Marcel Hellmann

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Marcel Hellmann , in Great Britain Marcel Hellman (born May 31, 1898 in Bucharest , Romania , † April 28, 1986 in London-Westminster , Great Britain ) was a Romanian-born film producer , production manager and film salesman for German and British film.

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Hellmann had attended the business academy in Bucharest and then worked in the commercial profession. Shortly after the founding of the Berlin Nero film of Henry and Seymour Nebenzal began Hellmann there a position as managing director, worked as a production manager and for other film companies such as Green Tree film and the DLS 1931 he founded the Matador film, whose Managing Director, Head of Production and Director Hellmann was also. His best-known production was to be Paul Czinner's The Dreaming Mouth with Elisabeth Bergner .

In 1933 the Jew Hellmann had to flee Germany. Based in London, he continued his production activities in 1935. First Hellmann, who anglicized his surname to Hellman in exile, produced four films with Douglas Fairbanks junior at Criterion Prod . Subsequent attempts to work in Hollywood , however, failed. At the beginning of the 1950s, Hellman, who had been a British citizen since July 20, 1948, was only producing sporadically and at irregular intervals. His most important works were the colorful large-scale productions Burning India and The amorous adventures of Moll Flanders . The now 70-year-old Hellman only produced the English version of the British-French co-production Mayerling , his last work.

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than is given ..." Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 236 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Hellmann, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hellman, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-born film producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest , Romania
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1986
Place of death London Westminster , UK