Vicki Baum - biography

“Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.”

“Fame always brings loneliness.  Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.”

“Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.”

“A woman who is loved always has success.”

“Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.”

“To be a Jew is a destiny.”

“You don’t get ulcers from what you eat.  You get them from what’s eating you.”

Vicki Baum contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Grand Hotel (1932)
The Woman Accused (1933)
I Give My Love (1934)
Lac aux dames (1934)
Hélène (1936)
Retour à l’aube (1938)
The Great Waltz (1938)
Unfinished Business (1941)
Girl Trouble (1942)
Hotel Berlin (1945)
The Great Flamarion (1945)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
La Belle que voilà (1950)
Le Château de verre (1950)
Futures vedettes (1955)
Menschen im Hotel (1959)