Max Nosseck (19 September 1902 – 29 September 1972) was a German

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, ...

, actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Nosseck was born in Nakel, then in

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, but now in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Nosseck established himself as a director in the German Film Industry, but due to his

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background he was forced to emigrate following the

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takeover in 1933. He directed films in

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, the

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and

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. Following the

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he returned to work in the German and Austrian industries. Nosseck married three times: to Austrian actress

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, to German actress Ilse Steppat, and to the writer and aviator Genevieve Haugen. He died in Bad Wiessee.

Selected filmography

Director * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

Dance Into Happiness ''Dance Into Happiness'' (german: Der Tanz ins Glück) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Ilse Stobrawa, Fred Doederlein and Lotte Hané.Horak, p. 123 Cast * Ilse Stobrawa as Lotte Hübner * Fred Doederlein * Lo ...

'' (1930) * ''

Einmal möcht' ich keine Sorgen haben Max Nosseck (19 September 1902 – 29 September 1972) was a German film director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Nosseck was born in Nakel, then in Prussia, but now in Poland. Nosseck established himself as a director in the German Film Industr ...

'' (1932) * '' All Is at Stake'' (1932) * '' Wild Cattle'' (1934) * Una semana de felicidad (1934) * '' Le Roi des Champs-Élysées'' (1934) * '' De Big van het Regiment'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Oranje Hein'' (1936) * Poderoso caballer (1936) * '' Overture to Glory'' (1940) * '' Girls Under 21'' (1940) * '' Gambling Daughters'' (1941) * '' Dillinger'' (1945) * '' The Brighton Strangler'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' The Return of Rin Tin Tin'' (1947) * '' Kill or Be Killed'' (1950) * '' Korea Patrol'' (1951) * '' The Hoodlum'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * ''

Singing in the Dark ''Singing in the Dark'' is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture about a Holocaust survivor suffering from total amnesia who comes to the United States. It stars Yiddish language film actor Moishe Oysher in his only English-language film perform ...

'' (1956) Screenwriter * '' Munchhausen in Africa'' (1958) Actor * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

'' (1930) * ''

'' (1930) * '' Sperrbezirk'' (1966) * ''

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? ''How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?'' (german: Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht (also: german: Wie kommt ein so reizendes Mädchen zu diesem Gewerbe?, label=none) and also known as ''The Naughty Cheerleader'') is a 1970 West Ger ...

'' (1970) * '' Gentlemen in White Vests'' (1970)

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* 1902 births 1972 deaths People from Nakło nad Notecią Jewish German male actors German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors German film directors Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States {{Germany-film-director-stub