# Werner Scheff

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Werner Scheff Born (1888-05-05)5 May 1888 Berlin, German Empire Died 1947(1947-00-00) (aged 58–59) London, United Kingdom Occupation Writer Relatives Otto Scheff (brother)

**Werner Scheff** (1888–1947) was a German [novelist](/source/Novelist) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter). He was known as a prolific writer of [sports](/source/Sports) [fiction](/source/Fiction).[1] Following the [Nazi Party](/source/Nazi_Party)'s rise to power, he emigrated and died in [London](/source/London) in 1947.

## Selected filmography

- *[Die Arche](/source/Die_Arche)* (1919)

- *[The Man in the Saddle](/source/The_Man_in_the_Saddle_(1925_film))* (1925)

- *[Dagfin](/source/Dagfin)* (1926)

- *[The Girl on a Swing](/source/The_Girl_on_a_Swing_(1926_film))* (1926)

- *[The Champion of the World](/source/The_Champion_of_the_World_(1927_film))* (1927)

- *[Attorney for the Heart](/source/Attorney_for_the_Heart)* (1927)

- *[The Prisoners of Shanghai](/source/The_Prisoners_of_Shanghai)* (1927)

- *[Never Trust a Woman](/source/Never_Trust_a_Woman_(film))* (1930)

- *[Johnny Steals Europe](/source/Johnny_Steals_Europe)* (1932)

- *[Ship Without a Harbour](/source/Ship_Without_a_Harbour)* (1932)

- *[Secret Agent](/source/Secret_Agent_(1932_film))* (1932)

- *[The Marathon Runner](/source/The_Marathon_Runner)* (1933)

- *[Jumping Into the Abyss](/source/Jumping_Into_the_Abyss)* (1933)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jensen p. 98

## Bibliography

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

## External links

- [Werner Scheff](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770486/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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