Max Neufeld

Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter.[1] He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.[2]

Max Neufeld
Max Neufeld (1918)
Born	(1887-02-13)13 February 1887 Guntersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died	2 December 1967(1967-12-02) (aged 80) Vienna, Austria
Other names	Massimiliano Neufeld
Occupation	Film director, actor, screenwriter
Years active	1913–1957
Relatives	Eugen Neufeld (brother)

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• After the Ball (1932)

Actor

• The Wedding of Valeni (1914)
• The Priest from Kirchfeld (1914)
• With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland (1915)
• On the Heights (1916)
• Summer Idyll (1916)
• The Black Hand (1917)
• Don Cesar, Count of Irun (1918)
• The Ancestress (1919)
• Doctor Ruhland (1920)
• Let the Little Ones Come to Me (1920)
• The Voice of Conscience (1920)
• The Dancing Death (1920)
• Eva, The Sin (1920)
• The Master of Life (1920)
• The Woman in White (1921)
• The Dead Wedding Guest (1922)
• Confessions of a Monk (1922)
• The Tales of Hoffman (1923)
• The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
• The Priest from Kirchfeld (1926)
• The Arsonists of Europe (1926)
• Rasputin (1929) director and star[3]

Director

• Doctor Ruhland (1920)
• Let the Little Ones Come to Me (1920)
• The Woman in White (1921)
• The Films of Princess Fantoche (1921)
• Light of His Life (1921)
• The Dead Wedding Guest (1922)
• The Iron King (1923)
• The Tales of Hoffman (1923)
• A Waltz by Strauss (1925)
• The Family without Morals (1927)
• Archduke John (1929)
• Rasputin (1929)[4]
• The Opera Ball (1931)
• A Night at the Grand Hotel (1931)
• Sehnsucht 202 (1932)
• A Bit of Love (1932)
• Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)
• Der Diamant des Zaren (1932)
• Overnight Sensation (1932)
• The Song of the Sun (1934)
• A Precocious Girl (1934)
• A Star Fell from Heaven (1934)
• Temptation (1934)
• Her Highness Dances the Waltz (1935)
• Antonia (1935)
• Fräulein Lilli (1936)
• The House of Shame (1938)
• Unjustified Absence (1939)
• The Castle Ball (1939)
• A Thousand Lire a Month (1939)
• The First Woman Who Passes (1940)
• Red Tavern (1940)
• The Tyrant of Padua (1946)
• Anni (1948)
• Abracadabra (1952)
• Der schönste Tag meines Lebens (1957)

References

1. "Max Neufeld". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
2. "La canzone del sole". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
3. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
4. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

External links

• Max Neufeld on IMDb