Peter Francke

Peter Francke
Born	4 February 1897 Berlin, German Empire
Died	January 1978 (aged 80) Munich, West Germany
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1933-1966 (film)

Peter Francke (1897-1978) was a German screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for The Girl from Barnhelm (1940), an adaptation of a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Selected filmography

• Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933)
• The Voice of Love (1934)
• Holiday From Myself (1934)
• The Saint and Her Fool (1935)
• Miracle of Flight (1935)
• Hero for a Night (1935)
• The Monastery's Hunter (1935)
• City of Anatol (1936)
• Wells in Flames (1937)
• Comrades at Sea (1938)
• Water for Canitoga (1939)
• The Governor (1939)
• A Woman Like You (1939)
• The Girl from Barnhelm (1940)
• What Does Brigitte Want? (1941)
• Beloved World (1942)
• I Need You (1944)
• A Man Like Maximilian (1945)
• Maresi (1948)
• The Disturbed Wedding Night (1950)
• Regimental Music (1950)
• Toxi (1952)
• Carnival in White (1952)
• Holiday From Myself (1952)
• Stars Over Colombo (1953)
• The Country Schoolmaster (1954)
• Spring Song (1954)
• In Hamburg When the Nights Are Long (1956)

Bibliography

• Fischer, Barbara & Fox, Thomas C. A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Camden House, 2005.
• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television. McFarland & Co, 2002.

External links

• Peter Francke at IMDb