Ernst Bach


Ernst Bach was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the, then to the in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur.
In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold as a duo Arnold and Bach, with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was The Spanish Fly in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.
In 1917 he became the director of the Münchner Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munich until his death in 1929.

Plays by Arnold and Bach

  • The Spanish Fly
  • Die schwebende Jungfrau
  • Die Fahrt ins Glück
  • Die bessere Hälfte
  • Fräulein Puck
  • Das Jubiläum
  • Zwangseinquartierung
  • Der keusche Lebemann
  • Die Königin der Nacht
  • Der kühne Schwimmer
  • Dolly
  • Der Fürst von Pappenheim
  • Die vertagte Nacht
  • Der wahre Jakob
  • Die vertauschte Frau
  • Olly-Polly
  • Stöpsel
  • Hurra, ein Junge
  • Unter Geschäftsaufsicht
  • Arme Ritter
  • Weekend im Paradies
  • Hulla Di Bulla
  • (1931 operetta-farce by Walter Kollo, libretto by Arnold and Bach, based on ''Der keusche Lebemann''

    Arnold and Bach filmography

  • The Whole Town's Talking
  • The Prince of Pappenheim
  • A Warm Corner
  • The True Jacob
  • Ex-Bad Boy
  • The Soaring Maiden
  • Weekend in Paradise
  • Business Under Distress
  • Hooray, It's a Boy!
  • The Spanish Fly
  • The Night Without Pause
  • Wehe, wenn er losgelassen
  • A Thousand for One Night
  • Tisíc za jednu noc
  • The Dangerous Game
  • It's a Boy
  • The Daring Swimmer
  • Oh, Daddy!
  • The Interrupted Honeymoon
  • Oh, Such a Night!
  • Pappas pojke
  • One Night Apart
  • The Prince of Pappenheim
  • The Chaste Libertine
  • Weekend in Paradise
  • Josef the Chaste
  • The Postponed Wedding Night
  • Hooray, It's a Boy!
  • The Spanish Fly
  • The Daring Swimmer
  • The True Jacob
  • Ach Egon!
  • To gelio vgike ap' ton Paradeiso
  • ''Den kyske levemand''