Bernd Hofmann (23 November 1904 – 4 December 1940) 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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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, p ...
. He wrote and directed the 1940 film ''
Journey to Life''
[Giesen p.192] The same year he died after complications from dental surgery. Before his death he had been regarded as a rising German director.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''
A Woman of No Importance
''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society. It ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Mother Song
''Mother Song'' (German: ''Mutterlied'') is a 1937 German-Italian musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Maria Cebotari and Hans Moser.Waldman p.202 It was produced by Itala Film, a Berlin-based production co ...
'' (1937)
*''
The Chief Witness'' (1937)
* ''
All Lies'' (1938)
* ''
Yvette
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.
Name days
*Czech Republic: ''7 June''
*Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June''
*Poland: ''13 January''
*Slovakia: ''27 May''
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'' (1938)
* ''
The Leghorn Hat
''The Leghorn Hat'' (german: Der Florentiner Hut) is a 1939 German period comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Herti Kirchner and Christl Mardayn. It is based on the 1851 play '' The Italian Straw Hat'' written ...
'' (1939)
Director
* ''
Mistake of the Heart
''Mistake of the Heart'' (German: ''Irrtum des Herzens'') is a 1939 German romantic drama film directed by Bernd Hofmann and Alfred Stöger and starring Paul Hartmann, Leny Marenbach and Hans Söhnker. Klaus p.105 It was shot at the Bavaria Stud ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Journey to Life'' (1940)
References
External links
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Bibliography
* Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Company 2003.
1904 births
1940 deaths
Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia
People from Elberfeld
Mass media people from Wuppertal
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