Jacob Geis
Jacob Josef Geis (born November 30, 1890 in Munich ; † July 22, 1972 ibid) was a German dramaturge , director and screenwriter .
Life
The grandson of the Munich humorist Jakob Geis studied law in Munich and became a dramaturgy assistant at the State Theater on Gärtnerplatz in 1920 . In 1924 he came to Darmstadt as a dramaturge at the Hessian State Theater, where he also worked as a director from 1926.
From 1927 he worked as theater director in Kassel, and from 1929 as senior director. From 1930 to 1933 he directed the Frankfurt Municipal Theaters , after which he gave several guest productions in Berlin at the Kroll Opera , at the Volksbühne Berlin and at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm . He also wrote his own plays.
After the seizure of power of the Nazis , he joined in March 1933, the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization and staged in Frankfurt the Schlageter of the Nazi author Hanns Johst .
From 1935 Geis worked as a screenwriter and chief dramaturge for Bavaria Film . Among other things, he co-wrote the scripts for four films with Heinz Rühmann and two with Zarah Leander . Since 1940 he has worked mainly with director Harald Braun , with whom he founded the new German film company in 1947 . Geis took over the position of production manager within the company until 1952 , after which he concentrated again on writing scripts. His last work was the adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks .
He was buried in the Grünwald forest cemetery.
Filmography (as a screenwriter)
- 1935: Varieté (dialogue direction only)
- 1935: Executioners, women and soldiers (only dialogue processing)
- 1936: The Legacy (short film; also director)
- 1936: his last model
- 1937: The model husband
- 1937: The detours of the beautiful Karl
- 1938: Five million are looking for an heir
- 1938: On a secret mission
- 1938: Well, you don't know Korff yet?
- 1938: Three NCOs
- 1939: Riots in Damascus
- 1939: marriage with obstacles
- 1940: The Queen's Heart
- 1940: The gentleman in the house
- 1940: Herz drops anchor
- 1941: The Geierwally
- 1941: The way out into the open
- 1941: Jenny and the gentleman in tails
- 1941: The perjurer
- 1942: The Rainer case
- 1942: Between heaven and earth
- 1943: The song of the nightingale
- 1943: Mr. Sanders lives dangerously
- 1944: Nora
- 1944: Call to Conscience (WP 1949)
- 1949: Night watch (only production management)
- 1950: The man who wanted to live twice (production manager only)
- 1950: The falling star (production manager only)
- 1951: Fanfares of love (only production management)
- 1952: The exchange of women (only co-production manager)
- 1953: red roses, red lips, red wine
- 1955: Beloved enemy
- 1955: Girls Without Borders
- 1956: Regine
- 1956: The first day of spring
- 1956: The model husband
- 1957: How nice that you exist
- 1957: All roads lead home
- 1959: Buddenbrooks
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 214.
Web links
- Jacob Geis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jacob Geis at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 175.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geis, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geis, Jacob Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dramaturge, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1972 |
| Place of death | Munich |