{{Short description|German screenwriter (1894–1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Gerhard Menzel | image = Gerhard Menzel (1894-1966).jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|9|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Waldenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|5|4|1894|9|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Comano, Ticino, Switzerland | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = 1933–1965 }}
'''Gerhard Menzel''' (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda.<ref>No Place Like Home: Locations Of Heimat In German Cinema - Page 56 Johannes Von Moltke - 2005 In the words of the scriptwriter, Gerhard Menzel (a Nazi loyalist and renowned playwright who had collaborated with Ucicky on Flüchtlinge in 1933),</ref><ref>The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife By Eric Rentschler page 131 ''Menzel was a well known party loyalist, and his fervent nationalism was no secret. He provided the scenarios for some of Nazi cinema's most strident productions''</ref> 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.<ref>The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife By Eric Rentschler page 132</ref>
He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, German Empire (now Wałbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland.
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Morgenrot'' (1933) * ''Refugees'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * ''The Young Baron Neuhaus'' (1934) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * ''La Habanera'' (1937) * ''Woman in the River'' (1939) * ''A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Robert Koch'' (1939) * ''Heimkehr'' (1941) * ''Thrice Wed'' (1941) * ''The Great King'' (1942) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''The Heart Must Be Silent'' (1944) * ''The Sinner'' (1951) * ''Hanussen'' (1955) * ''Ich suche Dich'' (1956) * ''King in Shadow'' (1957) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0579951|Gerhard Menzel}}
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