Max Reichmann (1884-1958) was a German

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active during the silent and early

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s. Before making his own films, Reichmann worked as an

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on several

E.A. Dupont Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891 – 12 December 1956) was a German film director, one of the pioneers of the German film industry. He was often credited as E. A. Dupont. Early career A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwrit ...

productions. After graduating to directing, he directed the

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Richard Tauber in several films following the introduction of sound in the late 1920s.Bock & Bergfelder p.467 Reichmann was

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, and was therefore forced to go into exile in

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when the

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took power in Germany in 1933. He later emigrated to the

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, where he died in 1958.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' The Battle Against Berlin'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' The Strange Case of Captain Ramper'' (1927) * '' Knights of the Night'' (1928) * '' Life's Circus'' (1928) * ''

Weib in Flammen ''Woman in Flames'' (German: ''Weib in Flammen'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Olga Tschechowa, Alexej Bondireff and Ferdinand von Alten.Grange p.292 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1928) * ''

Der Herzensphotograph ''Der Herzensphotograph'' (''The Heart Photographer'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Max Reichmann starring Harry Liedtke and Robert Garrison and also with La Jana and Betty Bird. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. Cast ...

'' (1928) * '' Never Trust a Woman'' (1930) * '' End of the Rainbow'' (1930) * '' How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * '' You'll Be in My Heart'' (1930) * '' The Land of Smiles'' (1930) * '' The Big Attraction'' (1931) * '' Transit Camp'' (1932)

Screenwriter

* '' The Flower Girl of Potsdam Square'' (1925)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1884 births 1958 deaths German film directors Mass media people from Strasbourg Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States People from Alsace-Lorraine {{Germany-film-director-stub