Willy Rath

Willy Rath
Born	21 September 1872 Wiesbaden, German Empire
Died	16 January 1940 Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1919-1935 (film)

Willy Rath (1872-1940) was a German screenwriter, mainly of the silent era. He was also a successful writer for cabaret.

Selected filmography

• Countess Walewska (1920)
• In Thrall to the Claw (1921)
• The Love Corridor (1921)
• Hannele's Journey to Heaven (1922)
• Don Juan (1922)
• Alone in the Jungle (1922)
• William Tell (1923)
• The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923)
• Love Is the Power of Women (1924)
• The Radio Marriage (1924)
• Battle of the Butterflies (1924)
• Harry Hill's Deadly Hunt (1925)
• Struggle for the Soil (1925)
• Neptune Bewitched (1925)
• The Girl from America (1925)
• Wrath of the Seas (1926)
• Sword and Shield (1926)
• The Lorelei (1927)
• A Day of Roses in August (1927)
• U-9 Weddigen (1927)
• I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (1928)
• Hubertus Castle (1934)

Bibliography

• Peter Jelavich. Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914. Harvard University Press, 1985.

External links

• Willy Rath at the Internet Movie Database