Directing

Max Mack

Born October 21, 1884 · Halberstadt, Germany

Died February 18, 1972 · aged 87

Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different genres. Born as Moritz Myrthenzweig in Halberstadt, the Jewish Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape Nazism, and settled in the United Kingdom.

Known For

Die Perle

Die Perle · 1914

Tausend für eine Nacht

Tausend für eine Nacht · 1933

Tausend für eine Nacht

MovieDramaComedy

Der Andere

Der Andere · 1913

A man has an accident while out riding his horse and soon discovers that he now has a split personality, and that his alternate is helping a criminal to rob his house.

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha · 1921

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

The Maharaja of Odhapur goes on a trip to Europe and meet the young dancer Ellen Esmond. In her London accommodation, the Savoy Hotel, the Indian prince can prove to be a gallant gentleman and protect Ellen from an intrusive theatrical agent. The Maharaja asks the artist to entertain his guests the following evening with her dancing skills, including England's representatives in India. The maharaja is thrilled with both the person Ellen and her dance performances. His brother Bhima, who was always in the shadow of the Maharajah, drinks excessively and also is also magically attracted to Ellen Esmond.

Sündiges Blut

Sündiges Blut · 1919

Figaros Hochzeit

Figaros Hochzeit · 1920

Figaros Hochzeit

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus · 1923

Urteil des Arztes

Urteil des Arztes · 1914

Urteil des Arztes

Filmography

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Die Perle

Die Perle · 1914

Director

Tausend für eine Nacht

Tausend für eine Nacht · 1933

Tausend für eine Nacht

MovieDramaComedy

Director

Der Andere

Der Andere · 1913

A man has an accident while out riding his horse and soon discovers that he now has a split personality, and that his alternate is helping a criminal to rob his house.

Director

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha · 1921

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

The Maharaja of Odhapur goes on a trip to Europe and meet the young dancer Ellen Esmond. In her London accommodation, the Savoy Hotel, the Indian prince can prove to be a gallant gentleman and protect Ellen from an intrusive theatrical agent. The Maharaja asks the artist to entertain his guests the following evening with her dancing skills, including England's representatives in India. The maharaja is thrilled with both the person Ellen and her dance performances. His brother Bhima, who was always in the shadow of the Maharajah, drinks excessively and also is also magically attracted to Ellen Esmond.

Director

Sündiges Blut

Sündiges Blut · 1919

Director

Figaros Hochzeit

Figaros Hochzeit · 1920

Figaros Hochzeit

Director

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus · 1923

Director

Urteil des Arztes

Urteil des Arztes · 1914

Urteil des Arztes

Director

Sein Weib

Sein Weib · 1918

Director

The Blue Mouse

The Blue Mouse · 1913

Teddie Barker, an employee of the Searchlight Insurance Company, falls in love with Clara Brummer. Her father does not, at first, acquiesce to the engagement, but after persuasion agrees and attends the marriage of his daughter, and promises a dowry of £5,000 when the young man attains the position of branch manager in his company.

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A Strange Case

A Strange Case · 1914

Siles, a wealthy American, devotes all his time to research. When he tests a tincture on himself he discovers his physical appearance has transformed, and that he can transform back with the use of another tincture. Siles decides to take advantage of his transformations and live a double life.

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Beach Rats

Beach Rats · 1912

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Othello

Othello · 1918

Director

Schwiegermutter

Schwiegermutter · 1918

Schwiegermutter

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Der letzte Tag

Der letzte Tag · 1913

Director

Der Mutter Augen

Der Mutter Augen · 1913

Der Mutter Augen

Director

Only on the Rhine ...

Only on the Rhine ... · 1930

Only on the Rhine ...

Director

Die aus dem Jenseits kam

Die aus dem Jenseits kam · 1916

Die aus dem Jenseits kam

Director

Where Is Coletti?

Where Is Coletti? · 1913

Where Is Coletti?

MovieComedyCrime

Jean Coletti, a popular police detective, criticized for not using the press to help catch criminals, wages 100.000 marks that he can lose himself in Berlin for forty-eight hours without being caught.

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Die schwarze Loo

Die schwarze Loo · 1917

Die schwarze Loo

About a gypsy who earns a living as a dancer in cheap barracks. Homeless, her performance is documented by a young and talented but largely unsuccessful composer. Before he dies, he leaves the gypsy dancer his artistic legacy, a previously unpublished composition. A little later, she becomes the wife of the orchestra leader, who completes the unfinished composition and wants to gain the sole glory for it.

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Der geprellte Don Juan

Der geprellte Don Juan · 1918

Der geprellte Don Juan

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Er soll dein Herr sein

Er soll dein Herr sein · 1918

Er soll dein Herr sein

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Opfer um Opfer

Opfer um Opfer · 1918

Director

The Tango Queen

The Tango Queen · 1913

The Tango Queen

Hanni, the shop girl, comes from a milieu like Zille, from which she is freed, so to speak, by Ferdinand, a wealthy elderly gentleman. The first date turns into a shopping spree, and after the new clothes come a new home. Since we write the year 1913 and at that time the cinema was still chaste, Max Mack saved us the details of the Techtelmechtel. To keep the story going, they both learn the new fashion dance: Tango, which Lieutenant Lulu has tried in vain. A tango competition makes the comedy a mix-up comedy: it wins - who wouldn't have thought it - Hanni as the tango queen.

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