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Gerhard Menzel

Screenwriter / Film Director / Playwright / Writer | * 09/29/1894 († 71, 05/04/1966) | Wałbrzych (Poland)
Gerhard Menzel (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda. He was responsible for writing the script of Heimkehr, one of the most infamous pieces of Nazi cinema, which featured racism and hateful images of Poles. He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | War

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Movies with Gerhard Menzel as Actor(1)

1933 Dawn

Movies with Gerhard Menzel as Crew(19)

Writing/Writer1957 Herrscher ohne Krone
Writing/Writer1957 Der Edelweißkönig
Writing/Writer1956 Ich suche Dich
Writing/Writer1955 Hanussen
Writing/Writer1954 Das Licht der Liebe
Writing/Screenplay1951 Die Sünderin
Writing/Writer1949 Verspieltes Leben
Writing/Writer1945 Friends
Directing/Director1944 Ein Blick zurück
Writing/Writer1944 Das Herz muß schweigen
Writing/Screenplay1943 Vienna 1910
Writing/Screenplay1941 Homecoming
Writing/Writer1940 The Postmaster
Writing/Writer1939 Frau im Strom
Writing/Writer1937 La Habanera
Writing/Writer1935 Barcarole
Writing/Writer1935 Barcarolle
Writing/Novel1934 At the End of the World
Writing/Screenplay1933 Dawn

Full Name: Gerhard Menzel
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Saturday, 09/29 1894 (September) in Wałbrzych (Poland)
Died: Wednesday, 05/04 1966 (May) in Comano (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: German (DE)
Other names for Gerhard Menzel (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gerhard Menzel (Schriftsteller)"
Gerhard Menzel frequently works together with these people:
O.W. Fischer (7x, Actor)
Gustav Ucicky (6x, Crew)
Paula Wessely (4x, Actress)
Attila Hörbiger (4x, Actor)
Harry Hardt (3x, Actor)
Harald Braun (3x, Crew)
Rudolf Forster (3x, Actor)
Kurt Meisel (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:598599, Added: 10/18/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024