Eberhard Frowein

Eberhard Frowein
Born	24 May 1881 Elberfeld, German Empire
Died	15 January 1964 Altaussee, Austria
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1921 - 1954

Eberhard Frowein (1881–1964) was a German screenwriter and film director. He was also a director of the Comedia-Film production company. As a screenwriter he is noted for his work on the controversial 1941 Nazi film I Accuse. He later retired to Austria.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Pearl Maker of Madrid (1921)
• Marriage (1929)
• Fertility (1929)

Screenwriter

• The Wig (1925)
• The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel (1934)
• Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
• By a Silken Thread (1938)
• Target in the Clouds (1939)
• I Accuse (1941)

Bibliography

• Hailey, Christopher. Franz Schreker: 1878-1934: A Cultural Biography. CUP Archive, 1993.
• Welch, David. Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-1945. I.B.Tauris, 2001.

External links

• Works by or about Eberhard Frowein at the Internet Archive
• Eberhard Frowein at IMDb