George Froeschel

1891-03-09 24 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Georg "George" Froeschel (March 9, 1891 – November 22, 1979) was an Austrian screenwriter best known for Mrs. Miniver, Quentin Durward, and The Story of Three Loves, while working for MGM in the 1940s and 1950s. Before working in film he was a lawyer and journalist. Georg Froeschel was born in 1891, the son of a Jewish banker in Vienna. He wrote his first novel during his time at grammar school, Ein Protest (A Protest). After his postgraduate studies he wa...

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I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars

1960

Story

5.7
Writing

The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun...

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1960

Original Film Writer

Writing

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.

Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel

1958

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel ...

Gaby

Gaby

1956

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A French ballerina falls in love with an American paratrooper on a two day pass in London near the end of World War II.

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

1955

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan...

Betrayed

Betrayed

1954

Writer

5.6
Writing

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Ri...

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1954

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mount...

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

1953

Adaptation, Writer

5.6
Writing

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

1953

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

1952

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man

1951

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

The Miniver Story

The Miniver Story

1950

Writer

6.0
Writing

The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing...

Command Decision

Command Decision

1948

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties ...

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whir...

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

1942

Screenplay

4.2
Writing

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American s...

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

1940

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided ...

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

1940

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ...

Skandal in Baden-Baden

Skandal in Baden-Baden

1929

Novel

Weib in Flammen

Weib in Flammen

1928

Novel

Der Anwalt des Herzens

Der Anwalt des Herzens

1927

Novel

7.0

Nora

1923

Writer

Writing

Adaptation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Roswolsky's Mistress

Roswolsky's Mistress

1921

Novel

Mia Verhag loses her job as a chorus singer when she rejects the advances of the theatre director. While she is in the grips of despair, she encounter...