With the rise of the sound film he only appeared in few more movies.
Only in 1940 his emerged again as the screen writer of the Spanish movie "Gloria del Moncayo".
Martin Herzberg retired from the film business and the age of only 19 years.
It is said that he worked as a photographer in Tenerife till his death around 1972.
The actor Martin Herzberg was able to launch an impressive film career as a child actor from 1918. He acted together with many great actors of that time.
He married in Tenerife the German Eva Diekow. They had a son Boris, who was born in 1955 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.