Hans Behrendt

Hans Behrendt
Born	28 September 1889 Berlin, German Empire
Died	1942 Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter Actor
Years active	1920 -1936

Hans Behrendt (28 September 1889 – 1942) was a German-Jewish[1] actor, screenwriter and film director.[2] He was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.[3]

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Catherine the Great (1920)
• Christian Wahnschaffe (1920)
• The Island of the Lost (1921)
• The Poisoned Stream (1921)
• Fridericus Rex (1922)
• Fräulein Raffke (1923)
• The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1924)
• Wood Love (1925)
• Athletes (1925)
• Curfew (1925)
• The Doll of Luna Park (1925)
• The Woman with That Certain Something (1925)
• Women You Rarely Greet (1925)
• The Mill at Sanssouci (1926)
• The Violet Eater (1926)
• Die Puppe vom Lunapark (1926)
• Our Daily Bread (1926)
• My Friend the Chauffeur (1926)
• Potsdam (1927)
• The Dancer of Sanssouci (1932)

Director

• Old Heidelberg (1923)
• The New Land (1924)
• Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
• Potsdam (1927)
• The Trousers (1927)
• Dyckerpotts' Heirs (1928)
• Daughter of the Regiment (1929)
• The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca (1929)
• The League of Three (1929)
• Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1930)
• Gloria (1931, French)
• Gloria (1931, German)
• The Office Manager (1931)
• Danton (1931)
• I Go Out and You Stay Here (1931)
• The Heath Is Green (1932)
• My Friend the Millionaire (1932)
• Wedding at Lake Wolfgang (1933)
• Must We Get Divorced? (1933)
• Doña Francisquita, Ibérica Films, SA. Barcelona (1934)
• Fräulein Lilli (1936)

Actor

• Mary Magdalene (1920)
• The Island of the Lost (1921)
• A Day on Mars (1921)
• Wood Love (1925)
• The Violet Eater (1926)

References

1. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | BEHRENDT, Hans". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
3. "Hans Behrendt". IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

• Hans Behrendt at IMDb

Category:German male comedians