Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth

Birth : 1894-09-02, Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ukraine]

Death : 1939-05-27

History

Joseph Roth was an Austrian-Jewish journalist, writer and novelist, best known for his novel "Radetzky March", about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Profile

Joseph Roth

Movies

The Rebellion
Novel
The disabled ex-soldier Andreas Pum lost a leg for emperor and father land. After leaving the army he receives a license and a drehorgel. One day he gets into a controversy with a welldressed gentleman, disturbs the public order, and hits a policeman. Andreas Pum goes to jail, loses his license and becomes toilet guard in the Cafe Halali after his release. Only at the moment of death he recognizes that he was always too decent and too obedient.
Spider's Web
Novel
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Novel
Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.
Tarabas
Novel
An adaptation of a novel by Joseph Roth.
Hiob
Novel
Stationschef Fallmerayer
Novel
Based on Joseph Roth's novella.
Weights and Measures
Novel
Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.
Trotta
Novel
Trotta is a 1971 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. It is based on the 1938 novel Die Kapuzinergruft (The Emperor's Tomb) by Austrian author Joseph Roth. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
Novel
Radetzkymarsch
Novel
The story of the Trotta family during the rise and fall of the Austrian-Hungary empire. Based upon the novel by Joseph Roth.
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
Novel
Die Rebellion
Novel
Sins of Man
Novel
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.