Walter Supper

{{short description|German actor and screenwriter}}

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| birth_date = 8 April 1887

| birth_place = Hamm, German Empire

| death_date = {{death-date and age|3 March 1943|8 April 1887}}

| death_place = Berlin, Nazi Germany

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| occupation = Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1920–1937 (film)

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Walter Supper (8 April 1887 – 3 March 1943) was a German screenwriter.Hardt p.227 Supper worked on more than thirty screenplays during his career, and also worked occasionally as an actor and director.

Supper refused to divorce his Jewish wife under Nazi pressure, which effectively ended his career. He eventually committed suicide with his wife when it became clear she was about to be arrested.

Selected filmography

References

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Bibliography

  • Hardt, Urusula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.