Axel Delmar

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Axel Delmar, 1899.
Cover sheet of the Alt-Potsdam plant

Axel Delmar (actually Alexander Hans Waldemar von Demandowsky , born April 9, 1867 in Berlin , † April 7, 1929 in Gorden ) was a German actor, director and playwright.

Delmar grew up in Berlin and became an actor, in 1911 he founded the Heimatspiele in Potsdam , which he directed until 1918. He wrote patriotic plays like "The Iron Savior" or "Marschall Vorwärts".

His son Ewald von Demandowsky was Reichsfilmdramaturg and head of production at Tobis during National Socialism and was executed by the Soviet judiciary in Berlin in 1946.

Works

  • Lake. Drama in two acts. Reclam, Leipzig 1895
  • Hashish . Opera. Music: Oskar von Chelius (1859–1923). Premiere 1896 (97?) Dresden ( Court Opera )
  • Heimatspiel: Alt-Potsdam or The First Railway or The Pleasure of the Residents. Music: Walter von Simon
  • Home game marshal forward .
  • King Drosselbart. Opera. Music: Gustav Kulenkampff. Premiere December 31, 1899 Berlin
  • Marshal Forward. Heimatspiel in 2 acts. Music: Walter von Simon . Hayn, Potsdam 1913.
  • To my people. A time image from 1813. Reclam, Leipzig 1914.
  • The little East Prussia with his ducat man. A Christmas fairy tale for young and old. (Music: Rudolf Kaiser.) Potsdam, 1916.
  • Luther. Mystery in five faces. Berlin 1917.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel Delmar in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
  2. ↑ PNN Online: "A street for Delmar"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / archiv.pnn.de  
  3. ↑ Royal Opera House . In: People's newspaper . Abendblatt, No. 1 . Berlin January 2, 1900, p. 1 ( staatsbibliothek-berlin.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Delmar, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Demandowsky, Alexander Hans Waldemar von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1929
Place of death Gorden