Wolfgang Wilhelm (1906–1984) was a
German
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**Ge ...
-born
screenwriter who later settled in
Britain
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. He worked in the German film industry before leaving after the
Nazi
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...
taking of power in 1933. He worked for a number of Britain's leading film producers.
Filmography
* ''
Susanne Cleans Up
''Susanne Cleans Up'' (German: ''Susanne macht Ordnung'') is a 1930 musical comedy film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Truus Van Aalten, Francis Lederer and Albert Paulig.Bock & Bergfelder p. 466 The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...
'' (1930)
* ''
I'll Stay with You'' (1931)
* ''
A Woman Branded'' (1931)
* ''
Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932)
* ''
There Goes the Bride'' (1932)
* ''
No Day Without You
''No Day Without You'' (german: Keinen Tag ohne Dich) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Lee Parry, Oskar Karlweis, and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the ...
'' (1933)
* ''
Today Is the Day'' (1933)
* ''
Give Her a Ring
''Give Her a Ring'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie, and Zelma O'Neal. The film was a remake of the 1932 German film ''Wrong Number, Miss'', and is sometimes known by the t ...
'' (1934)
* ''
The Luck of a Sailor
''The Luck of a Sailor'' is a 1934 British romance film directed by Robert Milton and starring Greta Nissen, David Manners and Clifford Mollison. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.78
Cast
* Greta Nissen as Queen Helena
* David Manners ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Brewster's Millions'' (1935)
* ''
Farewell Again
''Farewell Again'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw and Robert Newton. The film is a portmanteau illustrating the calls of duty on various soldiers and their families. ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Yoshiwara
was a famous (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimab ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Silent Battle'' (1939)
* ''
This Man Reuter'' (1940)
* ''
Freedom Radio
''Freedom Radio'' (a.k.a. ''A Voice in the Night'') is a 1941 British propaganda film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley and Derek Farr. It is set in Nazi Germany during the Second World Wa ...
'' (1941)
* ''
'Pimpernel' Smith'' (1941)
* ''
Uncensored'' (1942)
* ''
The Saint Meets the Tiger
''The Saint Meets the Tiger'' is the title of a crime thriller produced by the British unit of RKO Pictures, produced in 1941, but not released until 1943. This was to be the last of the eight films in RKO's film series about the crimefighter ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Escape to Danger'' (1943)
* ''
Squadron Leader X'' (1943)
* ''
Great Day'' (1945)
* ''
I See a Dark Stranger
''I See a Dark Stranger'' – released as ''The Adventuress'' in the United States – is a 1946 British World War II spy film with touches of light comedy, by the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Deborah Kerr and T ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Captain Boycott'' (1947)
* ''
The End of the River'' (1947)
* ''
A Kingdom for a House'' (1949)
* ''
The Secret People'' (1952)
* ''
The Great Game
The Great Game is the name for a set of political, diplomatic and military confrontations that occurred through most of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century – involving the rivalry of the British Empire and the Russian Empi ...
'' (1953)
* ''Don't Blame the Stork'' (1953)
* ''Holiday in Tyrol'' (1956)
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. ''Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950''. Berghahn Books, 2008.
External links
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1906 births
1984 deaths
German male screenwriters
Film people from Szczecin
German male writers
Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
20th-century German screenwriters
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