Leo Meyer (producer)
Leo Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 August 1873 Karlino, Germany |
| Died | 11 February 1944 (aged 70) |
| Other names | Leo Meijer |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1926–1939 |
Leo Meyer (29 August 1873 – 11 February 1944) was a German film producer. He is sometimes also credited as Leo Meijer. Following the Nazi rise to power Meyer, who was Jewish, went into exile and emigrated to the Netherlands where he continued to produce films.
Amongst the films that Meyer worked on in Weimar Germany was the war film Westfront 1918.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Rinaldo Rinaldini (1927)
- Circle of Lovers (1927)
- Sex in Chains (1928)
- Somnambul (1929)
- Marriage in Trouble (1929)
- Westfront 1918 (1930)
- Panic in Chicago (1931)
- The First Right of the Child (1932)
References
[edit]- ^ Ashkenazi p.199
Bibliography
[edit]- Ashkenazi, Ofer. Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
External links
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