Johanna Sibelius Biography

German screenwriter

Johanna Sibelius (10 February 1913 – 8 March 1970) was a German screenwriter.

Her sisters were the actress Jutta Freybe and the writer Martha Albrand.

Selected filmography

  • Congo Express (dir. Eduard von Borsody, 1939) — based on her own novel
  • Der dunkle Punkt (dir. Georg Zoch, 1940)
  • Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast (dir. Günther Rittau, 1942) — based on the play Der Strom by Max Halbe
  • Meine Freundin Josefine (dir. Hans H. Zerlett, 1942)
  • Nacht ohne Abschied (dir. Erich Waschneck, 1943)
  • Am Abend nach der Oper (dir. Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1945) — based on the novella Der Fund by Franz Nabl:
  • Five Suspects (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1950) — based on the novel Thomsen verhört die Prima by Herbert Moll
  • Heart's Desire (dir. Paul Martin, 1951) — based on the novel D-Zug 517 by Maria von Peteani
  • Captive Soul (dir. Hans Wolff, 1952)
  • Klettermaxe (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1952) — based on the eponymous novel by Hans Mahner-Mons
  • Until We Meet Again (dir. Gustav Ucicky, 1952)
  • Dreaming Lips (dir. Josef von Báky, 1953) — remake of the 1932 film Dreaming Lips, based on the play Mélo by Henri Bernstein
  • Music by Night (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1953)
  • Mailman Mueller (dir. John Reinhardt, 1953)
  • When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (dir. Hans Deppe, 1953)
  • Men at a Dangerous Age (dir. Carl-Heinz Schroth, 1954)
  • The Seven Dresses of Katrin (dir. Hans Deppe, 1954) — based on the eponymous novel by Gisi Gruber
  • Love is Forever (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1954) — based on the play Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann
  • Sacred Lie (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1955)
  • I Was an Ugly Girl (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1955) — based on the eponymous novel by Annemarie Selinko
  • My Leopold (dir. Géza von Bolváry, 1955) — based on the play My Leopold by Adolphe L'Arronge
  • My Husband's Getting Married Today (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1956) — based on the eponymous novel by Annemarie Selinko
  • Vater, unser bestes Stück: (dir. Günther Lüders, 1957) — based on the eponymous novel by Hans Nicklisch:
  • Scandal in Bad Ischl (dir. Rolf Thiele, 1957) — based on the play The Master by Hermann Bahr
  • Meine schöne Mama (dir. Paul Martin, 1958) — based on the eponymous novel by Mathilde Walewska
  • Arms and the Man (dir. Franz Peter Wirth, 1958) — based on the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
  • Whisky, Wodka, Wienerin: (dir. Helmut Weiss, 1959) — based on the play Rendezvous in Wien by Fritz Eckhardt
  • Jacqueline (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1959)
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession (dir. Ákos Ráthonyi, 1960) — based on the play Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
  • Der Traum des Mr. Borton (dir. Anton Schelkopf, 1960, TV film)
  • Stefanie in Rio (dir. Curtis Bernhardt, 1960) — sequel to the film Stefanie, based on the novel Stefanie oder Die liebenswerten Torheiten by Gitta von Cetto:
  • Geständnis einer Sechzehnjährigen: (dir. Georg Tressler, 1961) — based on the eponymous novel by Robert Pilchowski
  • Zu jung für die Liebe?: (dir. Erica Balqué:, 1961)
  • The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (dir. Franz Josef Wild:, 1961) — based on the play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale
  • Adorable Julia (dir. Alfred Weidenmann, 1962) — based on the novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Only a Woman (dir. Alfred Weidenmann, 1962)
  • Waiting Room to the Beyond (1964) — based on the novel Mission To Siena by James Hadley Chase
  • Condemned to Sin (dir. Alfred Weidenmann, 1964) — based on the novel The Fortress by Henry Jaeger
  • Among Vultures (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1964) — based on the eponymous book by Karl May
  • Old Surehand (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1965) — based on the eponymous novel by Karl May
  • Hocuspocus (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1966) — based on the eponymous play by Curt Goetz
  • Long Legs, Long Fingers (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1966)
  • Liselotte of the Palatinate (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1966)
  • The Heathens of *merow (dir. Werner Jacobs, 1967) — based on the eponymous novel by Ehm Welk
  • 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (dir. Dominique Delouche:, 1968) — based on the novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig
  • Morning's at Seven (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1968) — based on the eponymous novel by Eric Malp*
  • Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey (dir. Werner Jacobs, 1969)
  • When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1969) — based on the eponymous novel by Eric Malp*

References

    Bibliography

    • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berhahn Books,

    External links

    • Johanna Sibelius at IMDb

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