
author
1872–1920
A restless early-20th-century German storyteller, he moved from painting into journalism, popular fiction, theater, and silent film. His career ranged from pulp-style crime adventures to screenwriting and directing, giving his work an energetic, wide-ranging feel.

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

by Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Anonymous, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman
Born Eduard Carl Otto Wangemann in Treptow an der Rega on February 25, 1872, he became known as Kurt Matull. German reference sources describe him as a writer, journalist, director, and screenwriter, and note that he first trained as a painter before turning to the stage and the printed page.
His first play, Frauen von heute, was written when he was still young, and later accounts say he spent time in the United States working in journalism before returning to Germany. Matull went on to write popular fiction—including entries connected with the widely read Lord Lister series—and eventually became active in the silent-film world as both a screenwriter and director.
Some basic biographical details remain uncertain. Sources agree on his birth year, but they differ on the year of his death, with some giving 1920 and others suggesting around 1930 in Berlin. What is clear is that he was a notably versatile figure whose career crossed several forms of mass entertainment during a period of rapid cultural change.