Felix Basch

Felix Basch
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Born	(1885-09-16)September 16, 1885 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film actor, screenwriter, film director
Years active	1914 - 1944
Spouse(s)	Gretl Basch

Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. Following the Nazi takover of power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Basch was forced into exile and moved to the United States where he appeared in a large number of films acting in character roles. He was married to Gretl Basch and was the father of Peter Basch.

Selected filmography

Actor

• My Leopold (1914)
• The Tunnel (1915)
• Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
• Chetniks (1943)
• The Falcon in Danger (1943)
• The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
• Appointment in Berlin (1943)
• Women in Bondage (1943)
• The Hitler Gang (1944)

Director

• The Rose of Stamboul (1919)
• Roswolsky's Mistress (1921)
• Miss Julie (1922)
• The Stream (1922)
• Destiny (1925)
• Darling, Count the Cash (1926)
• The Girl on a Swing (1926)
• The Son of Hannibal (1926)
• Mascottchen (1929)
• Zwei Krawatten (1930)
• Seine Freundin Annette (1931)

Bibliography

• Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Felix Basch at the Internet Movie Database