Peter Paul Felner (1884–1927) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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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 ...

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Prinz und Tänzerin'' (1920) * '' Marquis Fun'' (1920) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * ''

The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...

'' (1923) * ''

Prater The Prater () is a large public park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The Wurstelprater, an amusement park that is often simply called "Prater", lies in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Name The n ...

'' (1924) * '' The Golden Calf'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * ''

Das Meer ''The Sea'' (German: ''Das Meer'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Heinrich George, Olga Tschechowa, and Simone Vaudry.Bock & Bergfelder p.154 The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach. Cast * ...

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Bibliography

* Janik, Vicki. ''The Merchant of Venice: A Guide to the Play''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.

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* 1884 births 1927 deaths Austrian film directors German-language film directors Hungarian film directors Hungarian screenwriters Austrian male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers {{Screen-writer-stub