Bernd Hofmann (screenwriter)

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Bernd Hofmann , born in Bernd Ebbers , (born November 23, 1904 in Elberfeld , † December 4, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German screenwriter , director and dramaturge .

Life

Hofmann received artistic training from Ferdinand Gregori in the early / mid-1920s and also studied at the University of Cologne . In 1926 Hofmann took up his first permanent position as a director in Mönchengladbach , the following year he went to Hanau , and another year later (1928) to St. Gallen . In 1929 he followed an obligation to Vienna ( Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus ), in 1930 Hofmann arrived in Berlin. There he worked at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm from 1931 to 1933 as senior director or its director.

In the Third Reich Hofmann concentrated on his work as an author. He wrote both stage plays ( The Emperor's Shadow , premiered in 1936; Fahrt nach Orplid , premiered in 1937; Hour of Decision , premiered in 1939 - the latter a Nazi trend play on the subject of forced sterilization ) and film manuscripts. His scripts were often adaptations of well-known models such as Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermeres Fan and A Woman Without Meaning , Guy de Maupassant's Yvette , Hans Schweikart's Loud Lies and Eugène Labiches The Florentine Hat . The film Hahn im Korb was based on Hofmann's play The Viceroy .

In 1939 Hofmann also directed three rather unimportant Bavaria productions; his last three works all opened in the spring (February to April) 1940 in German cinemas. Bernd Hofmann died unexpectedly at the age of only 36 from the consequences of a dental operation.

Films (as a screenwriter)

  • 1935: Lady Windermeres fan
  • 1935: The shy Casanova
  • 1936: A woman of no importance
  • 1937: The key witness
  • 1937: Don't promise me anything
  • 1937: Rooster in the basket
  • 1937: mother song
  • 1938: Yvette
  • 1938: Lots of lies
  • 1939: The Florentine hat
  • 1939: Errum des Herzens (also director)
  • 1939: Journey into Life (also director)
  • 1939: Alles Schwindel (also director)
  • 1940: The good seven

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SURNAME Hofmann, Bernd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ebbers, Bernd (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German screenwriter, director and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1940
Place of death Berlin