Alfred Schirokauer
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German novelist and screenwriter (1880–1934)
Alfred Schirokauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 July 1880 |
| Died | 27 October 1934 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Director |
| Years active | 1913–1934 (film) |
Alfred Schirokauer (13 July 1880 – 27 October 1934) was a German novelist and screenwriter.[1] He also directed three films during the silent era. Many films were based on his novels including several adaptations of Lucrezia Borgia . After the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 the Jewish Schirokauer emigrated to Amsterdam and then to Austria where he died the following year.
Novels
[edit ]- Die graue Macht (1910)
- Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe (1912)
- Lukrezia Borgia (1925)
- Die Frau von gestern und morgen (1928)
- Die unmögliche Liebe (1929)
- Paiva, Queen of Love (1935)
Play
[edit ]- Karriere (with Paul Rosenhayn, 1924)
Selected filmography
[edit ]- Ferdinand Lassalle , directed by Rudolf Meinert (Germany, 1918, based on the novel Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe)
- Die graue Macht, directed by Fred Stranz (Germany, 1923, based on the novel Die graue Macht)
- The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow , directed by Heinz Paul (Germany, 1928, based on the novel Die Frau von gestern und morgen)
- Careers , directed by John Francis Dillon (1929, based on the play Karriere)
- Impossible Love , directed by Erich Waschneck (Germany, 1932, based on the novel Die unmögliche Liebe)
- Lucrezia Borgia , directed by Abel Gance (France, 1935, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)
- Lucrezia Borgia , directed by Luis Bayón Herrera (Argentina, 1947, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)
- Idol of Paris , directed by Leslie Arliss (UK, 1948, based on the novel Paiva, Queen of Love)
- Lucrèce Borgia , directed by Christian-Jaque (France, 1953, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)
Screenwriter
[edit ]- Werner Krafft (1916)
- George Bully (1920)
- The Leap in the Dark (1920)
- The Night of Decision (1920)
- The Big Boss (1921)
- The Fountain of Madness (1921)
- Camera Obscura (1921)
- The Favourite of the Queen (1922)
- The Path to God (1924)
- The Lion of Venice (1924)
- A Woman for 24 Hours (1925)
- Your Desire Is Sin (1925)
- The Flower Woman of Potsdam Square (1925)
- The Dealer from Amsterdam (1925)
- Cock of the Roost (1925)
- Cab No. 13 (1926)
- The Flight in the Night (1926)
- Circus Romanelli (1926)
- Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse (1926)
- Students' Love (1927)
- The Orlov (1927)
- The Girl Without a Homeland (1927)
- The Hunt for the Bride (1927)
- Intoxicated Love (1927)
- The Island of Forbidden Kisses (1927)
- A Day of Roses in August (1927)
- Poor Little Colombine (1927)
- Always Be True and Faithful (1927)
- Heaven on Earth (1927)
- Adam and Eve (1928)
- Herkules Maier (1928)
- Autobus Number Two (1929)
- The Runaway Princess (1929)
- Miss Midshipman (1929)
- Storm of Love (1929)
- Marriage in Name Only (1930)
- Boycott (1930)
- Two People (1930)
- The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
- Student Life in Merry Springtime (1931)
- Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
- De Familie van mijn Vrouw (1935)
References
[edit ]- ^ Soister p.193
Bibliography
[edit ]- John T. Soister. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
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