Georg Witt (14 January 1899 – 17 April 1973) was a Russian-born German

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. Born in

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he moved to Germany at a young age. He produced around forty films, including the 1955

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comedy ''

I Often Think of Piroschka ''I Often Think of Piroschka'' (german: Ich denke oft an Piroschka) is a 1955 German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Gunnar Möller and Wera Frydtberg. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The ...

''.Goble p.209 He was the second husband of the actress

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Selected filmography

* '' The Adjutant of the Czar'' (1929) * ''

Favorite of Schonbrunn ''The Favourite of Schonbrunn'' (German: ''Der Günstling von Schönbrunn'') is a 1929 German historical film directed by Erich Waschneck and Max Reichmann and starring Iván Petrovich, Lil Dagover and Vera Malinovskaya.Kosta p.115 It was a par ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Ring of the Empress ''The Ring of the Empress'' (German: ''Spielereien einer Kaiserin'') is a 1930 German silent film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Lil Dagover.Goble p.963 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were design ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Private Secretary ''The Private Secretary'' is an 1883 farce in three acts, by Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1858), Charles Hawtrey. The play, adapted from a German original, depicts the vicissitudes of a mild young clergyman, innocently caught up in the machinatio ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Typist ''The Typist'' (French: ''Dactylo'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Marie Glory, Jean Murat and Armand Bernard. It was a French-language version of the German film ''Die Privatsekretärin (1931 film), Die Pri ...

'' (1931) * ''

Thea Roland ''Thea Roland'' or ''The Adventure of Thea Roland'' (German: ''Das Abenteuer der Thea Roland'') is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Lil Dagover, Hans Rehmann and Margarete Kupfer. The film marked the directorial deb ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Sun Rises ''The Sun Rises'' (Romanian: ''Răsare soarele'') is a 1954 Romanian drama film directed by Dinu Negreanu.Liehm & Liehm p.143 It was made at the recently opened Buftea Studios in Bucharest. The film is a sequel to Negreanu's 1953 film '' The Bug ...

'' (1934) * ''

Land of Love ''Land of Love'' (german: Land der Liebe) is a 1937 German romance film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Albert Matterstock, Gusti Huber and Valerie von Martens. Although Schünzel was Jewish he had been allowed to continue directing fi ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Mystery of Betty Bonn ''The Mystery of Betty Bonn'' (german: Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos and Hans Nielsen.Kreimeier p. 286 The film was shot at the Babelsberg S ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Deruga Case ''Der Fall Deruga'' (''The Deruga Case'') is a novel by Ricarda Huch first published in German in 1917 about a physician charged with killing his ex-wife. An early courtroom drama, it depicts a trial by jury in which the defendant is reluctant, if ...

'' (1938) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''

Between the Parents ''Between the Parents'' (german: Zwischen den Eltern) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Willy Fritsch, Jutta Freybe, and Gusti Huber. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam.Klaus p.231 The film's sets wer ...

'' (1938) * ''

Detours to Happiness ''Detours to Happiness'' (German: ''Umwege zum Glück'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover and Viktor Staal. Klaus p.184 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on locatio ...

'' (1939) * ''

Congo Express Congo Express was a regional airline created through a joint venture with South African Airlines (SA Express) and BizAfrika Congo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airline's long-term strategy is to transform air transport in the reg ...

'' (1939) * ''

Tonelli Tonelli may refer to: * Tonelli (surname) Arts * ''Tonelli'' (film), a 1943 German film Science * Tonelli's theorem (functional analysis) * Tonelli's theorem * Tonelli–Shanks algorithm The Tonelli–Shanks algorithm (referred to by Shanks ...

'' (1943) * ''

Orient Express The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ...

'' (1944) * ''

The Blue Straw Hat ''The Blue Straw Hat'' (german: Der blaue Strohhut) is a 1949 West German period comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Karl Schönböck and Mady Rahl.Goble p. 324 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and ...

'' (1949) * ''

Chased by the Devil ''Chased by the Devil'' (german: Vom Teufel gejagt) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Hans Albers, Willy Birgel and Lil Dagover.Hake p. 224 A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side eff ...

'' (1950) * ''

'' (1955) * ''

My Husband's Getting Married Today ''My Husband's Getting Married Today'' (german: Heute heiratet mein Mann) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Johannes Heesters and Paul Hubschmid.Reimer & Reimer p.233 It was shot at the Bav ...

'' (1956) * ''

Salzburg Stories ''Salzburg Stories'' (German: ''Salzburger Geschichten'') is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Koch, Paul Hubschmid and Peter Mosbacher.Bock & Bergfelder p.253 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios ...

'' (1957) * ''

The Spessart Inn ''The Spessart Inn'' (german: Das Wirtshaus im Spessart) is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann. It starred Liselotte Pulver and Carlos Thompson. Plot In the late years of the 18th century, Felix and Peter, two jou ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp ''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' is a 1954 British fantasy comedy film directed by Alan Bromly and starring Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento and Jerry Desmonde. The film was based on a novel by Charles Terrot and is a remake of his television p ...

'' (1959) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1899 births 1973 deaths German film producers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany {{Germany-film-bio-stub