Josef Maria Frank
Josef Maria Frank (born June 3, 1895 in Mayen in the Eifel as Josef Maria Fiant , † April 9, 1975 in Kufstein ) was a German writer and screenwriter .
life and career
Josef Maria Frank was born in Mayen in the Eifel in 1895. Here he spent his early childhood. Later his family moved to a lonely mill estate in the Eifel Forest. He studied at the University of Bonn and worked as a freelance author from 1919. Since 1923, Josef Maria Frank has published novels, dramas, stories and travelogues in uninterrupted succession. In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s he also worked as a screenwriter.
Frank joined the SPD in 1918 . From 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the Prussian State Constitutional Assembly .
Most recently he lived in Tyrol, in Austria. He died in 1975.
Works
- Autumn romance. A novel about the Moselle and Rhine.
- The little novels of the foolish heart. Universitas-Verlag , Berlin
- Don't be afraid of tomorrow. Universitas, Berlin
- Per and Petra. A Bornholm novel. Universitas, Berlin
- The heart is restless and restless.
- Encounter on the Rome Express. An Italy novel.
- Neckar trip .
- The last four of St. Paul. Novel. Universitas, Berlin
- Paradise with reservations. Balance of a West India -Travel. Universitas, Berlin
- Mexico is different. A trip to the land of the Aztecs. Universitas, Berlin 1938
- The man who loved Greta Garbo . Narrative. Universitas, Berlin 1933
- People in a fever. Novel. Seven rods, Berlin 1932
- Berlin Capriccio. Drawings by George G. Kobbe. Universitas, Berlin 1932.
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: King Tiger
- 1936: The Last Four from Santa Cruz
- 1940: imperfect love
- 1940: Between Hamburg and Haiti
- 1941: … rides for Germany
- 1942: Giungla
- 1942: Gone with Fate
- 1944: The man whose name was stolen
- 1945: Gentlemen sons
- 1948: The strange adventures of Mr. Fridolin B.
Web links
- Josef Maria Frank in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Josef Maria Frank in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography of Josef Maria Frank . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data from Siegfried Salzmann 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. 423.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frank, Joseph Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German novelist and travel writer, screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mayen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1975 |
| Place of death | Kufstein |