Georg Jacoby
German film director

Georg Jacoby

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German film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
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ScreenwriterFilm director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
23 July 1882(Mainz)
Death:
21 February 1964(Munich)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Elga Brink
Marika Rökk
Children:
Gabriele Jacoby
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Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.
Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925), a German comedic playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farces, such as The Duchess of Athens (1883) and Pension Schöller (1890), which he co-authored with Carl Laufs. Georg adapted Pension Schöller into film versions on no fewer than three occasions.
In 1923, Georg Jacoby gave Marlene Dietrich her film debut, casting her in a small role in The Little Napoleon (1923). His involvement with large-budget Italian epic Quo Vadis (1924), which was a critical and commercial disaster, damaged his reputation. He rebuilt his career by directing a series of popular comedies and musicals.
He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death. Actress Gabriele Jacoby is his daughter. During the Nazi era, Jacoby specialised in light comedies featuring Rökk. In 1941 he directed the first Agfacolor film Women Are Better Diplomats. He remained active in West Germany, directing his final film in 1960.
Georg Jacoby died, aged 81, in Munich.

Selected filmography

  • Wibbel the Tailor (1920, writer)
  • The Little Napoleon (1923)
  • Paradise in the Snow (1923)
  • Comedians of Life (1924)
  • Quo Vadis (1924)
  • Accommodations for Marriage (1926)
  • The Pride of the Company (1926)
  • Circus Romanelli (1926)
  • The Fake (1927)
  • Nameless Woman (1927)
  • Intoxicated Love (1927)
  • The Hunt for the Bride (1927)
  • The Island of Forbidden Kisses (1927)
  • The Weekend Bride (1928)
  • Behind Monastery Walls (1928)
  • The King of Carnival (1928)
  • The Joker (1928)
  • Angst (1928, producer)
  • The Physician (1928)
  • Perjury (1929)
  • Women on the Edge (1929)
  • A Mother's Love (1929)
  • Latin Quarter (1929)
  • Gold on the Street (1930)
  • Josef the Chaste (1930)
  • Pension Schöller (1930)
  • Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
  • The Spanish Fly (1931)
  • Melody of Love (1932)
  • The Big Bluff (1933)
  • The Last Waltz (1934)
  • The Beggar Student (1936)
  • Gasparone (1937)
  • A Night in May (1938)
  • The Curtain Falls (1939)
  • Kora Terry (1940)
  • Women Are Better Diplomats (1941)
  • The Woman of My Dreams (1944)
  • Child of the Danube (1950)
  • Sensation in San Remo (1951)
  • Pension Schöller (1952)
  • The Divorcée (1953)
  • Hello, My Name is Cox (1955)
  • Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955)
  • Kleren Maken de Man (1957)
  • At Green Cockatoo by Night (1957)
  • The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
  • Pension Schöller (1960)
  • Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960)