Max Glass (12 June 1881 – 18 July 1965) was an Austrian

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, and

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. Glass was born in Jaroslau, which was then part of the

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, into a Jewish family, but later converted to Catholicism. He gained a

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from the University of Vienna. Glass entered the

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as a writer, but soon became a producer. By the mid-1920s he rose to be head of production at Terra Film before breaking away to set up his own production company in 1928 Glass' lover the actress Ruth Werner appeared in a number of his films but was unable to marry him until he had secured a divorce from his first wife, Dr. Helene Münz (married 1908–1957), with whom he had two sons, Paul Glass (born 1910) and Georges Glass (born 19 October 1917, Vienna). Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany in 1933, Glass' production companies were shut down and he was forced to go into exile in France. Glass again worked as a producer, but ran into further trouble following the German invasion of France during the Second World War. In 1942 the collaborationist Vichy Government stripped him of his citizenship. Glass and Werner then went to Brazil and United States for the remainder of the conflict, only returning to France once the war was over. They finally married in 1957.

Selected filmography

Writer

* Die entfesselte Menschheit (novel; 1920 - that year the novel was adapted to the screen to a film by the same name)

Director

* '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1923) * '' Bob and Mary'' (1923) * '' La reine des resquilleuses'' (1937) * '' The Road to Damascus'' (1952)

Screenwriter

* ''

Humanity Unleashed ''Humanity Unleashed'' (german: Die entfesselte Menschheit) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Joseph Delmont and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Paul Hartmann and Carl de Vogt. The film portrays a violent leftist attempt to seize power ...

'' (1920) * '' Countess Maritza'' (1925) * '' The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (1925) * '' If You Have an Aunt'' (1925) * '' Why Get a Divorce?'' (1926) * '' The Sea Cadet'' (1926) * '' Young Blood'' (1926) * '' Vienna - Berlin'' (1926) * '' The Man Without Sleep'' (1926) * '' The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * '' Svengali'' (1927) * '' Bigamie'' (1927) * '' The Tragedy of a Lost Soul'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * ''

Leontine's Husbands ''Leontine's Husbands'' (German: ''Leontines Ehemänner'') is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Claire Rommer, Georg Alexander and Carl Walther Meyer. It was based on a play by Alfred Capus. A French dancer ...

'' (1928) * '' Love in the Ring'' (1930) * '' Rasputin'' (1938) * '' Entente cordiale'' (1939) * '' Le chemin de Damas'' (1952)

Producer

* '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * ''

Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine ''Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine'' (German: ''Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Walter Slezak, Hanni Reinwald and Frida Richard.Krautz, Alfred. ''Internationa ...

'' (1926) * '' Svengali'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' Queen Louise'' (1927) * ''

The Ship of Lost Souls ''The Ship of Lost Souls'' or ''The Ship of Lost Men'' (German: ''Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen'') is a 1929 German silent thriller film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich and Robin Irvine. It was ...

'' (1929) * ' (1930) * '' The Soaring Maiden'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1931) * '' Rasputin'' (1938) * '' Blonde'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

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* * 1881 births 1965 deaths Austrian film producers Austrian male screenwriters People from Jarosław Austrian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers {{Austria-writer-stub