Ernst Lothar was born on October 25, 1890 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for The Clairvoyant (1935), Little Friend (1934) and An Act of Murder (1948). He was previously married to Adrienne Gessner and ?. He died on October 30, 1974 in Vienna, Austria.