Hans Gustl Kernmayr
Hans Gustl Kernmayr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 February 1900 |
| Died | 9 October 1977 (aged 77) |
| Other names | Johann Gustav Kernmayr |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1934-1964 (film & TV) |
Hans Gustl Kernmayr (1900–1977) was an Austrian novelist and screenwriter. [1][2] He was active in Austrian cinema in the 1930s.[3] A committed Nazi he worked as a propagandist for the cause. In 1941 he was commissioned by general Heinz Guderian to write a flattering biography of him, although due to the objection's of Guderian's wife Margarete it was never published.[4]
Selected filmography
- I for You, You for Me (1934)
- A Night on the Danube (1935)
- The Missing Wife (1937)
- Musik für dich (1937)
- Flower of the Tisza (1939)
- Between River and Steppe (1939)
- Donauschiffer (1940)
- Vienna Tales (1940)
- Thrice Wed (1941)
- To Be God One Time (1942)
- The Degenhardts (1944)
- Schrammeln (1944)
- Archduke Johann's Great Love (1950)
- Regimental Music (1950)
- Wedding in the Hay (1951)
- Vienna Waltzes (1951)
- Operation Edelweiss (1954)
- Kleren Maken de Man (1957)
References
- ^ Silverman p.272
- ^ https://www.filmportal.de/person/hans-gustl-kernmayr_a6a3e4b207e242248b60144105ef5d33
- ^ Von Dassanowsky p.392 & 398
- ^ Stahel p.91-93
Bibliography
- Silverman, Lisa. The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity After the Holocaust. Oxford University Press, 2025.
- Stahel, David. Hitler's Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938. Indiana University Press, 2018