Georg Witt Explained

Georg Witt
Birth Date:	14 January 1899
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian Empire
Death Place:	West Berlin, West Germany
Spouse:	Lil Dagover (m.1926)
Occupation:	Producer
Yearsactive:	1929–1960

Georg Witt (14 January 1899 – 17 April 1973) was a Russian-born German film producer. Born in Moscow he moved to Germany at a young age. He produced around forty films, including the 1955 Liselotte Pulver comedy I Often Think of Piroschka.^[1] He was the second husband of the actress Lil Dagover.

Selected filmography

• The Adjutant of the Czar (1929)
• Favorite of Schonbrunn (1929)
• The Ring of the Empress (1930)
• The Private Secretary (1931)
• The Typist (1931)
• Thea Roland (1932)
• The Sun Rises (1934)
• Land of Love (1937)
• The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938)
• The Deruga Case (1938)
• Triad (1938)
• Between the Parents (1938)
• Detours to Happiness (1939)
• Congo Express (1939)
• Tonelli (1943)
• Orient Express (1944)
• The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
• Chased by the Devil (1950)
• I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)
• My Husband's Getting Married Today (1956)
• Salzburg Stories (1957)
• The Spessart Inn (1958)
• The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959)
• The Haunted Castle (1960)

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Goble p.209