Erich Engels (23 May 1889 – 25 April 1971) was a German
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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producer and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
. He should not be confused with another contemporary German director
Erich Engel
Erich Gustav Otto Engel (14 February 1891 – 10 May 1966) was a Germans, German film director, film and theatre director.He is often confused with another German film director called Erich Engels, who specialised in comedy, and crime films.
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[Bock & Bergfelder p.112]
Selected filmography
* ''
Dear Homeland'' (1929)
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Rooms to Let'' (1930)
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The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' (1931)
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Secret of the Blue Room'' (1932)
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At Your Orders, Sergeant'' (1932)
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Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932)
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The Roberts Case'' (1933)
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Peter, Paul and Nanette'' (1935)
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Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935)
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Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine
''Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (German: ''Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt and Ilse Petri. The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...
'' (1936)
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The Grey Lady'' (1937)
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In the Name of the People'' (1939)
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Central Rio'' (1939)
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Doctor Crippen
Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife ...
'' (1942)
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The Golden Spider'' (1943)
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Friday the Thirteenth'' (1949)
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The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949)
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The Lady in Black'' (1951)
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The Night Without Morals
''The Night Without Morals'' (german: Die Nacht ohne Moral) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Claude Farell, Gustav Knuth and Lucie Englisch.Bock & Bergfelder p. 252 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios ...
'' (1953)
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Three Birch Trees on the Heath'' (1956)
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Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1956)
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Widower with Five Daughters
''Widower with Five Daughters'' (german: Witwer mit 5 Töchtern) is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Heinz Erhardt, Susanne Cramer, and Helmuth Lohner. It was shot at Göttingen Studios, with location shooti ...
'' (1957)
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Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958)
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Father, Mother and Nine Children'' (1958)
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Of Course, the Motorists'' (1959)
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1889 births
1971 deaths
Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia
People from Remscheid
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