German actor, screenwriter and comedian (1892–1944)
For the American dramatist and novelist, see Max Simon Ehrlich.
Max Ehrlich
Max Ehrlich on stage in a prisoners' cabaret show in the Nazi concentration camp Westerbork in 1943
Born
7 December 1892
Berlin, German Empire
Died
1 October 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 51)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Cause of death
Murdered by Carbon monoxide poisoning
Nationality
German
Occupation(s)
Actor, screenwriter, director
Years active
1926–1944
Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s.
Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including leading roles in Max Reinhardt productions and revues. He appeared in 42 films, ten of which he directed, and on eight records. He wrote several books, including From Adelbert to Zilzer, his best-selling humorous collection of stories and anecdotes about sixty-two of his best known show business friends and colleagues.
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producer. The screenplay was written by Joseph Stefano (adapted from MaxEhrlich's 1955 novel First Train to Babylon), the musical score was composed by...
for not knowing better than to buy this script, but the scriptwriters, MaxEhrlich and Frank De Felitta, really ought to have their names inscribed in a...
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early 1970s he was working on film scripts, including two he wrote with MaxEhrlich, The Edict (1971) and The Savage is Loose (1974). The Edict was filmed...
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collaborators there was Max Neisser. In 1904, Ehrlich received a full position of honorary professor from the University of Göttingen. In 1906 Ehrlich became the director...
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staged by the Westerbork stage troupe, some of whose other members were MaxEhrlich, Kurt Gerron, Jetty Cantor, Willi Rosen and Erich Ziegler. She and Otto...
an episode of the same series on 19 December 1948, and was adapted by MaxEhrlich. A 1945 BBC Home Service adaptation, dramatised by John Dickson Carr...
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