Trivia

The 30s marked the end of his film career.

As a Jew he had to emigrate abroad where he was able to write few more screenplay like "De familie van mijn vrouw" (1935), "Lucrèce Borgia" (1935) und "August der Starke" (1936).

Still active as a lawyer he wrote his first novel "Ilse Isensee" (1904) and in the next years followed many other novels.

He already got in touch with the film business in 1913 and he wrote his first screenplay for "Das verschleierte Bild von Gross-Kleindorf" (1913).

Besides his activity as a screenwriter Alfred Schirokauer also realised some movies as a director.

He managed the breakthrough as a screenwriter in the 20s and he wrote numerous scripts for popular productions. To these works belong the movies "Die Nacht der Entscheidung" (1920), "Der Totenkopf" (1920) and "Sturmflut der Liebe" (1929).

The screenwriter Alfred Schirokauer finished his law studies before he began his professional life as a lawyer.