Alex Strasser

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Alexander "Alex" Strasser (born 1898 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died September 3, 1974 in London , United Kingdom ) was an Austrian filmmaker, active in Germany and Great Britain in various fields of work (including experimental direction, representation, camera, production, equipment and cut).

Life

Strasser took his first steps in German silent film as a camera assistant. In the course of the 1920s he made an attempt as an actor (Cabinet Councilor Stelter in Gerhard Lamprecht's Der alten Fritz ) and from the same year (1927) began directing films (the experimental short film "Die Landpartie" ). At the side of Lotte Reiniger , he participated in the production of the silhouette film "Grotesken im Schnee" the following year, and another year later (1929) with Erwin Piscator in the short experimental film "The Merchant of Berlin". In the early talkies, Alex Strasser also directed short films with play scenes. As a Jew, Strasser remained largely isolated in Germany from the beginning of 1933. In 1934 Strasser fled to London, where he now dealt with the production of scientific films. At times he was also head of a training center for aspiring photographers, the Reimann School of Photography.

Filmography

  • 1927: Die Landpartie (experimental film director, screenplay, camera, equipment, production)
  • 1927: The old Fritz, part 2 (actor)
  • 1928: Grotesques in the snow (experimental film director, screenplay, production)
  • 1929: The Merchant of Berlin (experimental film director)
  • 1930: The hunt for happiness (idea, stills)
  • 1931: This is how your days begin (short film, director)
  • 1931: All about Christmas (short film, director)
  • 1931: Freund Troll (short film, director)
  • 1931: Mündiges Volk (short film, director)
  • 1932: Difficult household (short film, direction, editing)
  • 1936: The Birth of the Robot (short film, camera)
  • 1942: The Five-Inch Bather (short film, camera)
  • 1942: Hedging (short film, camera)
  • 1943: Young and Healthy (short film, camera, editor)
  • 1943: In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself (short film, camera)
  • 1944: Some Like It Rough (short film, camera)
  • 1945: Cambridge (short film, camera)
  • 1947: Your Children's Meals (short film, camera)
  • 1965: Clearing the Air (short documentary film, production)

literature

  • Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. S. 611, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8

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personal data
SURNAME Strasser, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strasser, Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-British filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 1974
Place of death London , UK