Lothar Stark

Lothar Stark
Born	September 5, 1876 Klein Strehlitz, Silesia German Empire
Died	Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1913-1936

Lothar Stark (1876–1944) was a German film producer. Stark was originally a journalist, but was brought into the film industry by the tycoon Paul Davidson. Stark worked as an independent producer during the Weimar Republic, founding his own company Lothar Stark-Film. Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, he faced increasing difficulties. In 1933 when evidence of his Jewish background was discovered, Stark went into exile in Copenhagen. Later he also went to London. He tried to produce new films there, but was unable to secure funding. Then he returned to Denmark, which was then invaded by Germany in 1940. In 1943 Stark, along with the majority of the Danish Jewish population, managed to escape to Sweden.

Selected filmography

• Wrath of the Seas (1926)
• The False Prince (1927)
• The White Slave (1927)
• Die Stadt der tausend Freuden (1927)
• Their Son (1929)
• The Unfaithful Eckehart (1931)
• Scampolo (1932)
• The Violet of Potsdamer Platz (1936)
• Across the Desert (1936)

Bibliography

• Weniger, Kay. 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

External links

• Lothar Stark at the Internet Movie Database