Georg Zoch (2 September 1902 – 31 March 1944) was a German
screenwriter
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and
film director
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. Zoch worked on a number of
Nazi
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propaganda
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films, including his screenplay for ''
The Degenhardts'' (1944).
[Richards p.375-6]
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
The Black Forest Girl'' (1933)
* ''
Love Conquers All'' (1934)
* ''
Everyone Jumps At My Command'' (1934)
* ''
The Accusing Song
''The Accusing Song'' () is a 1936 German musical drama film directed by Georg Zoch and starring Louis Graveure, Gina Falckenberg and Walter Rilla. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.138
Cast
* Louis Graveure as Kammersänge ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Desire for Africa'' (1939)
Screenwriter
* ''
The Tsarevich'' (1933)
* ''
Bon Voyage'' (1933)
* ''
Paganini'' (1934)
* ''
The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1934)
* ''
Heaven on Earth'' (1935)
* ''
Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935)
* ''
Orders Are Orders'' (1936)
* ''
His Best Friend'' (1937)
* ''
Nanon'' (1938)
* ''
The Curtain Falls
''The Curtain Falls'' () is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak. It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studio ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Police Report
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'' (1939)
* ''
Twelve Minutes After Midnight
''Twelve Minutes After Midnight'' (German: ''Zwölf Minuten nach zwölf'') is a 1939 German comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Geraldine Katt, Ursula Herking and René Deltgen.Kreimeier p.313
Synopsis
In Stockho ...
'' (1939)
* ''
U-Boote westwärts
''U-Boote westwärts!'' (in English: ''U-boats Westward!'') is a 1941 German war film promoting the ''Kriegsmarine''. It centers on a U-boat mission in the Battle of the Atlantic and was produced by Universum Film AG, UFA. The U-boat used for the ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Menschen im Sturm'' (1941)
* ''
Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' (1943)
* ''
A Man for My Wife
''A Man for My Wife'' () is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Magda Schneider, Johannes Riemann and Clementia Egies. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter (art dir ...
'' (1943)
* ''
The Degenhardts'' (1944)
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973.
External links
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1902 births
1944 deaths
Film people from Gdańsk
People from West Prussia
German male screenwriters
20th-century German screenwriters
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