Alfred Schirokauer

German novelist and screenwriter (1880–1934)
Alfred Schirokauer
Born13 July 1880
Breslau, German Empire
Died27 October 1934
Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)Writer, Director
Years active1913–1934 (film)

Alfred Schirokauer (13 July 1880 – 27 October 1934) was a German novelist and screenwriter.[1] He also directed three films during the silent era. Many films were based on his novels including several adaptations of Lucrezia Borgia. After the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 the Jewish Schirokauer emigrated to Amsterdam and then to Austria where he died the following year.

Novels

  • Die graue Macht (1910)
  • Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe (1912)
  • Lukrezia Borgia (1925)
  • Die Frau von gestern und morgen (1928)
  • Die unmögliche Liebe (1929)
  • Paiva, Queen of Love (1935)

Play

  • Karriere (with Paul Rosenhayn, 1924)

Selected filmography

  • Ferdinand Lassalle, directed by Rudolf Meinert (Germany, 1918, based on the novel Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe)
  • Die graue Macht, directed by Fred Stranz (Germany, 1923, based on the novel Die graue Macht)
  • The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow, directed by Heinz Paul (Germany, 1928, based on the novel Die Frau von gestern und morgen)
  • Careers, directed by John Francis Dillon (1929, based on the play Karriere)
  • Impossible Love, directed by Erich Waschneck (Germany, 1932, based on the novel Die unmögliche Liebe)
  • Lucrezia Borgia, directed by Abel Gance (France, 1935, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)
  • Lucrezia Borgia, directed by Luis Bayón Herrera (Argentina, 1947, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)
  • Idol of Paris, directed by Leslie Arliss (UK, 1948, based on the novel Paiva, Queen of Love)
  • Lucrèce Borgia, directed by Christian-Jaque (France, 1953, based on the novel Lukrezia Borgia)

Screenwriter

References

  1. ^ Soister p.193

Bibliography

  • John T. Soister. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
  • Alfred Schirokauer at IMDb
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