Eugen Thiele (1897–1938) was an Austrian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
. Of
Jewish background
[Prawer p.213] he was the younger brother of
Wilhelm Thiele. After a spell as an
actor he established himself as a director in the
Germany film industry of the early 1930s during the final years of the
Weimar Republic. The
Nazi seizure of power
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the '' Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (DAP; German Workers' Party). He rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Be ...
in 1933 brought an effective end to the career of the Jewish Thiele, who went into exile in
Prague where he wrote the screenplay for one German-language film ''
The Happiness of Grinzing
''The Happiness of Grinzing'' (German: ''Das Glück von Grinzing'') is a 1933 Czech musical film directed by Otto Kanturek and starring Iván Petrovich, Gretl Theimer and Alfred Gerasch.Goble, p. 274 It was produced in German and several of the ...
'', and may have also contributed to a German version of the Czech film ''
Romance from the Tatra Mountains''. He then returned to his native Austria, living in
Baden bei Wien
Baden (German for " Baths"; Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden District in the state of Lower Austria. Loc ...
. He died the same year of the
Anschluss which brought Austria under Nazi control.
Selected filmography
* ''
Susanne Cleans Up'' (1930)
* ''
A Woman Branded
''A Woman Branded'' or ''Dangers of Love'' (German: ''Gefahren der Liebe'') is a 1931 German drama film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Toni van Eyck, Elsa Bassermann and Hans Stüwe. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.93 Th ...
'' (1931)
* ''
My Heart Longs for Love'' (1931)
* ''
Durand Versus Durand
''Durand Versus Durand'' (French: ''Durand contre Durand'') is a 1931 French-German comedy film directed by Eugen Thiele and Léo Joannon and starring Roger Tréville, Paul Asselin and Jeanne Helbling.Rège p.537
The film's sets were designed ...
'' (1931)
* ''
Three from the Unemployment Office'' (1932)
* ''
Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932)
* ''
The Happiness of Grinzing
''The Happiness of Grinzing'' (German: ''Das Glück von Grinzing'') is a 1933 Czech musical film directed by Otto Kanturek and starring Iván Petrovich, Gretl Theimer and Alfred Gerasch.Goble, p. 274 It was produced in German and several of the ...
'' (1933)
References
Bibliography
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2007.
* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.
External links
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1897 births
1938 deaths
German film directors
Austrian film directors
People from Vienna
Austrian people of Jewish descent
Austrian emigrants to Germany
People who emigrated to escape Nazism
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