Charlie Roellinghoff
Karl "Charlie" Gottlieb Josef Roellinghoff (born August 11, 1897 in Munich , Germany ; † August 17, 1935 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a German journalist , writer , occasional actor , cabaret artist and screenwriter .
Life
Roellinghoff began working as an author right after the First World War , in which he had served on the Russian front, and was permanently employed at Ullstein Verlag as editor of the BZ am Mittag . He wrote texts for cabarets (e.g. " Der Schlips im Kohlenkasten " for Claire Waldoff ), on which he also appeared (e.g. as a movie explainer in the sketch " Mr. Nobody - An evening in the suburban cinema "), as well as humorous stories, but also non-fiction books such as the consideration "Rossija: Russia's poetry in translation and adaptation" published in 1920. The majority of his publications, however, were devoted to humorous subjects and had titles such as “ Die 1000 Jitze”, “Fritzchen and the Others”, “The Funny Insurance ABC ” and “ Lockenheini ”, his last in 1935, the year he died in Leipzig Publisher published work.
The first film contact came about in 1927 when Roellinghoff was allowed to write the subtitles for a production by Max Mack . In the same year, Charlie Roellinghoff began regularly writing film scripts. In this profession, too, he preferred to remain associated with the light muse and continued to write subtitles between individual manuscript assignments. With the beginning of the sound film age he was also involved in a dramatic material, Richard Oswald's new film adaptation of Alraune , and in the same year 1930 also appeared as an actor with a small role in both a crime film (" Der Greifer " with Hans Albers ) and in one Singer melodrama (" The Singing City " with Jan Kiepura and Brigitte Helm ) in front of the camera.
In the last years of his life, Roellinghoff was only used as a short film writer. Some of his literary publications provided the templates for films written by other scriptwriters, including " Marion, that doesn't belong " (1932) and the revolutionary film White Slaves from 1936, which was made after Roellinghoff's untimely death , based on an alleged factual report by Roellinghoff.
Filmography
as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated
- 1927: Queen of Spades
- 1927: The cheerful farmer
- 1929: Assault on three hearts
- 1929: The waves of hair and love (short film)
- 1929: Who will cry when you part ways (intertexts)
- 1930: The Gripper (as an actor)
- 1930: Tonight - possibly
- 1930: The Singing City (as an actor)
- 1930: mandrake
- 1930: upside down into happiness
- 1930: The one from the fairground
- 1931: The office manager
- 1931: Holzapfel knows everything
- 1932: Spook in the painter's studio (short film)
- 1933: North Pole - Ahoy!
- 1933: The Gold Mine (short film)
- 1934: Dr. Bluff (short film)
- 1934: The colorful plate (short film)
- 1934: Lord or Servant (short film)
- 1934: A fun office (short film)
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1421.
Web links
- Charlie Roellinghoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Charlie Roellinghoff at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roellinghoff, Charlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roellinghoff, Charlie K .; Roellinghoff, Karl Gottlieb Josef (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, journalist, actor, cabaret artist and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Wilmersdorf |