Johannes Meyer (director)
German screenwriter and film director

Johannes Meyer (director)

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German screenwriter and film director
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13 August 1888(Brzeg)
Death:
25 January 1976(Marburg)
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Johannes Meyer (13 August 1888 – 25 January 1976) was a German screenwriter and film director. He should not be confused with the Danish actor of the same name. He directed a number of films during the Weimar, Nazi and post-War eras, most notably Fridericus (1936), one in a series of epics about Frederick the Great.

Selected filmography

  • Horrido (1924)
  • The Poacher (1926)
  • High Treason (1929)
  • The Blonde Nightingale (1930)
  • Two Heavenly Blue Eyes (1932)
  • Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933)
  • Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933)
  • Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
  • The Fugitive from Chicago (1934)
  • The Legacy of Pretoria (1934)
  • Fridericus (1937)
  • Beate's Mystery (1938)
  • The Singing Gate (1939)
  • Rätsel der Nacht (1945)