Louis Nerz (1866 in

Mimoň Mimoň () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Mimoň consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *M ...

– 1938 in

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) was an

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and

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. He is also credited as Ludwig Nerz.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter * ''

Das grinsende Gesicht ''Das grinsende Gesicht'' () is a 1921 Austrian film silent film film directed by Julius Herzka. It stars Anna Kallina, Nora Gregor and Lucienne Delacroix. It is the first feature film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1869 novel ''The Man Who Laugh ...

'' (1921) * '' The Venus'' (1922) * '' The Marquise of Clermont'' (1922) * ''

Meriota the Dancer ''Meriota the Dancer'' () is a 1922 Austrian silent historical film directed by Julius Herska and starring Maria Mindzenty, Nora Gregor and Oscar Beregi Sr.Büttner & Dewald p.508 Cast * Maria Mindzenty as Meriota * Nora Gregor as Lucrezia ...

'' (1922) * '' The Hell of Barballo'' (1923) * '' The Hands of Orlac'' (1924) * ''

Pension Groonen ''Boarding House Groonen'' (German: ''Pension Groonen'') is a 1925 Austrian silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Anton Edthofer, Karl Forest and Harry Nestor. It was Wiene's first film in Vienna, where he had moved to from Be ...

'' (1925) * ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel ''Les amours du cheva ...

'' (1926) * ''

Eros in Chains ''Eros in Chains'' (German: ''Eros in Ketten'') is a 1929 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Emmy Flemmich, Maly Delschaft and Walter Slezak.Dassanowsky p.38 Cast * Emmy Flemmich as Frau Maria Reinke * M ...

'' (1929)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

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* 1866 births 1938 deaths Austrian male screenwriters Austrian male film actors 20th-century Austrian male actors 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers People from Mimoň Austrian people of German Bohemian descent Male actors from Austria-Hungary {{Austria-film-bio-stub