Leonhard Frank
German writer (1882-1961) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Leonhard Frank was a German expressionist writer. He studied painting and graphic art in Munich, and gained acclaim with his first novel The Robber Band.
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- Victor Trivas Directed Hell on Earth (1931)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Desire Me (1947)
Anna Sten Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Jack Conway Directed Desire Me (1947)
Fritz Kortner Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)- Fritz Rasp Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Fedor Ozep Directed The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov (1931)
Joe May Directed Homecoming (1928)
Bernhard Minetti Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Fritz Alberti Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Hans Behrendt Directed Die Räuberbande (1928)- Victor Saville Directed Desire Me (1947)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Desire Me (1947)
Hanna Waag Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Max Pohl Leonhard wrote The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)
Herbert Ballmann Directed Der Prozeß wird vertagt (1958)
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When a Berlin journalist celebrated in a famous café about news of the loss of the ship RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by a German submarine, Frank was upset - and slapped the man in his face. That is why he went into exile in Switzerland (1915-18), where he wrote a series of pacifist short-stories published under the title Man is Good. He returned to Germany, but after the Nazis gained power in 1933 Frank had to emigrate a second time. He lived in Switzerland again, moved to London, then Paris and finally fled under adventurous conditions to the United States in 1940, returning to Munich in 1950. His best-known novels were In the Last Coach and Carl and Anna, which he dramatized in 1929. In 1947 MGM made a movie titled Desire Me out of this story.
