Max Mack | |
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| Born | 2 October 1884 |
| Died | 18 February 1973 (aged 88) |
| Other names | Moritz Myrthenzweig |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, actor, producer, director |
| Years active | 1910 - 1935 |
Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film The Other. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1914, called Ein Seltsamer Fall, written by Richard Oswald.[1] During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different genres.[2]
Born as Moritz Myrthenzweig in Halberstadt, the Jewish Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape Nazism, and settled in the United Kingdom. His final film was the 1935 quota quickie Be Careful, Mr. Smith.