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- Birth nameJohannes Siegfried Richter
- Hans Richter was born on April 6, 1888 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947), 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955) and Chesscetera (1957). He was married to Frida Ruppel, Erna Niemeyer, Maria van Vanselow and Elisabeth Steiner. He died on February 1, 1976 in Locarno, Switzerland.
- SpousesFrida Ruppel(1951 - February 1, 1976) (his death)Erna Niemeyer(1927 - 1929) (divorced)Maria van Vanselow(1921 - 1922) (divorced)Elisabeth Steiner(1916 - ?) (divorced)
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 947-952. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
- Not to be confused with Hans Richter, this Hans Richter was a director of surrealist fantasies and as one of the first experimental filmmakers, mostly of short features, shot in black-and-white during the 1920s. An outspoken critic of Nazism, Richter was eventually forced to leave Germany. He settled in the U.S., where he became a professor at New York's City College and director of its Institute of Film Techniques. He was also noted as a painter and an exponent of Dadaism.
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