Emil Burri

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.^[1]

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)
• The Green Domino (1935)
• The Royal Waltz (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)
• Walking Back into the Past (1954)
• The Witch (1954)
• Dunja (1955)
• The Royal Waltz (1955)
• Escape from Sahara (1958)
• Stefanie (1958)
• Marili (1959)

Director

• Beloved World (1942)

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Emil Burri at IMDb