Lothar Stark (5 September 1876 – 31 March 1944) was a German film producer. Stark was originally a

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, but was brought into the film industry by the tycoon Paul Davidson. Stark worked as a distributor and worked then as an

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producer during the First World War and the

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, founding his own company Lothar Stark-Film. Following the

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takeover in 1933, he faced increasing difficulties. In 1933 when evidence of his

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background was discovered, Stark went into exile in

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. Later he also went to

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. He tried to produce new films there, but was unable to secure funding. Then he returned to

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, which was then invaded by Germany in 1940. In 1943 Stark, along with the majority of the Danish Jewish population, managed to escape to

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.Weniger p.480-481

Selected filmography

* ''The Tales of Hoffman'' (1916) * '' Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''

The City of a Thousand Delights ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (German: ''Die Stadt der tausend Freuden'') is a 1927 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Paul Richter, Adele Sandrock and Langhorn Burton.Giesen, Rolf. ''Special Effe ...

'' (1927) * '' The Carousel of Death '' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

Their Son ''Their Son'' (also known as ''Sensation im Wintergarten'') is a 1929 silent film directed by Gennaro Righelli. Synopsis The son of the Countess Mensdorf runs away when he can no longer stand her relationship with the Baron Von Mallock. The son ...

'' (1929) * '' Only on the Rhine '' (1930)

References

Bibliography

* Weniger, Kay. Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht''. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

External links

* 1876 births 1944 deaths German film producers German male journalists German journalists People from the Province of Silesia Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Sweden German male writers Silesian Jews {{Germany-film-bio-stub