Hans Otto Löwenstein (1881–1931) 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

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of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

.Zipes p.169

Selected filmography

* '' Emperor Charles'' (1921) * '' The Ragpicker of Paris'' (1922) * ''

Modern Marriages ''Modern Marriages'' (German: ''Moderne Ehen'') is a 1924 Czech-German silent comedy film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner and Helena Makowska.Grange p.184 Cast * S. Polonsky as Prof. Holstein * Helena Makowska as Thea Hol ...

'' (1924) * ''

Colonel Redl ''Colonel Redl'' (german: Oberst Redl (original title); hu, Redl ezredes) is a 1985 biographical drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. The plot, set in the period before World War I, follows the rise of Alfred Redl, an officer in the ...

'' (1925) * '' Kissing Is No Sin'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * ''

The Life of Beethoven ''The Life of Beethoven'' (German: ''Das Leben des Beethoven'') is a 1927 Austrian silent drama film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner, Heinz Altringen and Ernst Baumeister.''Wagner and Cinema'', p. 82 Cast * Fritz Kortner ...

'' (1927) * ''

Madame Dares an Escapade ''Madame Dares an Escapade'' (German: ''Madame wagt einen Seitensprung'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Hans Otto and starring Xenia Desni, Livio Pavanelli and Carmen Cartellieri.Bock & Bergfelder p.474 It was shot in Vienna. Cast ...

'' (1927) * '' Endangered Girls'' (1928)

References

Bibliography

* Zipes, Jack. ''The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films''. Routledge, 2011.

External links

* 1881 births 1931 deaths Austrian film directors Austrian male screenwriters 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers {{Austria-bio-stub