Werner Scheff
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| birth_date = 5 May 1888
| birth_place = Berlin, German Empire
| death_date = 1947
| death_place = London, United Kingdom
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Werner Scheff (1888–1947) was a German novelist and screenwriter. He is particularly noted as a prolific writer of sports fiction.Jensen p. 98 Following the Nazi Party's rise to power, he emigrated and died in London in 1947.
Selected filmography
- Die Arche (1919)
- The Man in the Saddle (1925)
- Dagfin (1926)
- The Girl on a Swing (1926)
- The Champion of the World (1927)
- Attorney for the Heart (1927)
- The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
- Never Trust a Woman (1930)
- Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
- Ship Without a Harbour (1932)
- Secret Agent (1932)
- The Marathon Runner (1933)
- Jumping Into the Abyss (1933)
References
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Bibliography
- Erik N. Jensen. Body by Weimar: Athletes, Gender, and German Modernity. Oxford University Press, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0770486}}
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Category:Film people from Berlin
Category:German male screenwriters
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
Category:20th-century German screenwriters
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