Emil Burri
| Emil Burri | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 December 1902 Munich, German Empire |
| Died |
29 August 1966 Munich, West Germany |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1933-1964 (film) |
Emil Burri (1902–1966) was a German playwright and screenwriter who worked on around fifty films during his career, a prominent figure in both Nazi era and post-war German cinema. He also directed the 1942 film Beloved World, his only directorial credit. In 1955 he wrote the screenplay for the Austrian historical heimatfilm Dunja.[1]
In the theatre he was known as a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
- The Green Domino (1935)
- Königswalzer (1935)
- Boccaccio (1936)
- Faded Melody (1938)
- A Woman Like You (1939)
- Enemies (1940)
- Tonelli (1943)
- Orient Express (1944)
- Chased by the Devil (1950)
- Königswalzer (1955)
- Escape from Sahara (1958)
- Stefanie (1958)
Director
- Beloved World (1942)
References
- ↑ Fritsche p.255
Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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