Heinrich Spoerl

German writer
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IntroGerman writer
A.K.A.Heinrich Spörl
A.K.A.Heinrich Spörl
PlacesGermany
wasScreenwriter Poet Lawyer Poet lawyer Writer Author
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Law Literature
Gender
Male
Birth8 February 1887, Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death25 August 1955Rottach-Egern, Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, Germany (aged 68 years)
Star signAquarius
Family
Father:Heinrich Spoerl
Children:Alexander Spoerl
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Biography

Heinrich Spoerl (1887–1955) was a German author.

Biography

Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl was born on 8 February 1887 in Düsseldorf where he also grew up. He studied jurisprudence in Marburg, Berlin and Munich and was a solicitor in Düsseldorf from 1919 till 1937. He became a full-time writer in 1937 when he moved to Berlin which he left in 1941 to move to Bavaria. He took up law again from 1945 till 1948. He died on 25 August 1955 in Rottach-Egern.

Spoerl wrote a number of humorous novels and comedies, most of which were made into films:

  • Die Feuerzangenbowle, 1933
  • Wenn wir alle Engel wären, 1936
  • Der Maulkorb, 1936
  • Der Gasmann, 1940
  • Die Hochzeitsreise, 1946
  • Die weisse Weste, 1946
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