---
name: "Karl Vollmöller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-vollmoller"
fi1m_id: "karl-vollmoller"
imdb_id: "nm0901629"
tmdb_id: 2901
wikidata_id: "Q96028"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 May 1878"
died: "18 October 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:21:52.804899+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karl Vollmöller

## Identity

Karl Vollmöller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-vollmoller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-vollmoller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0901629
- **TMDB ID:** 2901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Vollm%C3%B6ller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2901

Writer. Born 7 May 1878 in Stuttgart, German Empire [now Germany]. Died 18 October 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 May 1878, Stuttgart, German Empire [now Germany]
- **Died:** 18 October 1948
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Vollm%C3%B6ller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2901

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Blue Angel*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) (81)

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## Biography

Karl Vollmöller (also spelled Vollmoeller) was a German playwright and screenwriter. Born in Stuttgart in 1878, he studied classical philology, art and painting at the universities of Berlin and Paris. He began writing plays after the death of his mother in 1894 and collaborated extensively with theatre director Max Reinhardt.

Vollmöller is best known for the religious spectacle-pantomime *Das Mirakel* (The Miracle, 1911), written with Reinhardt, and for his contributions to the screenplay of *The Blue Angel* (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg. He also worked on films including *Lady of the Pavements* (1929) and provided uncredited contributions to *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941). He was married to actress Norina Gilli (Maria Carmi) from 1904 to 1920.

With the rise of the National Socialists, Vollmöller left Germany and lived in Italy, France and the United States. He died in Los Angeles in 1948.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Blue Angel* (1930), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Miracle* (1959), Theatre Play
- *The Blue Angel* (1959), Screenplay
- *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941), Writer
- *The Blue Angel* (1930), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md)
- *Lady of the Pavements* (1929), Novel
- *Song* (1928), Novel
- *Inge Larsen* (1924), Writer
- *A Venetian Night* (1914), Writer

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