Biography
Carl Zuckmayer was a German writer and playwright. Born in Nackenheim, Germany, he served in the German army during the First World War before turning to writing. He wrote the screenplay for the film The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg and based on Heinrich Mann’s novel Professor Unrat.
Zuckmayer achieved success with plays including Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931; The Captain of Köpenick), a satire on Prussian militarism, and Des Teufels General (1946; The Devil’s General). After the Nazi rise to power he emigrated, first to Switzerland and then to the United States in 1939, later returning to Europe and settling in Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
