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1872–1920
A prolific German popular writer of the early 20th century, he moved easily between fiction, journalism, and the fast-growing world of silent film. His career connects pulp adventure storytelling with the earliest years of screenwriting and directing in Germany.

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Born as Eduard Carl Otto Wangemann and better known by the pen name Kurt Matull, he was born on February 25, 1872, in Treptow an der Rega, in what was then Prussia. Reliable sources describe him as a German writer and journalist who also worked as a director and screenwriter during the silent-film era.
Matull is especially associated with popular serial fiction, including works connected with Lord Lister, and with the lively magazine and entertainment culture of his time. His career appears to have stretched across several creative fields, which helps explain why he shows up in both literary and film reference sources.
There is some uncertainty around the details of his death. Some library and film sources give 1920, while other biographical databases and film references suggest he died in Berlin around 1930. Because the record is inconsistent, it is safest to say that he was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and left a varied body of work across print and early cinema.