Erich Schönfelder

Erich Schönfelder
Born	April 23, 1885 Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Died	May 14, 1933 (aged 48) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actor, Screenwriter, Film Director
Years active	1916 - 1932

Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent and early sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch.

Selected filmography

Writer

• Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916)
• When Four Do the Same (1917)
• My Wife, the Movie Star (1919)
• Meyer from Berlin (1919)

Actor

• The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917)
• Hunted Men (1924)
• Fight of the Tertia (1929)
• The Copper (1930)

Director

• Der Stier von Olivera (1921)
• Women of Luxury (1925)
• The Woman with That Certain Something (1925)
• Princess Trulala (1926)
• Marie's Soldier (1927)
• How Do I Marry the Boss? (1927)
• The Woman from Till 12 (1928)
• Der Ladenprinz (1928)
• The Beaver Coat (1928)
• Gehetzte Mädchen (1930)
• Mischievous Miss (1930)
• Contest (1932)
• At Your Orders, Sergeant (1932)

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch. Princeton University Press, 1992.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: Jewish Presences in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Erich Schönfelder at the Internet Movie Database