Carl Merz
Carl Merz (actually Carl Czell ; born January 30, 1906 in Kronstadt , Transylvania , † October 31, 1979 in Vienna ) was an Austrian cabaret artist and writer .
Life
Merz studied world trade in Vienna . In 1928 he completed his studies with a degree in business administration and turned to the theater and cabaret, where he appeared as an actor and emcee and wrote his own texts. From 1945 he played at Lieben Augustin , whose director he was for a year.
Merz was a member of the cabaret group known as the Nameless Ensemble alongside Gerhard Bronner , Helmut Qualtinger , Louise Martini , Peter Wehle , Georg Kreisler , Michael Kehlmann and others. The one-person piece Der Herr Karl played by Qualtinger and the Travnicek dialogues that he wrote with Helmut Qualtinger, played by Qualtinger and Bronner, have not only gone down in Austrian cabaret history.
Merz took his own life in Vienna in 1979 because he was terminally ill after two strokes . His final resting place, an honorary grave , is in group 40, number 135 at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works
- Eisrevue , 1959
- Blattl vorm Mund , 1959
- Glasl before Aug , 1960
- Second-hand dream car , 1961
- Mr. Karl , 1961
- Travnicek dialogues
- Everything saved , 1963
- The execution , 1965
- On the mild Danube , 1965
- Beyond Good and Health Insurance , 1967
- The Opera Fool , 1973
- Scriptwriting
- 1953: Franz Schubert - a life in two sentences
- 1962: He can't help it
- 1963: is Geraldine an angel?
- 1967: Short trial
- 1970: Passion for a politician
- 1974: Scene of the crime : 3-0 for Veigl
literature
- Hans Veigl : Merz, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 202 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Merz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Carl Merz on the website of the Austrian Cabaret Archive
- Examples : Excerpts from “Der Herr Karl” and “Travnicek im Urlaub” by Carl Merz in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ rumaenischespuren.at ( 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merz, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Czell, Carl (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cabaret artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt , Transylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1979 |
| Place of death | Vienna |