Herbert Witt
Herbert Witt (born October 29, 1900 in Birkenstein, a no longer existing village in the Tilsit-Ragnit district , East Prussia ; † January 30, 1980 in Munich ) was a German screenwriter .
The son of an East Prussian landowner made his debut as a theater actor at the age of 19. He has performed in Frankfurt am Main , Dresden and Berlin , where he was most recently on stage at the Steglitzer Schauspielhaus.
From 1932 he made manuscripts for cabaret theater and radio performances. His scripts have been made into films since 1942. At first, Witt worked particularly with director Harald Braun . After the war he continued working on the film. Among other recorded Helmut Käutner ( Royal Children , 1950) and Kurt Hoffmann ( Fireworks , 1954) responsible for the production of his designs. After the end of World War II he was one of the four in-house authors (together with Axel von Ambesser , Erich Kästner and Hellmuth Krüger ) of the famous Munich post-war cabaret " Die Schaubude ".
Witt's scripts are all characterized by a carefully thought-out course of action, but they also exemplarily show the style of conservative cinema entertainment of their time, avoiding explosive topics. At the end of the 50s he retired from film.
Filmography
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literature
- Gwendolyn von Ambesser: Schaubudenzauber - history and stories of a legendary cabaret , Verlag Edition AV, Lich / Hessen 2006, ISBN 9783936049688 .
- Volker Kühn (Ed.): Germany's Awakening: Cabaret under the swastika; 1933-1945 . Volume 3. Weinheim: Quadriga, 1989 ISBN 3-88679-163-7 , p. 388 (short biography)
Web links
- Herbert Witt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Witt, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenstein, (no longer available today), Tilsit-Ragnit district ( East Prussia ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1980 |
| Place of death | Munich |