Frank Wisbar

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Frank Wisbar

Born	Franz Wysbar (1899-12-09)9 December 1899 Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad, Russia)
Died	17 March 1967(1967-03-17) (aged 67) Mainz, Germany
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1932-1967

Frank Wisbar (born Franz Wysbar 9 December 1899 – 17 March 1967) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1932 and 1967 in Germany and the United States as well as an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart for British Broadcasting Corporation. He was a member of the jury at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Selected filmography

Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935) i.e. Hermine and the Honorable Seven (awarded in the Third Reich, cf. Nazism and cinema)
Die Unbekannte (1936)
Fährmann Maria (1936)
Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945)
Strangler of the Swamp (1945)
Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
Lighthouse (1947)
Nasser Asphalt (1958)
Marcia o Crepa (1962)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 45077977 LCCN: no97008564 ISNI: 0000 0000 6314 2082 GND: 11734916X SUDOC: 139776575 BNF: cb14704837f

Persondata
Name	Wisbar, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Film director, screenwriter
Date of birth	1899-12-9
Place of birth	Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad, Russia)
Date of death	1967-3-17
Place of death	Mainz, Germany

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