Barbara von Annenkoff
Barbara von Annenkoff , actually Warwara Annenkowa (born February 25, 1898 in St. Petersburg , Russia , † November 30, 1978 in Baden-Baden ) was a Russian-born, German actress in stage, film and television.
Live and act
Originating from the old Russian nobility, Varvara (Barbara) Annenkowa was the granddaughter of the publicist, literary and theater critic Pawel Annenkow (1813-1887), who was best known as the editor of Alexander Pushkin's works and in 1846 exchanged letters with Karl Marx . As a result of the October Revolution in 1917, Annenkowa left the young Soviet Union, like many Belarusian artists, headed west, settled in Berlin and called herself Barbara von Annenkoff from then on.
At the age of 25 she made contact with the flourishing German film industry and played leading and supporting roles in not artistically significant films by rather secondary directors, including Wolfgang Neff , Adolf Edgar Licho , James Bauer and Erich Waschneck . In Hans Neumann's fiercely controversial modernization of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , Annenkoff embodied Helena in 1925. The artist has been cast several times with the elegant appearance of the noble lady of society, for example as Princess von Kantorowitz in Nunzio Malasomma's " One Minute Before Twelve " and as Princess Endoxia in Arthur Robison's drama Looping the Loop .
Barbara von Annenkoff made her debut in sound film quite late, and there she was never really able to gain a foothold and moreover had to be content with steadily decreasing roles. In 1937 she returned to her old role as the grande dame in Gerhard Lamprecht's Flaubert film Madame Bovary , where she embodied the Marquise de Andervillier. She spent her old age in the place where the Russian aristocratic elite had pitched their tents in Germany since Dostoyevsky's time: in Baden-Baden. In the tranquil spa and casino city, she appeared sporadically on the theater stage and appeared in various radio plays, for example under the direction of Gert Westphal in the branch play " Impatience of the Heart " (1961) produced by the SWF and in the novel -Adaptations " The green window shutters " (1964) and in " The train " (1966) by Georges Simenon.
Filmography
- 1919: The hope of a blessing
- 1924: Aviation over the ocean
- 1924: The fall into happiness
- 1924: The journey to doom
- 1925: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1925: Sin Babylon
- 1925: One minute to twelve
- 1926: My friend the chauffeur
- 1926: Derby
- 1926: Bismarck 1862–1898
- 1927: The awakening of the woman
- 1927: Higher Daughters
- 1927: Prince or clown
- 1928: Looping the Loop
- 1934: Petersburg nights. Waltz on the Neva
- 1935: Mazurka
- 1936: The Emperor of California
- 1937: Madame Bovary
- 1941: Dance with the Kaiser
- 1962: The Long Christmas Supper (TV movie)
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 35.
Web links
- Barbara von Annenkov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Barbara von Annenkoff at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Annenkoff's Reichsfilmkammer file. Filmportal and IMDb name February 13, 1900
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Annenkoff, Barbara von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Annenkowa, Varvara (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-born, German actress in stage, film and television |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg , Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1978 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |