Ludwig Wolff (writer)

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Ludwig Ernst Wolff (born March 7, 1876 in Bielitz , † after 1958 in the United States ) was a writer and film director .

Life

Ludwig Wolff came from a Jewish family. He grew up in Vienna , where he attended the academic high school. After studying law , he turned to writing. He is the author of a series of successful entertainment novels published between 1899 and 1933, some of which were reprinted in the 1950s and 1960s. He also wrote film scripts and directed a number of feature films himself between 1918 and 1924 . In 1936 he lived in Berlin , where he was arrested for alleged debts that he is said to have left in a town near Marseille . He was released a month later. Wolff died in American exile .

Works

  • In the dead water , Dresden 1899
  • The moonlight sonata. Comedy in one act , 1899
  • Student novel , Dresden [u. a.] 1900
  • The crash , Berlin 1912
  • The son of Hannibal , Berlin [u. a.] 1914, filmed in 1918 and 1926
  • The war in the dark , Berlin [u. a.] 1915, made into a film with Greta Garbo in 1928
  • The flag song , Berlin [u. a.] 1916
  • The players , Berlin [u. a.] 1918
  • Doctor Bessel's Metamorphosis , Berlin 1920, filmed in 1927
  • The Kwannon from Okadera , Berlin 1921
  • The Princess Suwarin , Berlin 1922, filmed in 1923, directed by Johannes Guter
  • Garragan , Berlin 1924
  • Cheer up, Charly! , Berlin 1926, filmed in 1926
  • Two under the sky , Berlin 1927
  • Ariadne in Hoppegarten , Berlin 1928
  • Smarra , Berlin 1930
  • The Four Last Things , Berlin 1931
  • Man on the run , Berlin 1932
  • Dream of a Night , Berlin 1932 (together with Carl Behr)
  • The right to live , Zurich [u. a.] 1936

Filmography

  • 1918: Dancing Poison (Director)
  • 1919: The Fate of Carola von Geldern (director)
  • before 1921: Found home (director)
  • 1920: Steuermann Holk (director)
  • 1921: The Beast in Man (director, screenplay)
  • 1922: The Dancer Navarro (director)
  • 1923: The Crash (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1923: A Queen's Love (Director, Screenplay, Production)
  • 1924: Garragan (Director, Screenplay, Production)
  • 1930: Hai-Tang. The Road to Shame (screenplay)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As a living author Ludwig Wolff can last be proven in Kürschner's German Literature Calendar , vol. 53 (1958); in the 1973 published Kürschner Deutscher Literatur-Kalender, Nekrolog 1936–1970 Wolff is mentioned as deceased, the statement of death is limited to the indication "† USA".
  2. ^ ÖNB-ANNO - Annual Report Academic Gymnasium Vienna. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ ANNO, Salzburger Chronik für Stadt und Land, 1936-09-08, page 5. Retrieved on June 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ ANNO, Kleine Volks-Zeitung, 1936-10-07, page 12. Retrieved on June 5, 2020 .
  5. ↑ ANNO, Neue Kino-Rundschau, 1921-02-12, page 16. Retrieved on June 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolff, Ludwig Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielitz , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH after 1958
Place of death United States