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- Birth nameJacob Julius Fleck
- Jacob Fleck was born on November 8, 1881 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Mir kommt keiner aus (1917), Eva, die Sünde (1920) and Das Fürstenkind (1927). He was married to Luise Fleck. He died on September 19, 1953 in Vienna, Austria.
- SpouseLuise Fleck(1924 - March 15, 1950) (her death)
- After the movies "Die Warschauer Zitadelle" (1930) and "Wenn die Soldaten..." (1931) Mr. And Mrs. Fleck returned to Austria because Jakob Fleck was a Jew.
- The Chinese director Fei Mu filmed with them as a co-production the film Söhne und Töchter der Welt ("Sons and Daughters of the World"). It was the only collaboration between Chinese and foreign film artists prior to the foundation of the People's Republic of China, and premiered on 4 October 1941 in the Yindu Theatre in Shanghai.
- Subsequently he earned his living as a re-toucher for a photographer.
- The director and producer Jakob Fleck belongs to the founders of the Austrian film business and did important pioneer works together with his wife Luise Fleck Kolm.
- Thanks to the intervention of Wilhelm Dieterle he was released and was able to emigrate to China together with his wife. They had a hard life there but were still able to realise a movie together with director Fei Mu called "Söhne und Töchter der Welt" (41). Despite this brief activity they had to life in huge misery and could not much contribute to their living.
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