Maxim Ziese (1901–1955) was a German dramatist and writer. Of Pomeranian descent, he served in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. He became a writer after the war, noted for his patriotic 1933 play ''

Siebenstein ''Siebenstein'' is a play by the German writer Maxim Ziese. It is a First World War drama. It appeared at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin from March 1933 with Jürgen Fehling directing and a cast that included Veit Harlan, Lothar Müthel and Hi ...

''.Noack p.68 He later worked as a

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...

under

Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...

at the Prussian State Theatre.

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* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. 1901 births 1955 deaths Writers from Hesse People from Darmstadt-Dieburg 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights {{Germany-writer-stub