Robert Liebmann (5 June 1890 - July 1942) was a German

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. Being of

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ancestry, he was one of the many that were murdered by the Nazis in 1942. During the occupation of France by the Nazis, Liebmann was arrested and sent to the

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. From there, the Nazis deported him to the

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concentration camp, where he was probably murdered immediately after his arrival.

Selected filmography

* '' The Uncanny House'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Duty to Live'' (1919) * '' Die Arche'' (1919) * '' The Count of Cagliostro'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * '' Indian Revenge'' (1920) * '' Temperamental Artist'' (1920) * '' The Woman Without a Soul'' (1920) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' The Last Hour '' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921) * '' His Excellency from Madagascar'' (1922) * ''

The Girl with the Mask ''The Girl with the Mask'' () is a 1922 German silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt, and Hermann Thimig. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a va ...

'' (1922) * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * '' The Little Napoleon'' (1923) * '' Paradise in the Snow'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Slipper Hero'' (1923) * '' Claire'' (1924) * '' Comedians of Life'' (1924) * '' The Wonderful Adventure'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Father Voss'' (1925) * '' Reluctant Imposter'' (1925) * '' Love Story'' (1925) * '' Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * '' The Adventures of Sybil Brent'' (1925) * '' Niniche'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Flight Around the World'' (1925) * '' Express Train of Love'' (1925) * '' The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins'' (1925) * '' A Waltz Dream'' (1925) * '' Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * '' The Great Duchess'' (1926) * '' Maytime'' (1926) * '' The Boxer's Bride'' (1926) * ''

The Wooing of Eve ''The Wooing of Eve'' or ''Journey into Adventure'' () is a 1926 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch and Agnes Esterhazy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudi Feld. It was shot ...

'' (1926) * '' Heads Up, Charley'' (1927) * '' The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (1927) * '' The Imaginary Baron'' (1927) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1927) * '' The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1927) * '' The Master of Nuremberg'' (1927) * '' The Lady with the Tiger Skin'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Looping the Loop'' (1928) * '' The Last Night'' (1928) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1928) * '' Man Against Man'' (1928) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) * '' Two Red Roses'' (1928) * '' His Strongest Weapon'' (1928) * '' Charlotte Somewhat Crazy'' (1928) * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) * '' Men Without Work'' (1929) * '' The Black Domino'' (1929) * '' Taxi at Midnight'' (1929) * ''

The Convict from Istanbul ''The Convict from Istanbul'' (German: ''Der Sträfling aus Stambul'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Heinrich George, Betty Amann, and Paul Hörbiger.Prawer p.84 It was shot at the Babelsberg Stud ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Blue Angel ''The Blue Angel'' () is a 1930 German musical comedy-drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Robert Liebmann, with uncredite ...

'' (1930) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * '' Waltz of Love'' (1930) * '' Darling of the Gods'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Her Grace Commands'' (1931) * '' Caught in the Act'' (1931) * '' Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931) * '' Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

Yorck ''Yorck'' is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.Noack p.59 It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to ser ...

'' (1931) * '' About an Inquest'' (1931) * '' The Victor'' (1932) * '' I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) * '' Congress Dances'' (1932) * '' Storms of Passion'' (1932) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * '' Early to Bed'' (1933) * '' Waltz War'' (1933) * '' The Empress and I'' (1933) * '' The Only Girl'' (1933) * '' Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' Caravan'' (1934) * '' Liliom'' (1934) * '' Paradise for Two'' (1937) * '' Lights of Paris'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938)

Bibliography

* Kosta, Barbara. ''Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1890 births 1942 deaths German male screenwriters Film people from Berlin 20th-century German screenwriters 20th-century German Jews German Jews who died in the Holocaust German people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Drancy internment camp prisoners {{screen-writer-stub