Rudolf Kurtz (writer)
Rudolf Kurtz (born December 31, 1884 in Berlin ; † July 26, 1960 there ) was a German writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film journalist.
Life
In Berlin, the essayist Rudolf Kurtz was inextricably linked with the development of German film from 1910 onwards. The editor-in-chief of the Lichtbild-Bühne was an expressionist . From 1913 he worked as a dramaturge and screenwriter for Ernst Lubitsch , the director Max Mack and also for Paul Leni . In 1915 he worked on the Katzensteg and in 1917/1918 on the mystery of Bangalor and the White Terror (screenplay).
Works
- Curt Thesing and Rudolf Kurtz: eccentricities of life. Journey of discovery into a puzzling wonderland. Berlin, Drei Masken Verlag, 1936
- Friedl did it - a cheerful romance novel of film and love . Berlin: Zeitschriftenverlag Aktiengesellschaft, 1937
- Peter Baum , Rudolf Blümner , Salomon Friedländer, Rudolf Kurtz, Paul Scheerbart , René Schickele : The new way of the Cooperative of German Stage Members. A protest about Herwarth Walden . Printer for bibliophiles, Berlin around 1909. 23 pages
- Rudolf Kurtz, Max Brod , Else Lasker-Schüler , a. a .: Ballhaus. A lyric leaflet. Alfred Richard Meyer, Berlin around 1912
- Rudolf Kurtz: Expressionism and Film. Verlag der Lichtbühne, Berlin 1926. Reprint Zurich 2007 (Chronos), edited and with an afterword by Christian Kiening and Ulrich Johannes Beil , ISBN 978-3-0340-0874-7
- Rudolf Kurtz: Emil Jannings . The film book No. 1 . Ufa-Buchverlag, Berlin 1942. 42 pages
- Michael Wedel, Rudolf Kurtz: Max Mack. Showman in the glass house . The Arsenal , Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-927876-11-9
- editor
- Rudolf Kurtz (Ed.): Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger . Four conversations about beauty and art. Verlag von Wiegandt & Grieben (GK Sarasin), Berlin 1907, 396 pages
literature
- Paul Pörtner (Ed.): Literature Revolution 1910–1925. Documents, manifestos, programs. Volume 1: On aesthetics a. Poetics . Darmstadt / Neuwied / Berlin-Spandau 1960
- Thomas Anz (Hrsg.), Michael Stark (Hrsg.): Manifests and documents on German literature. Part 1910-1920, Expressionism . Metzler, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-476-00412-0
- Rolf Aurich, Wolfgang Jacobsen (Ed.): Rudolf Kurtz. Essayist and critic. With essays and reviews by Rudolf Kurtz and an essay by Michael Wedel . In: Film & Schrift , Volume 6, edition text + kritik, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88377-890-7
- Antje Göhler: Reception of antiquity in literary expressionism . S. 87 (Diss. Fernuni Hagen 2011) Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-377-2
Web links
- Rudolf Kurtz in the German biography
- Rudolf Kurtz at filmportal.de
- Rudolf Kurtz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rudolf Kurtz at deutsche-kinemathek.de
- Rudolf Kurtz: Kleist and the history of literature
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kurtz, Rudolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | In short, Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1960 |
Place of death | Berlin |