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Max Obal(1881-1949)

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  • Writer
  • Actor
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Max Obal was born on 4 September 1881 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany [now Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Das Rattenloch (1921), Sein Rekordflug (1914) and Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts (1928). He died on 18 May 1949 in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.
BornSeptember 4, 1881
DiedMay 18, 1949(67)
BornSeptember 4, 1881
DiedMay 18, 1949(67)
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Known for

Das Rattenloch
  • Director
  • 1921
Sein Rekordflug
  • Director
  • 1914
Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts
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  • Director
  • 1928
Laubenkolonie (1930)
Laubenkolonie
  • Director
  • 1930

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Director

  • Ich sehe hell... ich sehe dunkel
  • Kriminalfall Erich Lemke
  • Carola Höhn and Hans Stüwe in Schloß Vogelöd (1936)
    Schloß Vogelöd
  • The Monastery's Hunter (1935)
    The Monastery's Hunter
  • Karin Hardt and Hans Söhnker in Jede Frau hat ein Geheimnis (1934)
    Jede Frau hat ein Geheimnis
  • Annette in Paradise (1934)
    Annette in Paradise
  • Die vom Niederrhein
  • A Trip to the Country
  • Two Good Comrades (1933)
    Two Good Comrades
  • Slalom (1932)
    Slalom
  • Reserve hat Ruh
  • Laubenkolonie (1930)
    Laubenkolonie
  • Die Jagd nach der Million (1930)
    Die Jagd nach der Million
  • Die Konkurrenz platzt
  • Tempo! Tempo!

Writer

  • Laubenkolonie (1930)
    Laubenkolonie
  • Die Jagd nach der Million (1930)
    Die Jagd nach der Million
  • Tempo! Tempo!
  • Der Unüberwindliche (1928)
    Der Unüberwindliche
  • Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts
  • Die Frauen von Folies Bergères (1927)
    Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
  • Das Rattenloch
  • Die weiße Rose
  • Die graue Elster
  • Es lebe der König
  • Sein Rekordflug

Actor

  • Max Obal and Ellen Rassow in Turi, der Wanderlappe (1913)
    Turi, der Wanderlappe
  • Asta Nielsen in Poor Jenny (1912)
    Poor Jenny
  • The Traitress (1911)
    The Traitress
  • The Great Moment
  • Der Sieg des Hosenrocks
  • Asta Nielsen in The Moth (1911)
    The Moth

Personal details

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    • September 4, 1881
    • Brieg, Silesia, Germany [now Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland]
    • May 18, 1949
    • Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

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    Max Obal early concentrated to the direction of movies and he shot his first movie with "Der Höflichkeitsabend" (1911).

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