Gerhard Menzel
Gerhard Menzel (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda.
Gerhard Menzel
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- Name
- Gerhard Menzel
- Born
- 29 September 1894
- Birthplace
- Waldenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
- Died
- 4 May 1966
- Place of death
- Comano, Ticino, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Honours
- Kleist Prize.
- Languages
- German.
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Biography
He was responsible for writing the script of Heimkehr, one of the most infamous pieces of Nazi cinema, which featured racism and hateful images of Poles. He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, German Empire (now Wałbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland.
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• Name — Gerhard Menzel • Born — 29 September 1894 • Birthplace — Waldenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire • Died — 4 May 1966 • Place of death — Comano, Ticino, Switzerland • Occupation — Screenwriter • Years Active — 1933–1965
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Morgenrot (1933) • Refugees (1933) • Night in May (1934) • The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934) • Savoy Hotel 217 (1936) • Under Blazing Heavens (1936) • Wells in Flames (1937) • La Habanera (1937) • Woman in the River (1939) • A Mother's Love (1939) • Robert Koch (1939) • Heimkehr (1941) • Thrice Wed (1941) • The Great King (1942) • Destiny (1942) • Late Love (1943) • The Heart Must Be Silent (1944) • The Sinner (1951) • Hanussen (1955) • Ich suche Dich (1956) • King in Shadow (1957)
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Gerhard Menzel is recorded as screenwriter, film director, playwright, writer and actor.
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1894
Gerhard Menzel born at Wałbrzych.
1966
Gerhard Menzel died at Comano.
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Wałbrzych.
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- 1.Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 405.
- 2.Vgl. Nils Grosch (Hrsg.): Aspekte des Modernen Musiktheaters in der Weimarer Republik. Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2004, S. 268; Jörg Friedrich Vollmer: Imaginäre Schlachtfelder. Kriegsliteratur in der Weimarer Republik – eine literatursoziologische Untersuchung. Dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin 2003 (Kapitel 5, S. 413) Online-Ausgabe
- 3.http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1953-nslit-m.html
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