Curt Blachnitzky

Curt Blachnitzky , also Kurt Blachy , (born July 19, 1897 in Friedrichshütte , Upper Silesia , † October 15, 1980 in Hamburg ) was a German film director , actor and screenwriter .

Life

Born in the Tarnowitz district , the Oberschlesier attended secondary school and, at his father's request, received an electrician training. Even before his military service from 1914-18, Blachnitzky tried his hand at being a theater actor - in the field of “young comedians” - in the provinces. When he arrived in Berlin , he soon made contact with film and made his debut as a director in 1922 ("Jolly Bill" series). Above all, Blachnitzky made a name for himself with patriotic subjects such as The King's Order and Bismarck 1862-1898 , which were based on a Prussian-nationalistic tenor. He later directed films in other genres as well.

Although he had been a member of the NSDAP since November 1932 (as Oberscharführer ), Blachnitzky was barely able to get any more commissions for feature film productions in National Socialist Germany and in the 1930s was mainly a unit manager and assistant director (1936/37). In World War II almost pulled through - 1943 he was briefly as editor of the German text of a Hungarian film committed - served Blachnitzky in the Navy, most recently in Norway . There he was captured by the British at the end of the war in 1945 and took part in skits and cabaret performances in the camp theater.

Released again, Blachnitzky and his family (four children) moved to Cuxhaven at the end of October 1946 , where, together with a lawyer, he founded his own theater, Das Schauspiel , which was affiliated with the Cuxhaven Adult Education Center and took over its artistic direction. From then on he called himself Kurt Blachy and mainly directed, but also took on one or the other role.

His return to film heralded a production about the gliding world championships in Spain in 1952. Thereupon Blachnitzky founded his own production company Kurt Blachy-Film in 1954, with which he mainly produced advertising and documentary films. Work-related trips took him to India. Based in Hamburg since 1955, Blachnitzky increasingly concentrated on his theater work and took roles at various stages in the Hanseatic city ( Junge Theater , theater 53 , Peter Ahrweiler's Kleine Komödie ). Guest performances led him a. a. to Ulm and Lüneburg , in the latter city Blachy Molières staged The Miser and also took on the title role. In the later years of his life, Blachy played repeatedly in television films, his best-known and greatest role was that of Uncle Manoah in 1971 in the 13-part series So tender was Suleyken, based on the story of the same name by Siegfried Lenz .

From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, he was seen with guest roles in a number of TV series, including Gertrud Stranitzki , Hauptstraße Glück , Ein Jahr ohne Sonntag , Hamburg Transit and Hoftheater . Kurt Blachy / Blachnitzky has also appeared in various radio plays (from Johanna Spyris Heidi to Karl May's Der Ölprinz ).

Filmography

• 1922/23: Jolly Bill (series, also screenplay collaboration)
• 1924: German heroes in difficult times (co-director)
• 1926: The king's orders
• 1926: Bismarck 1862-1898
• 1929: What a woman dreams in spring (also script collaboration)
• 1929: The death ride in the world record
• 1929: The Guard Diva
• 1929: Roses bloom on the heather grave
• 1930: a stormy night
• 1934: the blue diamond
• 1935: Thousand Marks reward (short film)
• 1939: Aunt Sidonie's Legacy (short film)
• 1940: Wherever you are ... (short documentary film)
• 1956: Soldier of Fortune (actors only)
• 1959: The Blue Moth (actors only)
• 1963: Harbor Police (TV series) - The counterfeiters (actors only)
• 1971: Suleyken was so tender (TV series, actor only)

Web links

• Curt Blachnitzky in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical data and all biographical information according to the Kay Less film archive