
Max Nosseck
Directing
Biography
Max Nosseck (September 19, 1902, Nakel – September 29, 1972, Bad Wiessee) was a German actor, film director, and screenwriter. After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling in the United States in 1939, where he directed films primarily for MGM, sometimes using the name Alexander M. Norris. Nosseck returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, directing films and television productions and later appearing in small acting roles. His career spanned silent cinema, European exile productions, Hollywood genre films, and postwar German television.
Known For

Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."
Black Beauty

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Dillinger

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.
Garden of Eden

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Polikuschka

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
The Brighton Strangler

Combining documentary elements with a playful narrative, the film explores the evolution of bathing culture and social morals in Germany. Set in a summer resort where traditional values clash with more liberal attitudes, it humorously reflects on changing views of decency, freedom, and modern life.
Forbidden Paradise

Robinson, a down-on-his-luck pharmacist who’s pestered by his nagging wife and overbearing mother-in-law, dreams of seclusion on a remote island with the girl of his fantasies. Finally fed up, he decides to leave and make his dream a reality. But beware! there are cannibals.
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.
The Hoodlum

Willi Winzig is a small tax officer with a big heart. He sometimes lets the tax files of his insolvent fellow citizens disappear into the air shaft. But shortly before his retirement, the shaft is so full that Willi has to dispose of the file of a penniless taxpayer in the wastepaper basket. The scam is promptly discovered and Willi is threatened with a hefty fine - even dishonorable dismissal from the civil service. Fortunately, friend and colleague Felix Klein knows what to do.
Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los?

A World War II European orphan, Paul, has lost all faith in humanity. Brought to the United States by Father Mathew, Paul's confidence and faith are gradually restored through his close association with a dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.
The Return of Rin Tin Tin

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Poderoso caballero

The story of a pimp who falls in love with one of his victims, is "purified" by it, but also perishes. A colportage that vacillates between sentimentality, brutality and speculation.
Sperrbezirk

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.
One Dangerous Night

A couple of rich girls at a private boarding school find themselves mixed up in gambling and blackmail, and must steal from their parents to pay their gambling debts.
Gambling Daughters

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Der Hauptmann und sein Held

A humble cantor, Oysher yearns to be an opera singer. He deserts his tiny village to pursue his dream, but when his voice breaks he sheepishly returns, resigned to attending but not singing at the Yom Kippur services. Upon his return, Oysher is informed that his son has died. Out of grief is wrought a miracle: Oysher's voice returns, more powerful than ever. After performing the Day of Atonement services, Oysher suddenly collapses, peacefully joining his son in death. If you wish to see the touching Overture to Glory, by all means seek out a decent print; many extant copies are so washed out that, not only are the English subtitles unreadable, but it's extremely difficult to tell one actor from another.
Overture to Glory

In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.
The King of the Champs-Élysées
A young drawing teacher wins a dream trip to the West Indies in a competition. The journey takes her on a luxury ship to Jamaica and Haiti. The dances and music of the locals and the cities of Kingston and Port-au-Prince with their bustling markets form the backdrop to this little comedy of mistaken identity, in which an unattractive but precious necklace plays a confusing role.
Karibisches Vergnügen
Though originally slated for a 1960 release, the full original film was only released in 1988. A heavily altered version with a different directors was released under the title Die Nacht am See in 1963.
Geschminkte Jugend

Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make some big things again with his friends. Fatally, he is always preceded by some gentlemen from better circles who are developing amazing criminal activity in their old days. They are led by Oberlandesgerichtsrat a. D. Herbert Zänker, whom it still hisses, that he could bring in his term Bruno never behind bars.