Carl Zuckmayer

Carl Zuckmayer was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer. His first two dramas were failures. In 1929, he wrote the script for the movie Der blaue Engel, for which he received the Georg Büchner Prize. He also wrote plays, including The Captain of Köpenick, Des Teufels General, Barbara Blomberg. Ein Stück in drei Akten, and Kranichtanz. Ein Akt.