Christian Bummerstedt

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christian Bummerstedt (born February 6, 1891 in Bremen , † after 1932) was a German actor and architect .

biography

Bummerstedt was a son of the Bremen architect Christian Bummerstedt (1857-1891) and attended the humanistic high school . He studied at the Technical University Dresden and the Technical University of Munich architecture . Even before the First World War , Bummerstedt claims to have won architecture prizes and built a 40-room villa in Wiesbaden . He is said to have built another villa in Saarow in 1922 .

However, Bummerstedt's real interest was in acting. As a pupil he already worked in the extras of the Bremen City Theater . When he moved to Zurich during the war , he received artistic training from Maria Moissi , Alexander Moissi's first wife (role studies) and soon afterwards received his first permanent engagement from Alfred Reucker at the Schauspielhaus Zurich . In 1921 Bummerstedt returned to Germany and was signed by Friedrich Kayßler in Berlin as Johann Bummerstedt at the Volksbühne . Then Bummerstedt concentrated entirely on his film work.

His debut before the camera was Bummerstedt claims to his Swiss times when he in 1917 Basel in the sports movie Eos participated. At that time, however, he was mostly busy with other things; Bummerstedt stated that in 1917/1918 he was active as a writer, draftsman and painter with his own drawing office specializing in advertising drawings. Christian Bummerstedt did not begin to film regularly until 1924. His first German film, Arthur von Gerlachs Zur Chronik von Grieshuus , is considered a milestone in German film history. Bummerstedt delivered another significant achievement in 1927 with his portrayal of the prince in the Sternheim film adaptation of Die Hose . In between he played the central figure of Max Piccolomini in Rolf Randolf's two-part Wallenstein film .

As quickly as Bummerstedt's film career began, it ended. After only one (insignificant) sound film, it completely disappeared from the public eye. The date of his death is unknown.

Bummerstedt was considered an enthusiastic sportsman. His hobbies - which were still rare at the beginning of the 20th century - included driving, horse riding, polo , skiing, swimming, sailing, tennis, bobsleigh and skijoring .

Filmography

literature

  • Kurt Mühsam, Egon Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film. Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 31.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landhaus Wolde & Villa Schotteck on the website of the State Office for Monument Preservation Bremen.
  2. ^ A b c Kurt Mühsam, Egon Jacobsohn: Lexikon des Films. Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 31.
personal data
SURNAME Bummerstedt, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bummerstedt, Johann (stage name as actor)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH after 1932