Emil Burri

Emil Burri
Born	11 December 1902 Munich, German Empire
Died	29 August 1966 Munich, West Germany
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1933-1964 (film)

Emil Burri (1902–1966) was a German playwright and screenwriter who worked on around fifty films during his career, a prominent figure in both Nazi era and post-war German cinema. He also directed the 1942 film Beloved World, his only directorial credit. In 1955 he wrote the screenplay for the Austrian historical heimatfilm Dunja.

In the theatre he was known as a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Inge and the Millions (1933)
• The Island (1934)
• The Green Domino (1935)
• Königswalzer (1935)
• Boccaccio (1936)
• A Wedding Dream (1936)
• Diamonds (1937)
• Faded Melody (1938)
• The Governor (1939)
• A Woman Like You (1939)
• Water for Canitoga (1939)
• Enemies (1940)
• What Does Brigitte Want? (1941)
• Tonelli (1943)
• Orient Express (1944)
• The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
• Chased by the Devil (1950)
• Royal Children (1950)
• Diary of a Married Woman (1953)
• The Witch (1954)
• Königswalzer (1955)
• Escape from Sahara (1958)
• Stefanie (1958)
• Marili (1959)

Director

• Beloved World (1942)

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Emil Burri at IMDb