Walter Zerlett-Olfenius [SEP] date of death
Walter Zerlett-Olfenius
Walter Zerlett-Olfenius (7 April 1897 – 18 April 1975) was a German screenwriter, who worked on films for UFA (Universum Film AG), from 1936 until 1945. His most notable project was the 1943 Nazi film about the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". The film cost four million Reichsmarks (equivalent to million €).
Career.
After attending schools in Hanover and his hometown of Wiesbaden, Zerlett-Olfenius enlisted with the Fusilier Regiment 80 in Wiesbaden at the
making) mostly shunned Zerlett-Olfenius and Goebbels even issued a decree threatening to personally investigate and punish anyone who refused to work with Zerlett-Olfenius .
Imprisonment and death.
In August 1947, Zerlett-Olfenius was sentenced to five years in a labor camp. Fifty percent of his assets were confiscated. This sentence was revoked in 1949 on appeal. Together with his actress wife, Eva Tinschmann, he retired to Rosshaupten in Bavaria. Zerlett-Olfenius never again worked in the film industry. He died in 1975