Richard Löwenbein
Richard Löwenbein (1894–1943) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He was active in the German film industry during the Weimar Republic. The Jewish Löwenbein left Germany for France following the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933.
Also recorded as Richard Lowenbein
Richard Löwenbein
- Name
- Richard Löwenbein
- Born
- 29 June 1894
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 1943 9
- Place of death
- Auschwitz, Occupied Poland
- Occupation
- Director, Writer
- Nationality
- Austria
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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After Germany occupied France in 1940 he was arrested and held at the Drancy internment camp before being transported to Auschwitz where he was killed.
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Key facts
• Name — Richard Löwenbein • Born — 29 June 1894 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 1943 9 • Place of death — Auschwitz, Occupied Poland • Occupation — Director, Writer • Years Active — 1914–1933 (film)
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Richard Löwenbein appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a director (29 June 1894 – 1943). Richard Löwenbein was born on 29 June 1894; the birthplace is Vienna, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Richard Löwenbein died in 1943; the place of death is recorded as Auschwitz by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Auschwitz Concentration Camp by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Amazon (1921) • Rose of the Asphalt Streets (1922) • The Fire Ship (1922) • The Golden Net (1922) • Two Worlds (1922) • The Diadem of the Czarina (1922) • The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926) • The Crazy Countess (1928) • Misled Youth (1929)
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- 2.HRB Nr. 47496, Einträge im Berliner Handelsregister am 23. August 1932 und 22. Mai 1933
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