Richard Schweizer
Writer, Screenwriter

Richard Schweizer

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Writer, Screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
Switzerland
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WriterScreenwriter
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Film, TV, Stage & RadioLiterature
Birth:
23 December 1899(Zürich)
Death:
30 March 1965(Zürich)
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Richard Schweizer (23 December 1899 - 30 March 1965) was a Swiss screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1945 for his work in Marie-Louise, as well as the Academy Award for Best Story in 1948 for his work in The Search. Schweizer also directed the film Kleine Scheidegg (1937).

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Director

  • Kleine Scheidegg (1937)

Screenwriter

  • Füsilier Wipf (1938)
  • Gilberte de Courgenay (1942)
  • Marie-Louise (1944)
  • The Search (1948)
  • Swiss Tour (1949)
  • Heidi (1952)
  • Uli the Tenant (1955)
  • The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet (1958)