Max Nosseck (19 September 1902 – 29 September 1972) was a German

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 ...

, actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Nosseck was born in Nakel, then in

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, but now in

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. Nosseck established himself as a director in the

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, but due to his

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background he was forced to emigrate following the

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takeover in 1933. He directed films in

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, the

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and

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. Following the

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he returned to work in the German and Austrian industries. Nosseck married three times: to Austrian actress

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, to German actress

Ilse Steppat Ilse Paula Steppat (30 November 1917 – 21 December 1969) was a German actress. Her husband was noted actor and director Max Nosseck. Biography She began her cinematic career at the age of 15 playing Joan of Arc. Steppat appeared regularly on ...

, and to the writer and aviator Genevieve Haugen. He died in

Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee (Central Bavarian: ''Bad Wiessä'') is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Upper Bavaria in Germany. Since 1922, it has been a spa town and located on the western shore of the Tegernsee Lake. It had a population of around ...

Selected filmography

Director * '' Liebeskleeblatt'' (1930) * '' Dance Into Happiness'' (1930) * '' Einmal möcht' ich keine Sorgen haben'' (1932) * ''

All Is at Stake ''All is at Stake'' (german: Es geht um alles) is a 1932 German comedy thriller filmPrawer p. 203 directed by Max Nosseck and starring Luciano Albertini, Claire Rommer and Ernő Verebes. Cast * Luciano Albertini * Claire Rommer * Ernő Verebes ...

'' (1932) * '' Wild Cattle'' (1934) * Una semana de felicidad (1934) * ''

Le Roi des Champs-Élysées ''Le Roi des Champs-Élysées'' is a 1934 French comedy starring Buster Keaton. This French-made film has Keaton playing two roles, as an aspiring actor, and as an American gangster. A closing gag has the typically deadpan Keaton breaking out in ...

'' (1934) * '' De Big van het Regiment'' (1935) * '' Aventura oriental'' (1935) * '' Oranje Hein'' (1936) * Poderoso caballer (1936) * ''

Overture to Glory Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...

'' (1940) * ''

Girls Under 21 ''Girls Under 21'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Max Nosseck, starring Bruce Cabot and Rochelle Hudson. Plot summary Frances White (Rochelle Hudson) from the slums, escapes the tenements by marrying rich gangster Smiley Ryan (Bruce ...

'' (1940) * ''

Gambling Daughters ''Gambling Daughters'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Cecilia Parker, Roger Pryor and Robert Baldwin.Langman p.235 Plot Summary Lillian and Katherine discover a gambling spot while following their French teac ...

'' (1941) * ''

Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depression. He led the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dill ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Brighton Strangler ''The Brighton Strangler'' is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel. During the blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers concussion and believes himself to be the characte ...

'' (1945) * ''

Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Return of Rin Tin Tin ''The Return of Rin Tin Tin'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Max Nosseck and written by Jack DeWitt. The film stars Rin Tin Tin III, Donald Woods, Robert Blake, Claudia Drake, Steve Pendleton and Earle Hodgins. The film was released ...

'' (1947) * '' Kill or Be Killed'' (1950) * ''

Korea Patrol ''Korea Patrol'' (working title ''Korean Patrol'') is a 1951 American war film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Richard Emory and Benson Fong. It was released by Eagle-Lion Films. Together with Sam Fuller’s '' The Steel Helmet'' and Sam K ...

'' (1951) * '' The Hoodlum'' (1951) * ''

Garden of Eden In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden ( he, גַּן־עֵדֶן, ) or Garden of God (, and גַן־אֱלֹהִים ''gan-Elohim''), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the Bible, biblical paradise described in Book of Genesis, Genes ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Captain and His Hero ''The Captain and His Hero'' (german: Der Hauptmann und sein Held) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst and Fita Benkhoff.Frodon p. 167 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin ...

'' (1955) * ''

Singing in the Dark ''Singing in the Dark'' is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture about a Holocaust survivor suffering from total amnesia who comes to the United States. It stars Yiddish language film actor Moishe Oysher in his only English-language film perform ...

'' (1956) Screenwriter * '' Munchhausen in Africa'' (1958) Actor * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Liebeskleeblatt'' (1930) * '' Dance Into Happiness'' (1930) * ''

Sperrbezirk ''Sperrbezirk'' is a 1966 West German comedy drama film directed by Will Tremper and starring Harald Leipnitz, Suzanne Roquette and Guido Baumann. It is adapted from a story by Ernst Neubach. The film was also known as ''Sperrbezirk, das Gesch� ...

'' (1966) * '' How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?'' (1970) * ''

Gentlemen in White Vests Gentlemen in White Vests (german: Die Herren mit der weißen Weste) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Heinz Erhardt. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location aroun ...

'' (1970)

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* 1902 births 1972 deaths People from Nakło nad Notecią Jewish German male actors German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors German film directors Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States {{Germany-film-director-stub