Georg Witt

German film producer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman film producer
PlacesGermany
wasFilm producer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth14 January 1899, Moscow, Russia
Death17 April 1973Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (aged 74 years)
Star signCapricorn
Awards
Deutscher Filmpreis 
The details

Biography

Georg Witt (14 January 1899 – 17 April 1973) was a Russian-born German film producer. Born in Moscow he moved to Germany at a young age. He produced around forty films, including the 1955 Liselotte Pulver comedy I Often Think of Piroschka. He was the second husband of the actress Lil Dagover.

Selected filmography

  • The Adjutant of the Czar (1929)
  • Favorite of Schonbrunn (1929)
  • The Ring of the Empress (1930)
  • The Private Secretary (1931)
  • The Typist (1931)
  • Thea Roland (1932)
  • The Sun Rises (1934)
  • Land of Love (1937)
  • The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938)
  • The Deruga Case (1938)
  • Triad (1938)
  • Between the Parents (1938)
  • Congo Express (1939)
  • Tonelli (1943)
  • Orient Express (1944)
  • The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
  • Chased by the Devil (1950)
  • I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)
  • My Husband's Getting Married Today (1956)
  • Salzburg Stories (1957)
  • The Spessart Inn (1958)
  • The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959)
  • The Haunted Castle (1960)
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 13 Apr 2020. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.