Marc Sorkin or Mark Sorkin (1902–1986) was a Russian-born

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and

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.Rentschler p.277 He worked with

Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic. ...

on a number of films as editor or assistant director. He was born in the Lithuanian capital

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which was then part of the

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. He began working in the German film industry in

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in the 1920s. Following the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

's takeover of power in 1933, the

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Sorkin left for France where he worked in that country's cinema industry. After the

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by the Germans in 1940 he left for the United States via Casablanca.

Selected filmography

* '' Joyless Street'' (1925) * '' The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927) * '' The Devious Path'' (1928) * '' Westfront 1918'' (1930) * '' Morals at Midnight'' (1930) * ''

Scandalous Eva ''Scandalous Eva'' (german: Skandal um Eva) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Henny Porten, Oskar Sima, and Ludwig Stössel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Cast * Henny Por ...

'' (1930) * ''

Mountains on Fire ''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based ...

'' (1931) * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) * ''

The Five Accursed Gentlemen ''The Five Accursed Gentlemen'' (german: Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen) is a 1932 French mystery drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Anton Walbrook, Camilla Horn and Jack Trevor.Bock & Bergfelder p. 538 It was made as the Germa ...

'' (1932) * '' Teilnehmer antwortet nicht'' (co-director:

Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exc ...

, 1932) * '' Three on a Honeymoon'' (1932) * '' Honeymoon Trip'' (1933) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1937) * ''

The Shanghai Drama ''The Shanghai Drama'' (french: Le drame de Shanghaï) is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.Kennedy-Karpat p.132-33 An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret ...

'' (1938) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * '' Serenade'' (1940) * '' Pictura'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema''. Rutgers University Press, 1990.

External links

* Film people from Vilnius 1902 births 1986 deaths Russian film directors Russian film editors Russian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany French emigrants to the United States {{Film-bio-stub