Werner Scheff

{{Infobox person | name = Werner Scheff | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 5 May 1888 | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = 1947 | death_place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | othername = | occupation = Writer | yearsactive = | relatives = [[Otto Scheff]] (brother) }} '''Werner Scheff''' (1888–1947) was a German [[novelist]] and [[screenwriter]]. He was known as a prolific writer of [[sports]] [[fiction]].<ref>Jensen p. 98</ref> Following the [[Nazi Party]]'s rise to power, he emigrated and died in [[London]] in 1947.

==Selected filmography== * ''[[Die Arche]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Man in the Saddle (1925 film)|The Man in the Saddle]]'' (1925) * ''[[Dagfin]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Girl on a Swing (1926 film)|The Girl on a Swing]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Champion of the World (1927 film)|The Champion of the World]]'' (1927) * ''[[Attorney for the Heart]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Prisoners of Shanghai]]'' (1927) * ''[[Never Trust a Woman (film)|Never Trust a Woman]]'' (1930) * ''[[Johnny Steals Europe]]'' (1932) * ''[[Ship Without a Harbour]]'' (1932) * ''[[Secret Agent (1932 film)|Secret Agent]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Marathon Runner]]'' (1933) * ''[[Jumping Into the Abyss]]'' (1933)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Erik N. Jensen. ''Body by Weimar: Athletes, Gender, and German Modernity''. Oxford University Press, 2010.

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0770486}}

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