Curt Goetz (German: [kÊŠÊ t É¡Å"tÍ¡s] (listen); 17 November 1888 â€"
12 September 1960), born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss German writer,
actor and film director. Curt Goetz was regarded[by whom?] as one of
the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the German-speaking
world. Together with his wife Valérie von Martens he acted in his own
plays and also filmed them. He was a distant relative of the Irish
writer George Bernard Shaw, with whom he was often compared.[by
whom?]Kurt Walter Götz was born in Mainz, Germany as the son of the
Swiss wine examiner Bernhard Götz, and his German wife of Italian and
French descent, Selma (born Rocco). His father died in 1890. His
mother then went with the two-year-old Curt to Halle, Saxony-Anhalt,
where she managed a private clinic.In 1906 he completed the City High
School in Halle, where he had played Franz Moor in The Robbers by
Schiller.
12 September 1960), born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss German writer,
actor and film director. Curt Goetz was regarded[by whom?] as one of
the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the German-speaking
world. Together with his wife Valérie von Martens he acted in his own
plays and also filmed them. He was a distant relative of the Irish
writer George Bernard Shaw, with whom he was often compared.[by
whom?]Kurt Walter Götz was born in Mainz, Germany as the son of the
Swiss wine examiner Bernhard Götz, and his German wife of Italian and
French descent, Selma (born Rocco). His father died in 1890. His
mother then went with the two-year-old Curt to Halle, Saxony-Anhalt,
where she managed a private clinic.In 1906 he completed the City High
School in Halle, where he had played Franz Moor in The Robbers by
Schiller.
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