Charles Klein (director)
Charles Klein | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 January 1898 |
| Died | February 1981 (aged 83) Andernach, West Germany |
| Occupations | Film director, writer |
| Years active | 1928-1940 (film) |
Charles Klein (1898–1981) was a German film director, screenwriter and novelist.[1][2] He began his career in Hollywood during the silent era. In 1928 he produced The Telltale Heart, an expressionist short film version of the Edgar Allan Poe story.[3] He later moved to Germany, but the Second World War brought an end to his film career and he was called up to the Wehrmacht.
Selected filmography
- Blindfold (1928)
- Pleasure Crazed (1928)
- The Telltale Heart (1928, short)
- The Sin Sister (1929)
- When the Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights (1933)
- Gypsy Blood (1934)
- Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1938)
- The Fourth Is Not Coming (1939)
- Woman Without a Past (1939)
- Her Private Secretary (1940)
References
- ↑ "Charles Klein | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ Giesen p.227
- ↑ Brill p.249
Bibliography
- Brill, Olaf (ed.) Expressionism in the Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
- Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland & Company, 2003.