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Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German
screenwriter ,
film producer and
director during the
silent era . He is particularly known for his 1913 film
The Other . He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1914, called Ein Seltsamer Fall , written by
Richard Oswald .
[1] During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different
genres .
[2]
Born as Moritz Myrthenzweig in
Halberstadt , the
Jewish Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape
Nazism , and settled in the
United Kingdom . His final film was the 1935
quota quickie
Be Careful, Mr. Smith .
Selected filmography
Director
Actor
Japanisches Opfer (1910) - Der Edelmütige
Die Pulvermühle (1910)
Dienertreue (1911)
Ihr Jugendfreund (1911)
Madame Potiphar (1911)
Die Ballhaus-Anna (1911)
Opfer der Untreue (1911)
Gehirnreflexe (1911)
Coeur-As (1912)
Dämon Eifersucht (1912) - Max
Das Bild der Mutter (1912) - Max
Ein Kampf im Feuer (1912) - Egon
Das Ende vom Liede (1912)
Ein seltsamer Fall (1914) - Selbst / Himself
Hans und Hanni (1915)
Der Sturz des Hauses Macwell (1918)
You Belong to Me (1934) - Jack Mandel (final film role)
References
^
a
b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era . Midnight Marquee Press. p. 139.
ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Elsaesser & Wedel p.205
Bibliography
Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael. A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades . Amsterdam University Press, 1996.
Ragowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy . Camden House, 2010.
External links
International National People