Gerhard Menzel (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda. He was responsible for writing the script of Heimkehr, one of the most infamous pieces of Nazi cinema, which featured racism and hateful images of Poles. He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland. Selected filmography Morgenrot (1933) Refugees (1933) Night in May (1934) The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934) Savoy Hotel 217 (1936) Under Blazing Heavens (1936) Wells in Flames (1937) La Habanera (1937) Woman in the River (1939) A Mother's Love (1939) Robert Koch (1939) Heimkehr (1941) The Great King (1942) Destiny (1942) Late Love (1943) The Heart Must Be Silent (1944) The Sinner (1951) Hanussen (1955) Ich suche Dich (1956) King in Shadow (1957) References External links 1894 births 1966 deaths German male screenwriters Kleist Prize winners People from the Province of Silesia People from Wałbrzych German male writers Nazi propagandists 20th-century German screenwriters