Hans Wilhelm (screenwriter)

Hans Wilhelm (18 October 1904 – 23 December 1980) was a German screenwriter. Wilhelm was of Jewish heritage, and was forced to emigrate following the Nazi takeover in 1933. After going into exile he worked in a variety of countries including Britain, France, and Turkey before eventually settling in the United States. He later returned to work in West Germany following the Second World War.

Selected filmography

• Nick, King of the Chauffeurs (dir. Carl Wilhelm, 1925)
• My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927)
• Violantha (dir. Carl Froelich, 1928)
• The Fourth from the Right (dir. Conrad Wiene, 1929)
• German Wine (dir. Carl Froelich, 1929)
• The Last Fort (dir. Curtis Bernhardt, 1929)
• Diary of a Coquette (dir. Constantin J. David, 1929)
• Sinful and Sweet (dir. Karel Lamač, 1929)
• The Last Company (dir. Curtis Bernhardt, 1930)
• A Student's Song of Heidelberg (dir. Karl Hartl, 1930)
• Queen of the Night (dir. Fritz Wendhausen, 1931)
• Berlin-Alexanderplatz (dir. Phil Jutzi, 1931)
• You Don't Forget Such a Girl (dir. Fritz Kortner, 1932)
• No Money Needed (dir. Carl Boese, 1932)
• Companion Wanted (dir. Joe May, 1932)
• Two in a Car (dir. Joe May, 1932)
• Thea Roland (dir. Henry Koster, 1932)
• There Is Only One Love (1933)
• Liebelei (dir. Max Ophüls, 1933)
• Everybody's Woman (dir. Max Ophüls, 1934)
• The Dictator (dir. Victor Saville, 1935)
• Under Western Eyes (dir. Marc Allégret, 1936)
• Bank Holiday (dir. Carol Reed, 1938)
• Prison Without Bars (dir. Brian Desmond Hurst, 1938)
• The Novel of Werther (dir. Max Ophüls, 1938)
• Conflict (dir. Léonide Moguy, 1938)
• Beating Heart (dir. Henri Decoin, 1940)
• There's No Tomorrow (1939)
• Spy for a Day (dir. Mario Zampi, 1940)
• The Thirteen Heroes (dir. Şadan Kâmil, 1943) - Remake of The Last Company (1930)
• I Am a Fugitive (dir. Miguel M. Delgado, 1946)
• Heartbeat (dir. Sam Wood, 1946) - Remake of Beating Heart (1940)
• On an Island with You (dir. Richard Thorpe, 1948)
• Once a Thief (dir. W. Lee Wilder, 1950)
• The Prowler (dir. Joseph Losey, 1951)
• No Time for Flowers (dir. Don Siegel, 1952)
• The Csardas King (1958)
• Christine (dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 1958) - Remake of Liebelei (1933)
• Bombs on Monte Carlo (dir. Georg Jacoby, 1960)
• Five Golden Hours (dir. Mario Zampi, 1961)
• Dime with a Halo (dir. Boris Sagal, 1963)
• Ganovenehre (dir. Wolfgang Staudte, 1966)