Writing

Ruth Goetz

Born November 5, 1880 · Oberglogau, Silesia, Germany

Died June 19, 1965 · aged 84

German screenwriter. Active from 1911 - 1928.

Known For

Tragedy of the Street

Tragedy of the Street · 1927

Tragedy of the Street

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking care of him and spends her life savings into a cake shop to move further away from prostitution, but trouble comes when another woman enters the picture.

The Beggar Countess

The Beggar Countess · 1918

The Beggar Countess

Schenk mir das Leben

Schenk mir das Leben · 1928

Schenk mir das Leben

Das törichte Herz

Das törichte Herz · 1919

Das törichte Herz

Le bateau de verre

Le bateau de verre · 1927

Le bateau de verre

Marriage Announcement

Marriage Announcement · 1926

Marriage Announcement

The Fallen

The Fallen · 1926

Human Law

Human Law · 1927

A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.

Filmography

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Tragedy of the Street

Tragedy of the Street · 1927

Tragedy of the Street

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking care of him and spends her life savings into a cake shop to move further away from prostitution, but trouble comes when another woman enters the picture.

Screenplay

The Beggar Countess

The Beggar Countess · 1918

The Beggar Countess

Writer

Schenk mir das Leben

Schenk mir das Leben · 1928

Schenk mir das Leben

Screenplay

Das törichte Herz

Das törichte Herz · 1919

Das törichte Herz

Screenplay

Le bateau de verre

Le bateau de verre · 1927

Le bateau de verre

Writer

Marriage Announcement

Marriage Announcement · 1926

Marriage Announcement

Screenplay

The Fallen

The Fallen · 1926

Writer

Human Law

Human Law · 1927

A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.

Script

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson · 1920

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

MovieDramaAdventure

After the death of Alan Stanley, Maud Fergusson seeks revenge. On her behalf, the detective Hunt begins to investigate and proves that Murphy is responsible for the murder. Maud's revenge plan involves launching a newspaper campaign against Murphy, defaming and embarrassing him.

Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man · 1919

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man

MovieDramaAdventure

Maud Gregaards travels to China in search of a fabled treasure said to have belonged to the Queen of Sheba. Once there, she is taken captive by an evil man and nearly killed in the belief she is a witch.

Writer

Nebel und Sonne

Nebel und Sonne · 1916

Nebel und Sonne

Novel

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past · 1920

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past

MovieDramaAdventure

As Madsen and Maud explore the city of Ophir, they witness an ancient ritual performed by the residents. The two are discovered, and with strangers desecrating the city's sacred ground, Maud is to be sacrificed to the goddess Ophirs, while Madsen is taken to the Sabytes, an enslaved native tribe.

Writer

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen · 1923

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen

Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold · 1919

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold

MovieAdventureDrama

Together with Kien-Lung and the Consul Madsen, Maud travels to Kuan-Fu to learn from the old rabbi where the treasures of the Queen of Sheba are hidden. The dying rabbi entrusts Madsen with the jewelery of Astarte, who carries the plan for the treasure's hiding place.

Writer

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires · 1920

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires

Thanks to the treasure of the Queen of Sheba, Maud, who now calls herself Fergusson, has become an immensely wealthy woman. The plane that rescued her and Allan Stanley from Ophir belongs to newspaper king Fletcher, who reports on the rescue operation on the front pages of his newspapers.

Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life · 1919

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life

MovieAdventureDrama

Maud Gregaards tells her rescuer, the Chinese Dr. Kien-Lung, her life: Her father was an archivist in the Foreign Office who was run by the unscrupulous Dr. Frohner was blackmailed into giving him a secret Chinese treaty.

Writer

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Writer