Martha Albrand (1914–1981), born Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard was a German-American novelist. Albrand was the name of her Danish great-grandfather.
She was the sister of the actress Jutta Freybe and the writer Johanna Sibelius.
The film Captain Carey, U.S.A. was based on her novel After Midnight.
In 1950, the book After Midnight won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière International Prize, the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France. Guide des Prix littéraires, online ed. Le Rayon du Polar. Synopsis of French prizes rewarding French and international crime literature, with lists of laureates for each Prize. Grand Prix de littérature policière: pp. 18–36.
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Novels written as Katrin Holland Man spricht über Jacqueline, 1926 Wie macht man das nur ???, 1930 Unterwegs zu Alexander: Ein Liebesroman, 1932 Die silberne Wolke: Ein Roman aus unserer Zeit, 1933 Babett auf Gottes Gnaden, 1934 Das Mädchen, das niemand mochte, 1935 Das Frauenhaus, 1935 Carlotta Torresani, 1938 Einsamer Himmel, 1938 Vierzehn Tage mit Edita, 1939 Helene, 1940 The Obsession of Emmet Booth, 1957
Novels written as Martha Albrand No Surrender, 1942 Without Orders, 1943 Endure No Longer, 1944 None Shall Know, 1945 Remembered Anger, 1946 Whispering Hill, 1947 After Midnight, 1948 Wait for the Dawn, 1950 Desperate Moment, 1951 The Hunted Woman, 1953 Nightmare in Copenhagen, 1954 The Mask of Alexander, 1955 The Story That Could Not Be Told, 1956 (alternative title The Linden) A Day in Monte Carlo, 1959 Meet Me Tonight, 1960 (alternative title Return to Terror) A Call from Austria, 1963 The Door fell Shut, 1966 Rhine Replica, 1969 Manhattan North, 1971 Zurich/AZ 900, 1974 A Taste of Terror, 1976 Intermission, 1978 (alternative title Final Encore)
Novels written as Christine Lambert The Ball, 1961 A Sudden Woman, 1964
Filmography Die Nacht der großen Liebe (Germany, 1933) Talking About Jacqueline (Germany, 1937, based on Man spricht über Jacqueline) Talk About Jacqueline (UK, 1942, based on Man spricht über Jacqueline) Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950, based on After Midnight) Desperate Moment (UK, 1953, based on Desperate Moment)
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