Walter Schlee, born 15 December 1894 in

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, Posen province, Germany; died 5 February 1964 in

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, Switzerland, was a German

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. The

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Schlee left German following the

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's takeover of 1933. He then worked in the

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along with other exiles such as

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.Mathijs p.65

Selected filmography

* ''

The Blonde Nightingale ''The Blonde Nightingale'' () is a 1930 German musical film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Ernst Behmer, Else Elster and Erich Kestin.Bock & Bergfelder p. 240 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann Willi He ...

'' (1930) * '' Dangers of the Engagement Period'' (1930) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1930) * ''

Twice Married ''Twice Married'' () is a 1930 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Liane Haid, Ralph Arthur Roberts, and Lucie Englisch. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (8 November 1901 – 15 Jan ...

'' (1930) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ''

Such a Greyhound ''Such a Greyhound'' () is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Max Adalbert, and Lucie Englisch. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Ge ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) * '' The Testament of Cornelius Gulden'' (1932) * ''

The Escape to Nice ''The Escape to Nice'' () is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by James Bauer and starring Fritz Fischer, Georg Alexander and Else Elster. The film is based on the novel ''Orje Lehmann wird Detektiv'' by Dolly Bruck (Hans Mahner-Mons). It ...

'' (1932) * '' A Night in Paradise'' (1932) * '' The Big Bluff'' (1933) * ''

The Sandwich Girl ''The Sandwich Girl'' () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lucie Englisch, Jakob Tiedtke, and Else Reval. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Gunther and Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893 ...

'' (1933) * '' Tell Me Who You Are'' (1933) * '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (1933) * '' Een Zomerzotheid'' (1935) * '' Suikerfreule'' (1935) * '' Het Mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936)

References

Bibliography

* Ernest Mathijs. ''The Cinema of the Low Countries''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

* German male screenwriters Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the Netherlands People from Kępno County 1894 births 1964 deaths 20th-century German screenwriters {{Germany-film-bio-stub