Christian Bock (Author)

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Carl Christian Bock (born December 30, 1906 in Rejsby , North Schleswig , today Denmark , † beginning of August 1975 in Hamburg ) was a German author of radio and television plays .

life and career

Carl Christian Bock was the son of Pastor Andreas Bock and Louise Bock, née Dührkop. After studying philosophy and journalism, he worked, among other things, in the features section of the Vossische Zeitung before becoming a freelance author in 1930. In 1938/39 he was a dramaturge at Tobis . Several of his radio plays were later turned into scripts. At Tobis he met Herbert Reinecker , who attended a course for screenwriters there in 1940. They became friends and ended up writing a script together. In addition to radio plays, Christian Bock later also wrote television plays.

After the war Bock lived in Hamburg, where he also died in August 1975.

Works

Filmography (selection)

  • 1939: The man with the plan
  • 1952: Father needs a wife
  • 1954: The devil drives in 3rd class (TV play)
  • 1954: piano for sale (television play)
  • 1960: Two old ladies fire (TV play)
  • 1962: A late guest (TV play)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Biographical data of Christian Bock in: Clarissas Krambude: Authors tell of their pseudonyms , von Clarissa, novum pro Verlag, 2011, page 202
  2. ^ Biographical data of Christian Bock in: Who's Who in Germany - The German Who's Who. 5th edition. Who's Who Book & Publishing, Ottobrunn 1974, ISBN 3-921220-05-X , p. 146.
  3. ^ Biographical data from Christian Bock in: National Socialism as a Topic in the Program of the Northwest German Broadcasting (1945-1948) , by Christof Schneider, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, 1999, page 243