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Max Mack

Max Mack

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screenwriter, actor, producer, director

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Birth Place
Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, German Empire

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Born 2 October 1884
Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, German Empire
Died 18 February 1973 (aged 88)
London, England, United Kingdom
Other names Moritz Myrthenzweig
Occupations screenwriter, actor, producer, director
Years active 1910 - 1935

Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film The Other. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1914, called Ein Seltsamer Fall, written by Richard Oswald. 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. His final film was the 1935 quota quickie Be Careful, Mr. Smith.

Life & Career Details

Born 2 October 1884
Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, German Empire
Died 18 February 1973 (aged 88)
London, England, United Kingdom
Other names Moritz Myrthenzweig
Occupations screenwriter, actor, producer, director
Years active 1910 - 1935

Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film The Other. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1914, called Ein Seltsamer Fall, written by Richard Oswald. 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. His final film was the 1935 quota quickie Be Careful, Mr. Smith.

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