Max Neufeld
Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.
Max Neufeld

=Unknown author Unknown author (The photographer is unknown and not mentioned in the source.) · Austrian Newspaper "Sport und Salon", December 1, 1918, p. 7 http: anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=sus datum=19181201 seite=7 zoom=33 · Public domain
- Name
- Max Neufeld
- Born
- 13 February 1887
- Birthplace
- Guntersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
- Died
- 2 December 1967
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Occupation
- Film director, actor, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Austria
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Max Neufeld • Born — 13 February 1887 • Birthplace — Guntersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) • Died — 2 December 1967 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Other Names — Massimiliano Neufeld • Occupation — Film director, actor, screenwriter • Years Active — 1913–1957 • Relatives — Eugen Neufeld (brother)
Documentary record
Max Neufeld appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a director, film actor, screenwriter, actor and writer (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967). Max Neufeld was born on 13 February 1887 and died on 2 December 1967. Max Neufeld died in Vienna, Austria, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Actor
Actor
• The Wedding of Valeni (1914) • The Priest from Kirchfeld (1914) • With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland (1915) • On the Heights (1916) • Summer Idyll (1916) • The Black Hand (1917) • Don Cesar, Count of Irun (1918) • The Ancestress (1919) • Doctor Ruhland (1920) • Let the Little Ones Come to Me (1920) • The Voice of Conscience (1920) • The Dancing Death (1920) • Eva, The Sin (1920) • The Master of Life (1920) • The Woman in White (1921) • The Dead Wedding Guest (1922) • Confessions of a Monk (1922) • The Tales of Hoffmann (1923) • The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927) • The Priest from Kirchfeld (1926) • The Arsonists of Europe (1926) • Rasputin (1929) director and star
Director
Director
• Doctor Ruhland (1920) • Let the Little Ones Come to Me (1920) • The Woman in White (1921) • The Films of Princess Fantoche (1921) • Light of His Life (1921) • The Dead Wedding Guest (1922) • The Iron King (1923) • The Tales of Hoffmann (1923) • A Waltz by Strauss (1925) • The Family without Morals (1927) • Archduke John (1929) • Rasputin (1929) • The Opera Ball (1931) • A Night at the Grand Hotel (1931) • Sehnsucht 202 (1932) • A Bit of Love (1932) • Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932) • The Tsar's Diamond (1932) • Overnight Sensation (1932) • The Song of the Sun (1934) • A Precocious Girl (1934) • A Star Fell from Heaven (1934) • Temptation (1934) • Her Highness Dances the Waltz (1935) • Antonia (1935) • Fräulein Lilli (1936) • The House of Shame (1938) • Unjustified Absence (1939) • The Castle Ball (1939) • A Thousand Lire a Month (1939) • The First Woman Who Passes (1940) • Red Tavern (1940) • The Tyrant of Padua (1946) • Anni (1948) • Abracadabra (1952) • Der schönste Tag meines Lebens (1957)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1887
Max Neufeld born at Guntersdorf.
1967
Max Neufeld died at Vienna.
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Guntersdorf.
Birth place
Vienna.
Death place
Screenwriter
• After the Ball (1932)
Documentary record
Max Neufeld was born in Guntersdorf, Hungary, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Rome as places of activity.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q85415: Max Neufeld
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- “Max Neufeld”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1178867064, Rezension von: Max Neufeld, Die Filme der Prinzessin Fantoche.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1178867064, Rezension von: Max Neufeld, Die Filme der Prinzessin Fantoche.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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