Writing
Ernst Ottwalt
DE cinema · 1 credits
Born
13 November 1901
Died
24 August 1943 (aged 41)
Also known as Ernst Ottwalt · Ernst Gottwalt Nicolas · Ernst Ottwald
Ernst Ottwalt was the pen name of German writer and playwright Ernst Gottwalt Nicolas. A communist, he fled Nazi Germany in 1934 and went into exile in the Soviet Union. It was there that he fell victim to the Great Purge, and died in a Soviet gulag. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht to write the screenplay for the film Kuhle Wampe.
