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Franz Werfel(1890-1945)

  • Writer
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Franz Werfel was born on 10 September 1890 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Juarez (1939), The Song of Bernadette (1943) and Embezzled Heaven (1958). He was married to Alma Mahler-Werfel. He died on 26 August 1945 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 10, 1890
DiedAugust 26, 1945(54)
BornSeptember 10, 1890
DiedAugust 26, 1945(54)
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Known for

Bette Davis and Paul Muni in Juarez (1939)
Juarez
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1939
Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Song of Bernadette
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1943
Embezzled Heaven (1958)
Embezzled Heaven
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1958
Me and the Colonel (1958)
Me and the Colonel
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1958

Credits

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Writer



  • Radek Zima in Sjezd abiturientu (2000)
    Sjezd abiturientu
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • novel "Der Abituriententag - Die Geschichte einer Jugendschuld"
    • 2000
  • Peter Simun in Jacobowski a plukovník (1991)
    Jacobowski a plukovník
    TV Movie
    • play "Jacobowsky und der Oberst"
    • 1991
  • Der veruntreute Himmel
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1990
  • Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift (1986)
    Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1986
  • Blede modré zenské písmo
    TV Movie
    • novella "Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift"
    • 1983
  • Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982)
    Forty Days of Musa Dagh
    5.2
    • novel
    • 1982
  • Die arge legende vom gerissenen galgenstrick
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1978
  • Zdena Studenková in Smrt malomestiaka (1978)
    Smrt malomestiaka
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1978
  • Cella oder Die Überwinder
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1977
  • Der Abituriententag
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1974
  • Der Tod des Kleinbürgers
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1974
  • Jacobowsky und der Oberst
    9.7
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1967
  • Sjezd abiturientu
    TV Movie
    • novel "Der Abituriententag - Die Geschichte einer Jugendschuld"
    • 1966
  • Franz Werfel - zum Gedenken
    TV Special
    • dialogue
    • 1965
  • Das Reich Gottes in Böhmen
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964

Production Department



  • Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943)
    The Song of Bernadette
    7.6
    • production advisor (uncredited)
    • 1943

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 10, 1890
    • Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • August 26, 1945
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Alma Mahler-WerfelAugust 7, 1929 - August 26, 1945 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote (earliest Broadway credit) "The Goat Song", produced on Broadway. Translated by Ruth Langner. Directed by Jacob Ben-Ami. Guild Theatre: 25 Jan 1926-Mar 1926 (closing date unknown/58 performances). Cast: Anthony Andre (as "Elder of Medegya" / "An Old Man"), Bela Blau (as "Messenger"), Albert Bruning (as "Physician"), Harold Clurman (as "Clerk"), Edward Fielding (as "The American"), Lynn Fontanne (as "Stanja"), Dwight Frye (as "Mirko"), George Gaul (as "Gospodar Stevan Milie"), William Ingersoll (as "Gospodar Jevrem Vesilie" / "Scavenger"), House Jameson (credited as House Baker Jameson; as "Bashi Bazook"), Zita Johann (as "Kruna"), Philip Loeb, Judith Lowry, Alfred Lunt, Frank Reicher (as "Bogoboj"), Edward G. Robinson, Erskine Sanford (as "Starsina" / "Priest"), Helen Westley (as "Babka"), Martin Wolfson (as "Innkeeper"), Stanley G. Wood, Herbert Yost, Blanche Yurka. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 4 Portrayals
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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    During his flight from the Nazis, he and his wife stopped at Lourdes, the French city in which Bernadette Soubirous lived and reportedly saw the Virgin Mary. He vowed to write a book about her if he and his wife escaped safely. The result was the novel, "The Song of Bernadette", which became an international success and a film classic.

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