Rudolf Lothar

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Rudolf Lothar

Rudolf Lothar (born Rudolf Lothar Spitzer; 25 February 1865 – 2 October 1943) was an Austrian playwright, librettist, critic and essayist. He was born and died in Budapest.

Literary works

• 1891 Der verschleierte König, drama
• 1900 König Harlekin, play, translated into 14 languages
• 1900 Das Wiener Burgtheater
• 1904 Tiefland, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert, based on the 1896 Catalan play Terra baixa by Àngel Guimerà
• 1910 Kurfürstendamm, novel
• 1910 Die drei Grazien, comedy
• 1910 Der Herr von Berlin, novel
• 1912 Die verschenkte Frau, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert
• 1912 Template:Ill, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert based on Àngel Guimerà’s Filla del mar
• 1916 Die Seele Spaniens
• 1920 Casanovas Sohn, comedy
• 1920 Li-Tai-Pe, Des Kaisers Dichter, opera libretto set to music by Clemens von Franckenstein
• 1921 Der Werwolf, comedy
• 1925 Die Kunst des Verführens
• 1927 Der gute Europäer, comedy
• 1927 Die Republik befiehlt, comedy
• 1931 Template:Ill, opera libretto set to music by Paul Graener based on Template:Ill novel of the same name
• 1931 Der Papagei, comedy
• 1931 Besuch aus dem Jenseits, drama
• 1934 The Red Cat (German title: Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo), comedy

Filmography

• Tiefland, directed by Friedrich Rosenthal and Template:Interlanguage link (Silent film, 1918, based on the opera Tiefland)
• Under the Mountains, directed by Béla Balogh (Silent film, 1920, based on the opera Tiefland)
• Lowlands, directed by Adolf E. Licho (Silent film, 1922, based on the opera Tiefland)
• The Masked Dancer, directed by Burton L. King (Silent film, 1924, based on the play Die Frau mit der Maske)
• For Wives Only, directed by Victor Heerman (Silent film, 1926, based on the story The Critical Year)
• The Magic Flame, directed by Henry King (Silent film, 1927, based on the play König Harlekin)
• The Boudoir Diplomat, directed by Malcolm St. Clair (English, 1930, based on the play Die Republik befiehlt)
  • Don Juan diplomático, directed by George Melford (Spanish, 1931, based on the play Die Republik befiehlt)
  • Boudoir diplomatique, directed by Marcel De Sano (French, 1931, based on the play Die Republik befiehlt)
  • Liebe auf Befehl, directed by Johannes Riemann and Ernst L. Frank (German, 1931, based on the play Die Republik befiehlt)
• Folies Bergère de Paris, directed by Roy Del Ruth (English, 1935, based on the play Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo)
  • Folies-Bergère, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Marcel Achard (French, 1935, based on the play Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo)
• Return of a Stranger, directed by Victor Hanbury (English, 1937, based on a play)
• That Night in Rio, directed by Irving Cummings (English, 1941, based on the play Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo)
• Esta é Fina, directed by Luiz de Barros (Portuguese, 1948, based on the play Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo)
• On the Riviera, directed by Walter Lang (English, 1951, based on the play Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo)
• Tiefland, directed by Leni Riefenstahl (German, 1940–54, based on the opera Tiefland)

External links

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• Libretti by Rudolf Lothar at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Template:Trim/ Rudolph Lothar at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidata