Leo Koffler

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Leo Koffler
Born	Leo Bernhard Koffler 1880 Lemberg, Austria–Hungary
Died	February, 1931 Berlin, Germany

Leo Koffler (1880—1931) (full name Leo Bernhard Koffler, also known as Oskar Koffler) was a screenwriter, actor and singer. Living and working in Berlin in the beginning of the 20th century, he was one of the pioneers of cinema.

Life

Koffler was born in 1880 in Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine, when the city was in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. His family moved to Vienna in 1882, where he received his education. He made his Abitur and became an opera singer. In 1911 he became the director of a theatre in Colmar, Alsace which was then in the German Empire (now in France).

In 1914 he moved to Berlin. He sang in a number of musicals and operas including Das Dreimäderlhaus, and Hänsel and Gretel at the Theater des Westens. Koffler also played small parts in many movies.

In 1916 he was conscripted into Austria-Hungarian K and K regiment. This was just at the point when he started to establish a reputation for himself. At the end World War I, Koffler moved back to Berlin in 1918, and started working in movies again, including work with a small Hungarian film company called Viktor Klein. It was in this period that when he wrote a number of film-scripts for Fritz Lang, including Der Herr der Liebe and Halbblut.

In his later years, his health declined and finally he could not work any more. Nevertheless, almost until the day he died he sang at the Fasanenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin.

Leo Koffler died in February 1931 in Berlin.

Works

1919 Phantome des Lebens, screenplay
1919 Der Herr der Liebe, screenplay
1919 Das Gift im Weibe, screenplay
1919 Halbblut, screenplay
1920 New York - Paris (Spionagekonzern) part 1, screenplay
1920 New York - Paris (Spionagekonzern) part 2, screenplay
1920 Der Tiger von Sing Sing, actor
1920 Die entfesselte Menschheit, actor
1920 Der Shawl der Kaiserin Katharina II, actor
1921 Fortunato 1. "Der tanzende Dämon", actor
1921 Fortunato 3. "Der letzte Atemzug", screenplay
1921 Die Tochter Ahasvers: "Das flackernde Licht", screenplay, actor
1921 Die Tochter Ahasvers: "Höllenreigen", screenplay
1921/1922 Der Roman einer armen Sünderin, screenplay^[1]

References

↑ "Filmografie Leo Koffler". filmportal.de. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

External links

Leo Koffler at the Internet Movie Database
Leo Koffler at filmportal.de

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Filmography

1919–1933	Halbblut Der Herr der Liebe The Spiders, Part 1 Harakiri The Spiders, Part 2 Das wandernde Bild Vier um die Frau Destiny Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache Metropolis Spione Woman in the Moon M The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1934–1956	Liliom Fury You Only Live Once You and Me The Return of Frank James Western Union Man Hunt Moontide Hangmen Also Die! Ministry of Fear The Woman in the Window Scarlet Street Cloak and Dagger Secret Beyond the Door House by the River American Guerrilla in the Philippines Rancho Notorious Clash by Night The Blue Gardenia The Big Heat Human Desire Moonfleet While the City Sleeps Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Later	The Tiger of Eschnapur The Indian Tomb The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Persondata
Name	Koffler, Leo
Alternative names	Koffler, Leo Bernhard; Koffler, Oskar
Short description	Austrian-German Film director, screenwriter, actor
Date of birth	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1880
Place of birth	Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1931
Place of death	Berlin, Germany

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