Martha Albrand (1914–1981), born Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard was a

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novelist. Albrand was the name of her Danish great-grandfather. She was the sister of the actress Jutta Freybe and the writer Johanna Sibelius. The film ''

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'' was based on her novel '' After Midnight''. In 1950, the book ''After Midnight'' won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière International Prize, the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France.Guide des Prix littéraires
online ed. ''Le Rayon du Polar''. Synopsis of French prizes rewarding French and international crime literature, with lists of laureates for each Prize. Grand Prix de littérature policière: pp. 18–36.

Bibliography

Novels written as Katrin Holland

* ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'', 1926 * ''Wie macht man das nur ???'', 1930 * ''Unterwegs zu Alexander: Ein Liebesroman'', 1932 * ''Die silberne Wolke: Ein Roman aus unserer Zeit'', 1933 * ''Babett auf Gottes Gnaden'', 1934 * ''Das Mädchen, das niemand mochte'', 1935 * ''Das Frauenhaus'', 1935 * ''Carlotta Torresani'', 1938 * ''Einsamer Himmel'', 1938 * ''Vierzehn Tage mit Edita'', 1939 * ''Helene'', 1940 * ''The Obsession of Emmet Booth'', 1957

Novels written as Martha Albrand

* ''

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'', 1942 * ''Without Orders'', 1943 * ''Endure No Longer'', 1944 * ''None Shall Know'', 1945 * ''Remembered Anger'', 1946 * ''Whispering Hill'', 1947 * '' After Midnight'', 1948 * ''Wait for the Dawn'', 1950 * ''

Desperate Moment ''Desperate Moment'' is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Martha Albrand. It was made at Pinewood Studios ...

'', 1951 * ''The Hunted Woman'', 1953 * ''Nightmare in Copenhagen'', 1954 * ''The Mask of Alexander'', 1955 * ''The Story That Could Not Be Told'', 1956 (alternative title ''The Linden'') * ''A Day in Monte Carlo'', 1959 * ''Meet Me Tonight'', 1960 (alternative title ''Return to Terror'') * ''A Call from Austria'', 1963 * ''The Door fell Shut'', 1966 * ''Rhine Replica'', 1969 * ''Manhattan North'', 1971 * ''Zurich/AZ 900'', 1974 * ''A Taste of Terror'', 1976 * ''Intermission'', 1978 (alternative title ''Final Encore'')

Novels written as Christine Lambert

* ''The Ball'', 1961 * ''A Sudden Woman'', 1964

Filmography

* ''Die Nacht der großen Liebe'' (Germany, 1933) * ''

Talking About Jacqueline ''Talking About Jacqueline'' (German: ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Wera Engels, Albrecht Schoenhals and Sabine Peters.Heins p.50 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in B ...

'' (Germany, 1937, based on ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'') * ''

Talk About Jacqueline ''Talk About Jacqueline'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Harold French and Paul L. Stein and starring Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. A woman tries to conceal her questionable past from her new husband. It was base ...

'' (UK, 1942, based on ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'') * ''

'' (1950, based on '' After Midnight'') * ''

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References

1914 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American novelists American women novelists German emigrants to the United States People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 20th-century American women writers People from Rostock American people of Danish descent People who emigrated to escape Nazism {{US-novelist-1910s-stub