Eberhard Frowein (1881–1964) was a German
screenwriter and
film director. He was also a director of the
Comedia-Film production company.
[Hailey p.290] As a screenwriter he is noted for his work on the controversial 1941 Nazi film ''
I Accuse''. He later retired to
Austria
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.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
The Pearl Maker of Madrid'' (1921)
* ''
Marriage
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'' (1929)
* ''
Fertility
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'' (1929)
Screenwriter
* ''
The Wig'' (1925)
* ''
The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel'' (1934)
* ''
Demon of the Himalayas
''Demon of the Himalayas'' (german: Der Dämon des Himalaya) is a 1935 German-Swiss co-production adventure film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Gustav Diessl, Erika Dannhoff, and Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth. It is part of the Mountain ...
'' (1935)
* ''
By a Silken Thread
''By a Silken Thread'' (german: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists" ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Target in the Clouds
''Target in the Clouds'' (German: ''Ziel in den Wolken'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach and Brigitte Horney. It was based on a novel by Hans Rabl. The film portrays ...
'' (1939)
* ''
I Accuse'' (1941)
References
Bibliography
* Hailey, Christopher. ''Franz Schreker: 1878-1934: A Cultural Biography''. CUP Archive, 1993.
* Welch, David. ''Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-1945''. I.B.Tauris, 2001.
External links
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1881 births
1964 deaths
Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia
Mass media people from Wuppertal
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