Erna Fentsch
Erna Fentsch , also Ernestine Wery and Erna Wery-Fentsch (born April 21, 1909 in Munich as Ernestine Fentsch ; † November 26, 1997 ) was a German actress and screenwriter and novelist.
Life
Ernestine Fentsch attended school at the Institut der Englischen Fräulein and took acting classes against her parents' wishes. She acted in the theater and received, initially unnamed, small film roles. In the 1930s and 1940s she played mostly resolute young women in productions with the character of Bavarian folk plays.
After marrying the actor Carl Wery , she retired from acting and began writing film scripts in 1943. Even as an author, she often remained connected to the local Bavarian flavor. With a total of 22 scripts, 16 of which were filmed, she made a not insignificant contribution to the character of West German cinema in the 1950s. She wrote screenplays for home movies , historical films , comedies and romantic movies , where she remained little known personally. Her husband Carl Wery played the title roles in The Perjury Farmer and Sebastian Kneipp . Her most important work is the multi-award-winning film drama Love hangs on the gallows .
In later years she moved to writing under the name "Ernestine Wery". She wrote several novels, especially crime novels, some of which are based on her scripts for the crime series Tatort .
She was buried next to her husband in the old Bogenhausen cemetery in Munich. (Grave wall right no.1)
Filmography
actress
- 1932: A man with a heart
- 1933: The tunnel
- 1933: The shot at the Nebelhorn
- 1934: The jumper from Pontresina
- 1934: The mill in the Black Forest
- 1935: The sleeping car controller
- 1935: He knows what he wants
- 1935: marriage strike
- 1935: The monastery hunter
- 1935: The unsuspecting angel
- 1936: Women's regiment
- 1936: Under a hot sky
- 1940: the sinful village
- 1941: The sanctimonious Florian
- 1941: The sold grandfather
- 1941: The sea is calling
- 1943: The chaste sinner
script
- 1944: The wrong bride
- 1945: Money into the house / The millionaire
- 1949: The strange story of Kaspar from Brandner
- 1950: hair dryer
- 1952: My name is Niki
- 1952: The exchange of women
- 1952: I have sun in my heart
- 1953: A heart plays wrong
- 1954: Ina Kahr's confession
- 1954: ... and heaven laughs at it / Brother Martin
- 1955: Crown Prince Rudolf's last love
- 1956: The perjurer
- 1956: Lies have pretty legs
- 1957: The saint and her fool
- 1958: Sebastian Kneipp - the water doctor
- 1960: Love hangs on the gallows
- 1962: Forest rush
- 1975: Kaspar from Brandner and eternal life (TV play, BR)
- 1975: Crime Scene - Reported as stolen
- 1977: Tatort - The girl at the piano
Novels
- 1965: The day with the gold thread (Darmstadt: Schneekluth)
- 1966: The exchange of women (Darmstadt: Schneekluth)
- 1979: On thin ice (Goldmann 4830)
- 1979: The Warning (Goldmann 4857)
- 1980: Reported as stolen (Goldmann 5602)
- 1981: The dogs barked all night (Goldmann 5608)
- 1981: Her name was Cindy (Goldmann 5606)
- 1982: Evening Primrose (Goldmann 5623)
- 1984: In the cold light of the moon (Goldmann 5636)
- 1987: A shoulder to cry on (Droemer Knaur 1551)
- 1988: Lily and Sword (Droemer Knaur 1624) (Historical)
- 1989: Mary - one night in Mayerling (Droemer Knaur 2094)
Web links
- Literature by and about Erna Fentsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erna Fentsch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Erna Fentsch at www.cyranos.ch
- Catalog of works at www.krimilexikon.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fentsch, Erna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wery-Fentsch, Erna; Wery, Ernestine; Fentsch, Ernestine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, screenwriter and novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1997 |