Hanns Kräly (January 16, 1884 – November 11, 1950), credited in the United States as Hans Kraly, was a German actor and screenwriter. His main collaborations were with director
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch (; ; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; a ...
, and they worked together on 30 films between 1915 and 1929. In 1930, their longstanding partnership and with that much of Kräly's reputable career as a screenwriter came to an end due to an affair he was having with Lubitsch's then-wife Helene Krauss.
[Eyman 1993, p. 160-165.] Kräly is also notable for his comedy play ''
Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' which has been turned into films on a number of occasions.
Kräly was nominated for three
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...
for writing. He won the award for
Best Writing with ''
The Patriot'' in 1930. He was also nominated for the adapted screenplay of ''
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'', also in 1930, and for
Original Screenplay of ''
One Hundred Men and a Girl'' in 1937. Additional screenwriting credits include ''
Private Lives
''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...
'' and ''
Just a Gigolo'', both released in 1931.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''
The Firm Gets Married'' (1914)
* ''
Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916)
* ''
Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Meyer from Berlin'' (1919)
* ''
The Ballet Girl'' (1918)
* ''
Intoxication'' (1919)
* ''
My Wife, the Movie Star'' (1919)
* ''
A Drive into the Blue
''A Drive into the Blue'' (German: ''Die Fahrt ins Blaue'') is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Georg Alexander, and Jakob Tiedtke.Bock & Bergfelder p.372
It was shot at the Tempelhof S ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Countess Doddy'' (1919)
* ''
The Housing Shortage'' (1920)
* ''
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
''Romeo and Juliet in the Snow'' () is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lotte Neumann, Julius Falkenstein and Gustav von Wangenheim.Thomson p. 145 The film's title plays off of the William Shakespeare ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Monika Vogelsang'' (1920)
* ''
Hundemamachen'' (1920)
* ''
The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920)
* ''
The Flame'' (1923)
* ''
Paradise in the Snow'' (1923)
* ''
La Boheme'' (1923)
* ''
Comedians of Life'' (1924)
* ''
Three Women'' (1924)
* ''
Her Night of Romance'' (1924)
* ''
Her Sister from Paris'' (1925)
* ''
Betrayal'' (1929)
* ''
Eternal Love'' (1929)
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1884 births
1950 deaths
German male silent film actors
German male screenwriters
20th-century German male actors
Male actors from Hamburg
Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
Film people from Hamburg
20th-century German screenwriters
German emigrants to the United States
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