The growing up Max Colpet had to witness how his Jewish family had to flee in 1914 for the first time.
The family went to Königsberg where he lived the next years.
Max Colpet came in contact with the Berliner arts scene in 1928 and he founded together with the later popular actor Erik Ode the cabaret "Anti".
The director Billy Wilder worked together with Max Colpet five times.
The writer Max Colpet belonged to the most popular lyric poets for songs and screen writers.
Max Colpet could continue his career in the emigration.