Conrad Wiene

Conrad Wiene , born in Konrad Wiene , (born February 3, 1878 in Vienna ; † after March 1934) was an Austrian theater actor , film director , film producer and screenwriter .

Life

After graduating from high school in Dresden in 1899, he turned to the summer theater in Phystian . There he made his debut as “Dr. Drontheim ”in the“ Second Face ”. In the same year he took part in the Gera court theater and in 1901 took part in the international tour that Agnes Sorma undertook. After returning from this tour, he joined the Lübeck City Theater Association (inaugural role: "Hans" in "Jugend"). In 1902 he went to the German Theater in Hanover. After a stopover in Magdeburg (1903/04) Conrad Wiene came to the Schillertheater in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1905, later he also played on other Berlin theaters. Vienna's early role subject was that of 'youthful heroes and lovers'.

Since he first appeared in front of the camera in the film Die Waffen der Jugend in 1912 , he has devoted himself entirely to film work and since 1914 has worked primarily as a director. After the Nazis came to power, Wiene wanted to continue his professional career in Vienna. In September 1933 he was a co-founder of Austria Film-Produktions-Gesellschaft mbH . The first film to be announced was the adaptation of the Johann Strauss operetta "Carneval in Rome", directed by Conrad Wiene. Since he left there in March 1934, his trail has been lost. The date and place of death are not yet known.

His father was the actor Karl Wiene (1852-1913), his brother Robert Wiene .

Filmography

• 1914: The Evangelimann
• 1916: The lady in the mask
• 1916: The man in the mirror
• 1917: Towards peace
• 1917: The snuffy chick
• 1917: Towards peace
• 1917: Violet No. 4
• 1918: At the gate of life
• 1918: The house without a laugh
• 1918: The last heir to Lassa
• 1918: The stronger one
• 1918: The cautious capitalist
• 1918: Frank Boyer's servant
• 1919: The detour to marriage
• 1919: the spider
• 1919: two worlds
• 1920: The splendor and misery of the courtesans
• 1920: Morality, the master of crime
• 1921: The Duke of Rochester
• 1922: The Testament of Ive Sievers (also: The Testament of Joe Sivers)
• 1922: the legacy
• 1923: The power of darkness
• 1924: The blatant fox
• 1925: Zapfenstreich
• 1926: In camera
• 1926: I had a comrade
• 1926: The little thing there
• 1926: Trude, the sixteen year old
• 1928: Today the Strauss is playing (in AT: The Waltz King)
• 1928: The fourth from the right
• 1929: Eros in chains
• 1929: Revolution of the youth (in AT: The youth - the law / youth at the crossroads)
• 1930: A prostitute has been murdered
• 1930: Madame Bluebeard
• 1931: As long as Strauss's waltz continues
• 1932: Your Highness is having fun
• 1932: Johann Strauss, kuk court ball music director (in AT: Kaiserwalzer)

Remarks

1. ↑ Source: Registration sheet in the holdings of the Vienna City and State Library, Series 2.5.1.4.K11 - Prominent Collection 19th Century - 20th Century, File 2.5.1.4.K11.Wiene Conrad.3.2.1878 - Conrad Wiene, geb. 02/03/1878. Information about what happened in 1934 can probably only be found in the Vienna Commercial Register. In the registration form dated October 26, 1933, Wiene had stated that the profession was 'director and director of Austria'. In the last registration forms, Nitra is named as the place of origin , and the citizenship is “Czechoslovakian”.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Marriage certificate No. 707 dated November 19, 1910, registry office Deutsch-Wilmersdorf, Landesarchiv Berlin.
2. ↑ Looking abroad, in: Film-Journal, No. 41, year 1933, 2nd supplement

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1122
• Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 534.

Web links

• Conrad Wiene in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Conrad Wiene at filmportal.de