Siegfried Philippi, born Siegfried Salomon Philipp (31 July 1871 – 29 February 1936) was a German
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.
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and
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, ...
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[Grange p.217]
Selected filmography
* ''
Mountain Air'' (1917)
* ''
Madeleine'' (1919)
* ''
Dancer of Death'' (1920)
* ''
The Black Spider
''The Black Spider'' is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divi ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Sunken Worlds
''Sunken Worlds'' (German: ''Versunkene Welten'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Victor Varconi, Ria Jende and Hans Albers.Bock & Bergfelder p.8
Cast
* Victor Varconi
* Ria Jende
* Max Devrient
* Han ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Playing with Destiny
''Playing with Destiny'' (german: Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Alfred Abel, Sascha Gura and Claire Rommer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2
The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Creature'' (1924)
* ''
Letters Which Never Reached Him'' (1925)
* ''
The Mill at Sanssouci
''The Mill at Sanssouci'' (german: Die Mühle von Sanssouci) is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Siegfried Philippi and Frederic Zelnik and starring Otto Gebühr, Lissi Lind and Jakob Tiedtke. The film is part of the popula ...
'' (1926)
* ''
That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights'' (1927)
* ''
Circle of Lovers'' (1927)
* ''
On the Banks of the River Weser'' (1927)
* ''
Autumn on the Rhine'' (1928)
* ''
Today I Was With Frieda'' (1928)
* ''
The Lord of the Tax Office'' (1929)
* ''
The Lady from Argentina
''The Lady from Argentina'' (German: ''Das Fräulein aus Argentinien'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Hans Albers.Parish p.4
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Beware of Loose Women'' (1929)
References
Bibliography
* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
* Weniger, Kay. ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films''. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2001.
External links
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1871 births
1936 deaths
Film people from Schleswig-Holstein
People from Lübeck
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