Johanna Sibelius

Johanna Sibelius (1913–1970) was a German screenwriter.^[1]

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  [de]
• Five Suspects (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1950) — based on the novel Thomsen verhört die Prima by Herbert Moll
• Die Sehnsucht des Herzens (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
•  [de] (dir. Günther Lüders, 1957) — based on the eponymous novel by  [de]
• 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
•  [de] (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  [de]
•  [de] (dir. Georg Tressler, 1961) — based on the eponymous novel by Robert Pilchowski
•  [de] (dir.  [de], 1961)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (dir.  [de], 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 Kummerow (dir. Werner Jacobs, 1967) — based on the eponymous novel by Ehm Welk
• 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (dir.  [fr], 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 Malpass
• 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 Malpass

References[]

Bibliography[]

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

External links[]

• Johanna Sibelius at IMDb