# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-menzel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:39:28.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-menzel"
name: "Gerhard Menzel"
slug: "gerhard-menzel"
description: "Gerhard Menzel was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda. He was responsible for writing the script of Heimkehr, one of the most infamous pieces of Nazi cinema, which featured racism and hateful images of Poles."
tagline: "German screenwriter (1894–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard_Menzel_(1894-1966).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1894-09-29"
deathDate: "1966-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.1
  momentum:             3.291139240506329
  historical:           10.27422666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579951/"
    handle:    "nm0579951"
sources:
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    title: "Герхард Менцель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيرهارد مينزل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيرهارد مينزل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84"
    title: "گرهارد منزل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Menzel"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Менцель, Герхард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38274"
    title: "Gerhard Menzel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump