Bibliography of the Georg Kaiser Collection
Accession 96-2, Section I

Film

This sub-section includes film plans, film scripts, film synopses and translations of the same. The works are either written by Kaiser or represent adaptations of his plays for a motion picture. Also included are documents collected by Kaiser to be used as materials for developing his story (e.g. newspaper article in record no. 127). The records provide title, name of author and/or translator, date (if known), note, and accession number. The nature, form and extent of the manuscript and its various versions are given in the note field, as well as any information transcribed from the title page. Each record describes one or more versions of a manuscript.


Film plans


127. STUDENT UND DIVA [ODER DER FILM] : [Filmexposé - Fragment]
[1925]. Holograph, [1] leaf, includes article "Student und Diva : Eine Liebestragödie in Irland" published in Neues Wiener Journal Nr. 11.281 (18 Apr 1925), [2] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-2-127


Film scripts


128. DIE LETZTE GELIEBTE : Ein Film
[19??]. Typescript, "Einheit T," 74 leaves, including [3] leaves with handwritten corrections (photocopy; numbering on verso: 200,692 to 200,772).
Accession no.: 96-2-128


Film synopses


129. BRAND IM OPERNHAUS (FIRE AT THE OPERA) : Filmsynopsis von H. F. Garten nach dem Stück von Georg Kaiser
[19??]. Typescript, 4 leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-2-129

130. DIE FÄLSCHUNG [ODER] DER FALSCHE REMBRANDT : Nach Georg Kaisers "Vincent verkauft ein Bild"
Zürich: J. Marx, [193?]. Holograph, incomplete, [9] leaves (photocopy); Typescript, 2 copies, 1 copy with handwritten corrections, "Exemplar für Georg Kaiser"--Title page, 8 x 2 leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-2-130

131. DER MENSCH IST DUMM ODER SCHULDIG IST DAS VOLK : Ein Film
[1941]. Holograph, title page, [1] leaf; Typescript, [3] leaves (photocopy); the document was retrieved from the correspondence between Georg Kaiser and Alma Haefelin-Hofmann; also known as "Nach einem verlorenen Krieg".
Accession no.: 96-2-131

132. MISSISSIPPI : Filmsynopsis by H. F. Garten
[19??]. Typescript, [21] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-2-132

133. MÖRDER OHNE MORD
[1939]. Typescript, "Einheit Z," [3] leaves, "Einheit AA," 3, [1] leaves (photocopy; numbering on verso: 200,797 to 200,805).
Accession no.: 96-2-133

134. NEBENEINANDER (SIDE BY SIDE) : Filmsynopsis von H. F. Garten nach dem gleichnamigen Drama von Georg Kaiser
[19??]. Typescript, 2 copies, 2nd copy "Einheit AD," 12, 18 leaves (photocopy; 2nd copy has numbering on verso: 200,840 to 200,860).
Accession no.: 96-2-134

135. XENIA : Ein Film
[1939]. Typescript, "Einheit AC," 12 , 9 leaves, includes 1 page of handwritten notes (photocopy; numbering on verso: 200,806 to 200,830); Typescript, 9 leaves (photocopy); Typescript, 10 leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-2-135


Film synopses--Translations


136. MISSISSIPPI OR THE GREAT FLOOD : [Translation of the] Filmsynopsis by H. F. Garten
[19??]. Typescript, "Einheit AE," 20 leaves (photocopy; numbering on verso: 200,861 to 200,882).
Accession no.: 96-2-136

137. LES PERLES QUI ACCUSENT / THE ACCUSING PEARLS : Synopsis tiré du drame "Adrienne Ambrossat" de Georg Kaiser
c1937. Typescript, translated by Anatole Braunstein into French and English, "Julius Marx, Thema-Filmstoff-Vertrieb, Zürich"--Title page, 9, 9 leaves (photocopy) .
Accession no.: 96-2-137

138. XENIA : A Film
[1939?]. Typescript, 9 leaves (photocopy; numbering on verso: 200,831 to 200,839).
Accession no.: 96-2-138


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