Werner Scheff (1888–1947) was a German
novelist and
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.
...
. He is particularly noted as a prolific writer of
sports fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...
.
[Jensen p. 98] Following the
Nazi Party's rise to power, he emigrated and died in
London in 1947.
Selected filmography
* ''
Die Arche'' (1919)
* ''
The Man in the Saddle'' (1925)
* ''
Dagfin'' (1926)
* ''
The Girl on a Swing'' (1926)
* ''
The Champion of the World'' (1927)
* ''
Attorney for the Heart'' (1927)
* ''
The Prisoners of Shanghai
''The Prisoners of Shanghai'' (german: Die Gefangene von Shanghai) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke.
Cast
*Carmen Boni as Maria
*Jack ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Never Trust a Woman'' (1930)
* ''
Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932)
* ''
Ship Without a Harbour
''Ship Without a Harbour'' () is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Trude Berliner and Charly Berger.Grange p.400 The film was made at the Staaken Studios and at the Berlin Wintergarten theatre, Berlin Wintergar ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Secret Agent'' (1932)
* ''
The Marathon Runner'' (1933)
* ''
Jumping Into the Abyss'' (1933)
References
Bibliography
* Erik N. Jensen. ''Body by Weimar: Athletes, Gender, and German Modernity''. Oxford University Press, 2010.
External links
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Film people from Berlin
1888 births
1947 deaths
German male screenwriters
Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
20th-century German screenwriters
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