Kurt Matull

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Kurt Matull (born February 25, 1872 in Treptow ; † unknown) was a German writer , journalist , director and screenwriter for silent films .

Life

Matull, who came from Pomerania , had trained in painting and initially also worked in this area. At the age of 21 he wrote his first play (' Women of Today' ). In 1902 he went to the USA and worked as an editorial assistant in the political department of the Evening Post in New York .

In 1906 he returned to Germany and was employed in the German capital as a dramaturge at the ' Berliner Theater '. He continued to write numerous pieces, especially comedies, but also dramas. His works include The Prince of Boards , The Red Pastor , Annemarie , The Great Unknown , The Poor Mieze and The False Wedding . In addition, from 1908 he wrote penny-pound sensational stories about heroes like Nick Carter and Lord Lister, who were also successful abroad, participated in the youth novel John Workman - The Newspaper Boy in 1909 , processed his experiences in the USA in the novel Volldampf - Geschichte einer Junge im America and also wrote patriotic material during the First World War (such as the novel Gott Preserve Franz the Kaiser! ). On the side, he also worked as an operetta librettist (for Giuseppe Becce ).

In the early 1910s, Matull switched to cinematography, worked as an assistant director and began writing screenplays. With the fantastic fabric "The rail line under the ocean," he made his debut in July 1914, just before the outbreak of World War II on the side of Siegfried Dessauer as director. During the war, Matull made a name for himself with heavy-blooded melodramas in which popular screen divas like Fern Andra and Pola Negri played the leading roles at the time. He also staged and produced German-national, hurrapatriotic fabrics several times. Shortly after the end of the war, Matull lost interest in film and disappeared from the public eye in the early 1920s.

Kurt Matull may have died around 1930.

Films (as a director)

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, second volume, p. 1385. Klagenfurt and Vienna (1960)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Matull, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Treptow
DATE OF DEATH 20th century