Peter Francke

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Peter Francke
Born4 February 1897
DiedJanuary 1978 (aged 80)
OccupationWriter
Years active1933-1966 (film)

Peter Francke (1897-1978) was a German screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for The Girl from Barnhelm (1940), an adaptation of a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. [1]

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  1. Klossner p.150

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