Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928)

Death: 21st November 1928
Location:  Friedhof Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: Lung infection
Photo taken by: Axel Mauruszat
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German dramatist and novelist who was married to the novelist Clara Sudermann. Among his best known works are Litauische Geschichten / The Excursion to Tilsit (1917), Das Hohe Lied / The Song of Songs (1908) (filmed in 1933 staring Marlene Dietrich), and Es war / The Undying Past (1894) (filmed in 1926 as Flesh and the Devil starring Greta Garbo).

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