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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Mack > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Mack.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mack > Source revision: 1357061053 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German film personality (1884–1973)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Max Mack | birth_date = 2 October 1884 | birth_place = [Halberstadt](/source/Halberstadt), [Province of Saxony](/source/Province_of_Saxony), [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) | death_date = 18 February 1973 (aged 88) | death_place = [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | other_names = Moritz Myrthenzweig | occupation = [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter), [actor](/source/Film_actor), [producer](/source/Film_producer), [director](/source/film_director) | years_active = [1910](/source/1910_in_film) - [1935](/source/1935_in_film) }} '''Max Mack''' (1884–1973) was a German [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter), [film producer](/source/film_producer) and [director](/source/film_director) during the [silent era](/source/silent_era). He is particularly known for his 1913 film ''[The Other](/source/The_Other_(1913_film))''. 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](/source/Richard_Oswald).{{cite book|last=Workman|first=Christopher|last2=Howarth|first2=Troy|year=2016|title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|page=139|ISBN=978-1936168-68-2}} During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different [genres](/source/genres).Elsaesser & Wedel p.205 Born as '''Moritz Myrthenzweig''' in [Halberstadt](/source/Halberstadt), the [Jewish](/source/Jewish) Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape [Nazism](/source/Nazism), and settled in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). His final film was the 1935 [quota quickie](/source/quota_quickie) ''[Be Careful, Mr. Smith](/source/Be_Careful%2C_Mr._Smith)''. ==Selected filmography== ===Director=== * ''[The Other](/source/The_Other_(1913_film))'' (1913) * ''[The Blue Mouse](/source/The_Blue_Mouse_(1913_film))'' (1913) * ''[Where Is Coletti?](/source/Where_Is_Coletti%3F)'' (1913) * ''[A World Without Men](/source/A_World_Without_Men)'' (1914) * ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'' (1914) A film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * ''[Robert and Bertram](/source/Robert_and_Bertram_(1915_film))'' (1915) * [Adamants letztes Rennen](/source/Adamants_letztes_Rennen) (1916) * ''[The Confessions of the Green Mask](/source/The_Confessions_of_the_Green_Mask)'' (1916) * ''[The Maharaja's Favourite Wife](/source/The_Maharaja's_Favourite_Wife)'' (1921) * ''[Quarantäne](/source/Quarant%C3%A4ne)'' (1923) * ''[The Beautiful Girl](/source/The_Beautiful_Girl_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[Father Voss](/source/Father_Voss)'' (1925) * ''[The Uninvited Guest](/source/The_Uninvited_Guest_(1925_film))'' (1925) * ''[The Girl with a Patron](/source/The_Girl_with_a_Patron)'' (1925) * ''[The Wooing of Eve](/source/The_Wooing_of_Eve)'' (1926) * ''[Fight of the Tertia](/source/Fight_of_the_Tertia_(1929_film))'' (1929) * ''[Only on the Rhine](/source/Only_on_the_Rhine)'' (1930) * ''[A Thousand for One Night](/source/A_Thousand_for_One_Night)'' (1933) * ''[Be Careful, Mr. Smith](/source/Be_Careful%2C_Mr._Smith)'' (1935) ===Actor=== * ''Japanisches Opfer'' (1910) - Der Edelmütige * ''Die Pulvermühle'' (1910) * ''Dienertreue'' (1911) * ''Ihr Jugendfreund'' (1911) * ''Madame Potiphar'' (1911) * ''Die Ballhaus-Anna'' (1911) * ''Opfer der Untreue'' (1911) * ''Gehirnreflexe'' (1911) * ''Coeur-As'' (1912) * ''Dämon Eifersucht'' (1912) - Max * ''Das Bild der Mutter'' (1912) - Max * ''Ein Kampf im Feuer'' (1912) - Egon * ''Das Ende vom Liede'' (1912) * ''Ein seltsamer Fall'' (1914) - Selbst / Himself * ''Hans und Hanni'' (1915) * ''Der Sturz des Hauses Macwell'' (1918) * ''[You Belong to Me](/source/You_Belong_to_Me_(1934_film))'' (1934) - Jack Mandel (final film role) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael. ''A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades''. Amsterdam University Press, 1996. * Ragowski, Christian. ''The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy''. Camden House, 2010. ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0533048}} {{Max Mack}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Max}} Category:1884 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Film people from Saxony-Anhalt Category:People from Halberstadt Category:Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom Category:Jewish British film people Category:Jewish German film people {{Germany-film-director-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Max Mack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mack) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mack?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.