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Georg Jacoby(1883-1964)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Georg Jacoby was an actor, film and theatre director. He started to play on stage in 1915 and in cinema in WWI propaganda films. After 1919, he was only a film director. In 1922, he made So sind die Männer (1923) ("The Little Napoleon"), in which Marlene Dietrich had a bit part. His first wife was Edith Meller, but in 1940, he met Marika Rökk. They got married and had one child in 1944, Gabriele Jacoby, who also became an actress and singer. He made his best films with Marika during the 30s and 40s.
BornJuly 23, 1883
DiedFebruary 21, 1964(80)
BornJuly 23, 1883
DiedFebruary 21, 1964(80)
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Mask in Blue (1953)
Mask in Blue
6.5
  • Director
  • 1953
Der Bettelstudent (1936)
Der Bettelstudent
6.0
  • Director
  • 1936
Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, Georg Jacoby, Paul Kemp, Bobby E. Lüthge, Max Pfeiffer, Hans Söhnker, Ida Wüst, Hans H. Zerlett, and Josef Fenneker in The Csardas Princess (1934)
The Csardas Princess
7.1
  • Director
  • 1934
Pola Negri in Vendetta (1919)
Vendetta
  • Director
  • 1919

Credits

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Director



  • Pension Schöller (1960)
    Pension Schöller
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Eddie Constantine, Georg Jacoby, and Marion Michael in Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960)
    Bomben auf Monte Carlo
    4.2
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959)
    Die Nacht vor der Premiere
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Bühne frei für Marika (1958)
    Bühne frei für Marika
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Dieter Borsche and Marika Rökk in Nachts im grünen Kakadu (1957)
    Nachts im grünen Kakadu
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Mimi Boesnach, Steye van Brandenberg, Kees Brusse, Leo de Hartogh, Andrea Domburg, Bernard Droog, Rijk de Gooyer, Georg Jacoby, Johan Kaart, Cees Laseur, Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, Guus Oster, Jan Retèl, Hans Tiemeijer, and Cruys Voorbergh in Kleren maken de man (1957)
    Kleren maken de man
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Familie Schimek (1957)
    Familie Schimek
    8.4
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Zu Befehl, Frau Feldwebel (1956)
    Zu Befehl, Frau Feldwebel
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Walter Giller, Rudolf Platte, and Grethe Weiser in Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne (1956)
    Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Die wilde Auguste (1956)
    Die wilde Auguste
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Franz Grothe, Fita Benkhoff, Siegfried Breuer Jr., Erich Claunigk, Hanns H. Fischer, Gardy Granass, Paul Henckels, Heinz Hilpert, Frank Holms, Georg Jacoby, Topsy Küppers, Bobby E. Lüthge, Angelika Meissner, Margit Saad, Carl Schell, Gerd Vespermann, Helmuth Volmer, Wolfgang Wahl, and Joachim Wedekind in Drei Mädels vom Rhein (1955)
    Drei Mädels vom Rhein
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Drei Tage Mittelarrest (1955)
    Drei Tage Mittelarrest
    7.8
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox (1955)
    Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Hurra - ein Junge! (1953)
    Hurra - ein Junge!
    5.3
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • The Divorcée (1953)
    The Divorcée
    • Director
    • 1953

Writer



  • Pension Schöller (1960)
    Pension Schöller
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • Die wilde Auguste (1956)
    Die wilde Auguste
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • Franz Grothe, Fita Benkhoff, Siegfried Breuer Jr., Erich Claunigk, Hanns H. Fischer, Gardy Granass, Paul Henckels, Heinz Hilpert, Frank Holms, Georg Jacoby, Topsy Küppers, Bobby E. Lüthge, Angelika Meissner, Margit Saad, Carl Schell, Gerd Vespermann, Helmuth Volmer, Wolfgang Wahl, and Joachim Wedekind in Drei Mädels vom Rhein (1955)
    Drei Mädels vom Rhein
    5.0
    • screenplay
    • 1955
  • Drei Tage Mittelarrest (1955)
    Drei Tage Mittelarrest
    7.8
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox (1955)
    Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
    5.2
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Pension Schöller (1952)
    Pension Schöller
    • Writer
    • 1952
  • Die Csardasfürstin (1951)
    Die Csardasfürstin
    5.8
    • adaptation
    • 1951
  • Marika Rökk in Marika (1950)
    Marika
    4.8
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Franz Grothe, Georg Alexander, Georg Jacoby, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Müller, Marika Rökk, and Grethe Weiser in Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
    Die Frau meiner Träume
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1944
  • Marika Rökk and Viktor Staal in Hab mich lieb (1942)
    Hab mich lieb
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 1942
  • Dolly Haas, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Ida Wüst in Warum lügt Fräulein Käthe? (1935)
    Warum lügt Fräulein Käthe?
    7.7
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, Georg Jacoby, Paul Kemp, Bobby E. Lüthge, Max Pfeiffer, Hans Söhnker, Ida Wüst, Hans H. Zerlett, and Josef Fenneker in The Csardas Princess (1934)
    The Csardas Princess
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1934
  • Magda Schneider and Hermann Thimig in Marion, That's Not Nice (1932)
    Marion, That's Not Nice
    7.8
    • novelette
    • 1932
  • Jokeren (1928)
    Jokeren
    6.7
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Der Ritt in die Sonne
    • Writer
    • 1926

Producer



  • Mask in Blue (1953)
    Mask in Blue
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Marika Rökk and Viktor Staal in Hab mich lieb (1942)
    Hab mich lieb
    7.6
    • executive producer
    • 1942
  • Quartier Latin (1929)
    Quartier Latin
    6.0
    • producer
    • 1929
  • József Bottlik in Angst - Die schwache Stunde einer Frau (1928)
    Angst - Die schwache Stunde einer Frau
    5.0
    • producer (as G.M. Jacoby)
    • 1928
  • Helga Thomas in Ledige Mütter (1928)
    Ledige Mütter
    • producer
    • 1928
  • Girls for Sale! (1927)
    Girls for Sale!
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Die Jagd nach der Braut
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Liebe im Rausch (1927)
    Liebe im Rausch
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Die Insel der verbotenen Küsse (1927)
    Die Insel der verbotenen Küsse
    1.2
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Die Frau ohne Namen - 2. Teil (1927)
    Die Frau ohne Namen - 2. Teil
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Elga Brink in Die Frau ohne Namen - 1. Teil (1927)
    Die Frau ohne Namen - 1. Teil
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Das Paradies im Schnee
    • producer
    • 1923

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • G.M. Jacoby
  • Born
    • July 23, 1883
    • Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Died
    • February 21, 1964
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Spouses
      Marika Rökk1940 - February 21, 1964 (his death, 1 child)
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    In 1959 appeared the last cooperation between Jacoby and Rökk in the cinemas - "Die Nacht vor der Premiere". Marika Rökk told later: "We flog the success craze to dead".

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