Gerhard Menzel

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Gerhard Menzel
Born	(1894-09-29)29 September 1894 Waldenburg, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland)
Died	4 May 1966(1966-05-04) (aged 71) Comano, Ticino, Switzerland
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1933-1965

Gerhard Menzel (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for 38 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supported of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland.

Selected filmography

Morgenrot (1933)
Flüchtlinge (1933)
La Habanera (1937)
Heimkehr (1941)
The Great King (1942)
Hanussen (1955)
Ich suche Dich (1956)

References

↑ No Place Like Home: Locations Of Heimat In German Cinema - Page 56 Johannes Von Moltke - 2005 In the words of the scriptwriter, Gerhard Menzel (a Nazi loyalist and renowned playwright who had collaborated with Ucicky on Fluchtchtlinge in 1933),
↑ The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife By Eric Rentschler page 131 Menzel was a well known party loyalist, and his fervent nationalism was no secret. He provided the scenarios for some of Nazi cinema's most strident productions
↑ The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife By Eric Rentschler page 132

External links

Gerhard Menzel at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76578750 LCCN: nr99001433 ISNI: 0000 0000 5522 0810 GND: 129180610 BNF: cb14691210q

Persondata
Name	Menzel, Gerhard
Alternative names
Short description	Screenwriter
Date of birth	1894-9-29
Place of birth	Waldenburg, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland)
Date of death	1966-5-4
Place of death	Comano, Ticino, Switzerland

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