Paul Schiller (11 July 1903 – 19 September 1977) was a Czech screenwriter.

Career

Schiller was active in the German the French film industries during the 1930s. He also directed two films. He worked on a single British film ''

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'' in 1937.

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star

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purchased the rights to one of his stories, but objections from the

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led her to make numerous changes and the 1947 film ''

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'' that resulted had little resemblance to his story.Henderson, Kirk. ''Hollywood v. Beauty and the Synchronicity of the Six''. Austin Macauley Publishers, 2020. p. ?

Selected filmography

* '' Call of the Blood'' (1929) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Nothing But Lies'' (1933) * '' Number 33'' (1933) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Mam'zelle Spahi'' (1934) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Serge Panine'' (1939) * '' Marseille mes amours'' (1940)

References

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* 1903 births 1977 deaths Czech screenwriters Czech film directors People from Prague Czechoslovak emigrants to France Czech emigrants to the United States {{Czech-bio-stub