Max Obal
Max Obal (born Max David Gotthelf Sroke; 4 September 1881 – 18 May 1949) was a German actor, singer, screenwriter, and film director. He co-directed the 1927 swashbuckler Rinaldo Rinaldini featuring Hans Albers.
Max Obal
- Name
- Max Obal
- Born
- 4 September 1881
- Birthplace
- Brieg, Silesia German Empire
- Died
- 18 May 1949
- Place of death
- Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
- Birth Name
- Max David Gotthelf Sroke
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter, actor. singer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Max Obal. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q101308 · wikipedia · Max Obal
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Max Obal • Born — 4 September 1881 • Birthplace — Brieg, Silesia German Empire • Died — 18 May 1949 • Place of death — Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany • Birth Name — Max David Gotthelf Sroke • Occupation — Director, screenwriter, actor. singer • Years Active — 1911–1938 (film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Traitress (1911) • Camera Obscura (1921) • The Homecoming of Odysseus (1922) • The Ravine of Death (1923) • The Shot in the Pavilion (1925) • The Woman from the Folies Bergères (1927) • Rinaldo Rinaldini (co-director: Rudolf Dworsky, 1927) • A Modern Casanova (1928) • The Insurmountable (1928) • The Criminal of the Century (1928) • Tempo! Tempo! (1929) • Queen of Fashion (1929) • Peace of Mind (1931) • Adventures in the Engadin (1932) • Two Good Comrades (1933) • Annette in Paradise (1934) • The Monastery's Hunter (1935) • The Haunted Castle (1936)
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Brzeg.
Birth place
Berlin.
Death place
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Max Obal, revision 1364923917 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 28 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Max MarcinPerson
- Max MartiniPerson
- Max MinghellaPerson
- Max NosseckPerson
- Max OphülsPerson
- Max PallenbergPerson
- Max PécasPerson
- Max PenzelPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Max Obal?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.