Siegfried Dessauer

German actor, film director and screenwriter
Siegfried Dessauer
Born20 September 1874
Berlin, German Empire
Died1956
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Director, Writer
Years active1919-1933 (film )

Siegfried Dessauer (1874–1956) was a German screenwriter and film director.[1] As a Jew he was expelled from the Nazi Reich Chamber of Film in 1938. Until February 1945 he lived in Wittenau, then moved to Hermsdorf. After the Second World War he emigrated to Australia in 1947.

Selected filmography

  • Hotel Atlantik (1920)
  • Shame (1922)
  • The Captain from Koepenick (1926)

References

  1. ^ Prawer p.212

Bibliography

  • Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

  • Siegfried Dessauer at IMDb
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