Walter Wassermann (19 September 1883 – 4 October 1944) was a German
screenwriter
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, director, and actor. He directed one film and acted in seven during the
silent era
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.
[Prawer p.212]
Selected filmography
* ''
The Hotel of the Dead'' (1921)
* ''
Deceiver of the People'' (1921)
* ''
The Men of Frau Clarissa'' (1922)
* ''
The Shadows of That Night'' (1922)
* ''
The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922)
* ''
The Woman from the Orient
''The Woman from the Orient'' () is a 1923 German silent film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Oskar Marion, Fritz Greiner and Hedda Vernon.Krautz p. 112
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
Cast
* Oskar ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Time Is Money'' (1923)
* ''
The Comedian's Child'' (1923)
* ''
Heart of Stone'' (1924)
* ''
Destiny
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Fate
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'' (1925)
* ''
Tragedy
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'' (1925)
* ''
The Woman in Gold'' (1926)
* ''
The Good Reputation
''The Good Reputation'' (French: ''La bonne réputation'', German: ''Der gute Ruf'') is a 1926 French-German silent drama film directed by Pierre Marodon and starring Lotte Neumann, Hans Mierendorff and Germaine Rouer.Grange p.238
The film's ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Awakening of Woman'' (1927)
* ''
The Impostor'' (1927)
* ''
It Attracted Three Fellows'' (1928)
* ''
He Goes Right, She Goes Left!'' (1928)
* ''
The Girl with the Whip'' (1929)
* ''
Secret Police
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Secre ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Caviar Princess'' (1930)
* ''
Of Life and Death'' (1930)
* ''
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)
* ''
Pension Schöller'' (1930)
* ''
Twice Married'' (1930)
* ''
Next, Please!
''Next, Please!'' () is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Charles Puffy, Adele Sandrock, and Albert Paulig.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller. It was releas ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Dangers of the Engagement Period'' (1930)
* ''
The Rhineland Girl'' (1930)
* ''
Ash Wednesday
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'' (1931)
* ''
Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931)
* ''
Such a Greyhound'' (1931)
* ''
The Stranger'' (1931)
* ''
The True Jacob'' (1931)
* ''
The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931)
* ''
Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931)
* ''
The Escape to Nice'' (1932)
* ''
A Night in Paradise'' (1932)
* ''
The Testament of Cornelius Gulden'' (1932)
* ''
Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933)
* ''
Tell Me Who You Are'' (1933)
* ''
The Big Bluff'' (1933)
* ''
The Sandwich Girl'' (1933)
* ''
Goodbye, Beautiful Days'' (1933)
* ''
The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' (1933)
* ''
The Voice of Love'' (1934)
* ''
Police Report
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'' (1934)
* ''
Hearts are Trumps'' (1934)
* ''
The Daring Swimmer
''The Daring Swimmer'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Susi Lanner, and Ida Wüst.
Cast
*Ralph Arthur Roberts as Otto Eberlein
*Susi Lanner as Käthe
*Ida Wüst as Gabriele Degenhardt
* ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Pygmalion'' (1935)
* ''
She and the Three'' (1935)
* ''
The Beggar Student'' (1936)
* ''
Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937)
* ''
Sergeant Berry
''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.Hull p.145
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Robert Koch
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'' (1939)
* ''
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright.
He was born i ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Kora Terry'' (1940)
References
Bibliography
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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1893 births
1944 deaths
German male screenwriters
German male film actors
Film people from Berlin
20th-century German screenwriters
Male actors from Berlin
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