Carl von Zeska

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Carl von Zeska, 1902

Carl von Zeska , from 1917 Carl Edler von Zeska (born October 31, 1862 in Hamburg , † July 18, 1938 in Vienna ) was an Austrian theater actor .

Life

He came from a family in Schleswig-Holstein . Zeska was engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater from 1892 to 1932 . Rudolf Lothar described him as an “excellent actor of cursed guys and reckless bon vivants” . At the film Zeska came hardly as an actor in appearance, however, resulted in 1913 causing a stir at film Johann Strauss at the Blue Danube Directed and also took over the title role.

As a kuk Hofburg actor, Zeska received on December 12, 1908 with a diploma from January 9, 1909 in Vienna, the Austrian nobility promotion and coat of arms confirmation. In addition, on April 20, 1917, he was awarded the title “ Noble von” in Vienna .

Carl von Zeska is the father of the chamber actor Philipp Zeska (1896–1977).

Grave of Carl von Zeskas

His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (33A-5-19).

Works (selection)

  • At the garrison ball, comedy in 1 act. Publishing house by Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig, 1888.
  • Rabbit and rabbit. After Löthi. A fable by Carl von Zeska. For singing and Piano. Doblinger publishing house, Vienna, 1890.
  • Make-up box and pub - a dozen humoresques from life. Publishing house Perles, Vienna, 1913.
  • Sensation - a cheerful night piece by Friedrich Wallisch u. Carl Zeska. Nestroy-Verlag, Vienna-Leipzig, 1920.

Filmography

Silent films

Sound films

  • 1931: Excursion into life, also: millet grain intervenes (with Felix Bressart )
  • 1933: Voices of Spring
  • 1934: Stories from the Vienna Woods
  • 1935: The Pompadour

Sound documents (selection)

Zeska's voice has been preserved on several gramophone records (GRAMOPHONE or Austrian GRAMOLA) that he recorded around 1910: he recites poems such as “Das Huhn und der Karpfen” by Heinrich Seidel and “Schwalbenschwanz und Milchdieb” by Rudolf Baumbach , “Bruder Liederlich "By Detlev von Liliencron and" The good old man "by Rudolf Hirschberg-Jura .

  • Gramophone Concert Record GC-2-41126 (mx. 15074 b): Dear good old man, by Rudolf Hirschberg-Jura.
  • Gramophone Concert Record GC-2-41127 (mx. 15075 b): Brother Liederlich, by Detlev von Liliencron.
  • Gramophone Concert Record GC-2-41130 (mx. 15076 b): a) Rosalie and Amalie, b) The chicken and the carp, by Seidel.
  • Gramophone Concert Record GC-2-41131 (mx. 15077 b): Swallowtail and Milk Thief, von Baumbach.

Awards

literature

  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Page 513, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISBN 3-7980-0837-X
  • Friedrich Ritter Schreitter von Schwarzenfeld: The v. Zeska. Relations between Schleswig-Holstein and the Burgtheater in Vienna , in: Yearbook of the Schwansen Working Group, Office Hütten and Dänischwohld , Volume 8, 1950
  • Berthold Leimbach: audio documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898-1945. Göttingen, self-published, 1991.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Kerschbaumer: ennobling under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921). Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 93.
  2. ↑ Audio sample: Mediathek SLUB Dresden
  3. ↑ Listen to it on YouTube
  4. ↑ Listen to it on YouTube , also: “Gramola” Record ER 84; detailed discography in Leimbach 1991.
personal data
SURNAME Zeska, Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeska, Carl Edler von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater actor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1938
Place of death Vienna