Werner Scheff

Eduard Werner Scheff (born May 5, 1888 in Berlin , † in the summer of 1947 in London ) was a German writer and screenwriter .

Live and act

The son of the writer Harry Scheff served as an officer in the First World War . Werner Scheff has published numerous entertainment novels since 1919, including adventure and science fiction material as well as stories from the world of sports. His titles include The Flaming Sea, Tschandu. The novel of a passion, In the valley of silence, The championships of Walter Issing, The call from Greenland and The white game.

In the last years of the Weimar Republic he also wrote several scripts, preferably adventure and sensational stories for the actor and director Harry Piel . A number of his literary originals were processed into film material by other scriptwriters between 1919 and 1933, including The Ark, The Lady and the Tramp, The Man in the Saddle, Dagfin , The Girl on the Swing, The Master of the World, The Runner of Marathon and at last between two hearts .

At the time of National Socialism , Scheff was denounced in 1934 and expelled from the Reich Association of German Writers the following year . Since 1937 he was in exile in Great Britain . In 1944 Piel began to adapt a Scheff model, which Manfred Noa filmed for the first time in 1925 : The horse story The man in the saddle .

Werner Scheff died, meanwhile completely destitute, in the third quarter of 1947 in London.

Films (as a screenwriter)

• 1927: The lawyer of the heart
• 1930: I never believe in a woman again (only dialogues)
• 1932: The secret agent
• 1932: The ship without a port
• 1932: Jonny steals Europe
• 1933: Leap into the abyss

Film adaptations

• 1919: The Last People (based on his novel of the same name. Director: Richard Oswald )
• 1932: The runner of Marathon . Director: EA Dupont
• 1934: Between two hearts (based on his novel Ulla, the daughter )
• 1945: The Man in the Saddle (1945) . Directed by Harry Piel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Application for Discharge in The London Gazette of July 8, 1947  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 161 kB)  

literature

• Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than 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. 605.

Web links

• Werner Scheff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Werner Scheff at filmportal.de
• Works by and about Werner Scheff at Open Library
• Werner Scheff short biography