutsch-German at filmportal.de
- Alfred Deutsch-German in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
- ↑ Werner Hanak: Leopoldstädter Ortmetamorphosen. A theater-analytical journey to the locations of the dramas at the Rolandbühne in the years 1919 to 1926 as well as to the “spoken places” of the “Leopoldstadt Jewish local antics” . Diploma thesis, Faculty of Basic and Integrative Science, University of Vienna, December 1994. pp. 80–81.
- ^ Entry in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | German-German, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist, writer, screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | after October 28, 1943 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz concentration camp |