Hans Gustl Kernmayr

Hans Gustl Kernmayr
Born(1900-02-10)10 February 1900
Died9 October 1977(1977-10-09) (aged 77)
Other namesJohann Gustav Kernmayr
OccupationWriter
Years active1934-1964 (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

References

  1. ^ Silverman p.272
  2. ^ https://www.filmportal.de/person/hans-gustl-kernmayr_a6a3e4b207e242248b60144105ef5d33
  3. ^ Von Dassanowsky p.392 & 398
  4. ^ 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