Arthur Maria Rabenalt (25 June 1905 â€" 26 February 1993) was an
Austrian film director, writer, and author. He directed more than 90
films between 1934 and 1978. His 1958 film That Won't Keep a Sailor
Down was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Two
years later, his 1960 film Big Request Concert was entered into the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival. His career encompassed both
Nazi cinema and West German productions. He also wrote several books
on the 1930s and 1940s wave of German cinema.In his early teens,
Rabenalt began his stage career directing operas at theatres in
Darmstadt, Berlin and Gera. From then on to the mid-1920s he worked
(though uncredited) as a production assistant on several films such
including G. W. Pabst's Joyless Street (1925). After Nazi's rise to
power, Rabenalt made his feature film debut directing the musical
comedy, What Am I Without You (1934), which was then shortly followed
with the release of the comedy Pappi (1934). He continued to work in
different genres, including The Love of the Maharaja (1936), and Men
Are That Way and Midsummer Night's Fire which were released in
1939.Through out the 1940s, Rabaenalt worked with melodramatic dramas
and comedy. Some of his early films in the 1940s, such as Riding for
Germany, supported Nazi ideology. In 1989, he said "I had only made
circus films and chamber-type entertainment films since 1941. The only
Nazi film I knew was ... rides for Germany (1941), and it was admired.
The first films of mine that were distributed again after the war were
Circus Renz (1943) and Regimental Music (shot in 1944 under the title
The Guilty of Gabriele Rottweil, the film only came to the cinemas in
1950). The controversy about ... rides for Germany came much later.
Austrian film director, writer, and author. He directed more than 90
films between 1934 and 1978. His 1958 film That Won't Keep a Sailor
Down was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Two
years later, his 1960 film Big Request Concert was entered into the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival. His career encompassed both
Nazi cinema and West German productions. He also wrote several books
on the 1930s and 1940s wave of German cinema.In his early teens,
Rabenalt began his stage career directing operas at theatres in
Darmstadt, Berlin and Gera. From then on to the mid-1920s he worked
(though uncredited) as a production assistant on several films such
including G. W. Pabst's Joyless Street (1925). After Nazi's rise to
power, Rabenalt made his feature film debut directing the musical
comedy, What Am I Without You (1934), which was then shortly followed
with the release of the comedy Pappi (1934). He continued to work in
different genres, including The Love of the Maharaja (1936), and Men
Are That Way and Midsummer Night's Fire which were released in
1939.Through out the 1940s, Rabaenalt worked with melodramatic dramas
and comedy. Some of his early films in the 1940s, such as Riding for
Germany, supported Nazi ideology. In 1989, he said "I had only made
circus films and chamber-type entertainment films since 1941. The only
Nazi film I knew was ... rides for Germany (1941), and it was admired.
The first films of mine that were distributed again after the war were
Circus Renz (1943) and Regimental Music (shot in 1944 under the title
The Guilty of Gabriele Rottweil, the film only came to the cinemas in
1950). The controversy about ... rides for Germany came much later.
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