Max Glass (12 June 1881 – 18 July 1965) was an

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n screenwriter, film director, and producer. Glass was born in Jaroslau, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a

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family, but later converted to

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. He gained a PHD in Philosophy from the

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. Glass entered the German film industry as a writer, but soon became a producer. By the mid-1920s he rose to be head of production at

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before breaking away to set up his own production company in 1928 Glass' lover the actress Ruth Werner appeared in a number of his films but was unable to marry him until he had secured a divorce from his first wife, Dr. Helene Münz (married 1908–1957), with whom he had two sons, Paul Glass (born 1910) and Georges Glass (born 19 October 1917,

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). Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany in 1933, Glass' production companies were shut down and he was forced to go into exile in France. Glass again worked as a producer, but ran into further trouble following the

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during the

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. In 1942 the collaborationist

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stripped him of his citizenship. Glass and Werner then went to

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and

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for the remainder of the conflict, only returning to France once the war was over. They finally married in 1957.

Selected filmography

Writer

* Die entfesselte Menschheit (novel; 1920 - that year the novel was adapted to the screen to a film by the same name)

Director

* '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1923) * '' Bob and Mary'' (1923) * '' La reine des resquilleuses'' (1937) * '' The Road to Damascus'' (1952)

Screenwriter

* '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (1925) * ''

If You Have an Aunt ''If You Have an Aunt'' (German:''Wenn Du eine Tante hast'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Maly Delschaft, Wilhelm Diegelmann and Robert Garrison.Grange p.209 The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...

'' (1925) * '' Why Get a Divorce?'' (1926) * ''

The Sea Cadet ''The Sea Cadet'' (German: ''Der Seekadett'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Walter Slezak, Gerd Briese and Fritz Alberti.Krautz p.115 It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were desig ...

'' (1926) * '' Young Blood'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

The Man Without Sleep ''The Man Without Sleep'' (German: ''Der Mann ohne Schlaf'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Harry Liedtke, Maly Delschaft, and Fritz Kampers. It premiered in Berlin on 12 February 1926.Grange p.217-18 The film's ...

'' (1926) * '' The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Bigamie'' (1927) * ''

The Tragedy of a Lost Soul ''The Tragedy of a Lost Soul'' (german: Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Helga Molander and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Grange p. 250 It was shot at the Terra Studio ...

'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''

Love in the Ring ''Love in the Ring'' (german: Liebe im Ring) is a 1930 German sports film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Max Schmeling, Renate Müller, and Olga Tschechowa.Waldman p. 160 Schmeling was a leading German boxer of the 1930s, and the ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Le chemin de Damas'' (1952)

Producer

* '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * '' Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''

'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' Queen Louise'' (1927) * '' The Ship of Lost Souls'' (1929) * ' (1930) * ''

The Soaring Maiden ''The Soaring Maiden'' (German: ''Die schwebende Jungfrau'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lissy Arna, S.Z. Sakall and Dina Gralla.Waldman p.151 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets wer ...

'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Guest'' (1931) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1931) * ''

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1950)

References

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* * 1881 births 1965 deaths Austrian film producers Austrian male screenwriters People from Jarosław Austrian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers {{Austria-writer-stub