Hans Müller(-Einigen) (born 25 October 1882 in

Brünn Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

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; died 8 March 1950 in Einigen) was a German language writer, author of screenplays and director. As his proper name, Hans Müller, was quite common, he added the name of the Swiss village of Einigen to it. He is known for ''

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'' (''Im weißen Rößl'', 1930), written together with Robert Gilbert and Erik Charell, set to music by

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. Earlier, he collaborated frequently with composer

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, writing the librettos for ''

Violanta ''Violanta'', Op. 8, is a one-act opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by the Austrian playwright Hans Müller-Einigen. It is Korngold's second opera, written when he was seventeen years old. Performance history It was premiered o ...

'' (1916) and ''

Das Wunder der Heliane ''Das Wunder der Heliane'' (German for ''The Miracle of Heliane''), Op. 20 is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold with a libretto by Hans Müller-Einigen, after . It was first performed at the Hamburg State Opera on 7 October 1927. ...

'' (1927), and having Korngold score the incidental music to his ''Der Vampir oder Die Gejagten'' (1923). Müller-Einigen went to Hollywood in the 1920s where several films were made from his scripts. Since 1930 he lived in Einigen. His brother was the author and critic

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(real name: Ernst Lothar Müller). Hans Müller was attacked in Karl Kraus' play ''

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'' and in his journal ''Die Fackel''^{( de)} (''The Torch'').

Works

Novels *''Buch der Abenteuer'', 1905 – including ''Nux, der Prinzgemahl'', made into the operetta ''

Ein Walzertraum ' (''A Waltz Dream'') is an operetta by Oscar Straus with a German libretto by and , based on the novella ' (''Nux, the Prince Consort'') by Hans Müller-Einigen from his 1905 book ' (''Book of Adventures''). The young Jacobson presented S ...

'' (1907) and the film ''

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'' (1931) Poetry *''Die lockende Geige'', 1904 *''Der Garten des Lebens'', 1904 *''Die Rosenlaute'', 1909 Dramas *''Das Wunder des Beatus'', 1910 *''Die Sterne'', 1919 – made into the

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1923 silent film ''Die Flamme'' *''Der Vampir oder die Gejagten'', 1923, with incidental music provided by Erich Korngold. *''Der Helfer Gottes'', 1947 Libretti *''

'',

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, 1916; music:

*''

'', opera, 1927; music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Screen plays *''Die Tochter der Frau von Larsac'', 1925 (silent movie) *''Schwester Veronica'', 1927 (silent) *'' The Burning Heart'', 1929 (silent) *''

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'', 1930 *''

Darling of the Gods ''Darling of the Gods'' (german: Liebling der Götter) is a 1930 German musical drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Emil Jannings, Renate Müller and Olga Tschechowa. Jannings had recently returned from Hollywood where the arrival ...

'', 1930 * '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'', 1931; music: Werner R. Heymann *''

Yorck ''Yorck'' is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.Noack p.59 It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve i ...

'', 1931 *''

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'', 1932 *'' Waltz War'', 1933 *'' Fresh Wind from Canada'', 1935 Autobiography *''Geliebte Erde'', 1938 *''Jugend in Wien'', 1945

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(cyranos.ch) 1882 births 1950 deaths Writers from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Austrian Jews Austrian male dramatists and playwrights Austrian opera librettists Austrian theatre directors Austrian theatre managers and producers 20th-century Austrian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century male writers Austrian expatriates in the United States Austrian emigrants to Switzerland {{theat-bio-stub