Georg Zoch (2 September 1902 – 31 March 1944) was a German

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and

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. Zoch worked on a number of

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films, including his screenplay for ''

The Degenhardts ''The Degenhardts'' (german: Die Degenhardts) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Heinrich George, Ernst Schröder and Gunnar Möller. Karl Degenhardt, the patriarch of a family in Lübeck, leads his wife and five ...

'' (1944).Richards p.375-6

Selected filmography

Director

* '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1933) * '' Love Conquers All'' (1934) * '' Everyone Jumps At My Command'' (1934) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * '' Desire for Africa'' (1939)

Screenwriter

* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1933) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1934) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1935) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935) * '' Orders Are Orders'' (1936) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * '' Nanon'' (1938) * ''

The Curtain Falls ''The Curtain Falls'' (german: Der Vorhang fällt) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak. It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the comp ...

'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

Twelve Minutes After Midnight ''Twelve Minutes After Midnight'' (German: ''Zwölf Minuten nach zwölf'') is a 1939 German comedy crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Geraldine Katt, Ursula Herking and René Deltgen.Kreimeier p.313 Synopsis In Stockholm a young fe ...

'' (1939) * '' U-Boote westwärts'' (1941) * ''

Menschen im Sturm ''Menschen im Sturm'' ( en, People in the Storm, link=yes, italic=yes) is a 1941 German film directed by Fritz Peter Buch. It was an anti-Serbian propaganda and part of a concerted propaganda push against Serbs, attempting to split them from t ...

'' (1941) * '' Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' (1943) * ''

A Man for My Wife ''A Man for My Wife'' (german: Ein Mann für meine Frau) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Magda Schneider, Johannes Riemann and Clementia Egies. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Leders ...

'' (1943) * ''

'' (1944)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973.

External links

* 1902 births 1944 deaths Film people from Gdańsk People from West Prussia German male writers Male screenwriters 20th-century screenwriters {{Germany-film-director-stub