Norbert Falk, also credited as Fred Orbing, (5 November 1872, Weißkirchen - 16 September 1932, Berlin) was an Austrian journalist and writer, most notable as a

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

for German films made under the Weimar Republic, such as '' Madame Dubarry'' (1919), '' Anna Boleyn'' (1920), '' Rosita'' (1923) and '' Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931).

Works

Books

Selected filmography

* ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' (1918) * '' A Waltz Dream'' (1925) * '' The Loves of Casanova'' (1927) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''

Orient The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the c ...

'' (1928) * '' Pawns of Passion'' (1928) * '' The Case of Prosecutor M'' (1928) * '' Secrets of the Orient'' (1928) * '' The Last Night'' (1928) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * '' Congress Dances'' (1932)

Bibliography

* Kay Weniger: ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films'', Volume 2, p 609. Berlin (2001)

External links

*
Norbert Falk on filmportal.de

Norbert Falk - short biography
1872 births 1932 deaths

Austrian journalists Austrian mass media people, Journalists Austrian non-fiction writers, Journalists Journalists by nationality Austrian newspaper people, Journalists Journalism in Austria {{CatAutoTOC ...

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