Albrecht Joseph (1901–1991) was a German playwright, screenwriter and

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.Dassanowsky p.43

Biography

Due to his

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heritage Joseph was forced to leave Germany following the

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's takeover in 1933. He initially went to Austria and then on to Italy and Britain. He finally settled in the United States in 1939 and was employed occasionally in Hollywood where he was sometimes credited as Al Joseph. His final work was on the

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television series '' Gunsmoke'', editing over a hundred and fifty episodes.

Selected filmography

* '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * ''

Tell Me Tonight ''Tell Me Tonight'' or ''Be Mine Tonight'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale and Magda Schneider. It was shot in Berlin at the Babelsberg Studios as part of a co-production b ...

'' (1932) * '' The Song of Night'' (1932) * '' The Secret of Cavelli'' (1934) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''

Girls in Distress ''Girls in Distress'' (french: Jeunes filles en détresse) is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.Rentschler p.282 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1939) * ''

Three Russian Girls ''Three Russian Girls'' (also known as ''She Who Dares'') is a 1943 American World War II pro-Soviet propaganda film produced by R-F Productions and distributed by United Artists. It is a remake of the Soviet film '' The Girl from Leningrad'' (194 ...

'' (1943) * ''

Hitler's Madman ''Hitler's Madman'' is a 1943 World War II drama directed by Douglas Sirk. It is a highly fictionalized account of the 1942 Operation Anthropoid, assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the resulting Lidice massacre, which the Nazi G ...

'' (1943) * ''

A Scandal in Paris ''A Scandal in Paris'' is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Signe Hasso and Carole Landis. It loosely depicts the life of Eugène François Vidocq, a French criminal who reformed and became ...

'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1952) * '' Second Chance'' (1953) * '' The Great Man'' (1956) * '' Desert Hell'' (1958)

References

Bibliography

* Robert von Dassanowsky. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

* Mass media people from Frankfurt 1901 births 1991 deaths Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States {{Germany-film-bio-stub