Max Nosseck

German film director, actor, and screenwriter

Max Nosseck (19 September 1902 – 29 September 1972) was a German film director, actor, and screenwriter.[1]

## Biography

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Nosseck was born in Nakel, then in Prussia, but now in Poland. Nosseck established himself as a director in the German Film Industry, but due to his Jewish background he was forced to emigrate following the Nazi takeover in 1933. He directed films in France, Spain, the Netherlands, and United States.

In 1934 Max Nosseck directed Buster Keaton, then struggling with alcoholism and a messy divorce, in the French feature Le Roi des Champs-Élysées.

Nosseck's American films typed him as a director of sensationalist subjects, usually juvenile-vagrancy melodramas. His most famous "exploitation" film is Dillinger (1945), a gangster picture chronicling the rise and fall of John Dillinger. The film starred Lawrence Tierney, with whom Nosseck reunited for two crime thrillers in later years. In a surprising turnabout, Nosseck directed two wholesome animal adventures in 1946 and 1947.

After his American assignments, he returned to work in the German and Austrian film industries. Nosseck married three times: to Austrian actress Olly Gebauer, to German actress Ilse Steppat, and to the writer and aviator Genevieve Haugen.

He died in Bad Wiessee.

## Selected filmography

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Director

* Liebeskleeblatt (1930)
* Dance Into Happiness (1930)
* Einmal möcht' ich keine Sorgen haben (1932)
* All Is at Stake (1932)
* Wild Cattle (1934)
* Una semana de felicidad (1934)
* Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
* De Big van het Regiment (1935)
* Aventura oriental (1935)
* Oranje Hein (1936)
* Poderoso caballer (1936)
* Overture to Glory (1940)
* Girls Under 21 (1940)
* Gambling Daughters (1941)
* Dillinger (1945)
* The Brighton Strangler (1945)
* Black Beauty (1946)
* The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947)
* Kill or Be Killed (1950)
* Korea Patrol (1951)
* The Hoodlum (1951)
* Garden of Eden (1954)
* The Captain and His Hero (1955)
* And Who Is Kissing Me? (1956)
* Singing in the Dark (1956)

Screenwriter

* Munchhausen in Africa (1958)

Actor

* Derby (1926)
* Liebeskleeblatt (1930)
* Dance Into Happiness (1930)
* Sperrbezirk (1966)
* How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970)
* Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)

## References

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1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | NOSSECK, Max". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2011-03-28.

## External links

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* Max Nosseck at IMDb

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Films directed by Max Nosseck

* Dance into Happiness (1930)
* All Is at Stake (1932)
* Wild Cattle (1934)
* Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
* De Big van het Regiment (1935)
* Oranje Hein (1936)
* Girls Under 21 (1940)
* Gambling Daughters (1941)
* Dillinger (1945)
* The Brighton Strangler (1945)
* Black Beauty (1946)
* The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947)
* Kill or Be Killed (1950)
* Korea Patrol (1951)
* The Hoodlum (1951)
* Garden of Eden (1954)
* The Captain and His Hero (1955)
* And Who Is Kissing Me? (1956)
* Singing in the Dark (1956)

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