Edgar Klitsch
Edgar Klitsch (born July 11, 1887 in Berlin , † September 15, 1955 in Pfettrach ) was a German theater director and actor.
Life
Klitsch began his stage career in 1915 as a director and director at the Albert Theater in Dresden. This was followed by engagements at the Hamburger Kammerspiele , the Volksbühne and the Staatstheater Berlin as well as the New Theater in Frankfurt am Main.
From 1927 to April 1932 he was artistic director of the Mainz City Theater and then of the Kassel State Theater until his politically motivated dismissal in March 1933 . On July 11, 1933, he was appointed to succeed Fritz Landsittel as director of the Magdeburg City Theater . During this time, the city theater lost its artistic quality and importance. Many former employees were no longer allowed to work, others left the city and went to other stages. Klitsch also left Magdeburg in early 1934 and came to Königsberg in January 1935 as general director of the East Prussian State Theater . Klitsch became a member of the NSDAP. After 1940 Klitsch worked as a director at the Berlin State Opera .
After the end of the Second World War, he worked again in Kassel from 1951 to 1953.
In 1952 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. He died of a heart attack in September 1955.
Filmography (selection)
- 1916: You shall not judge
- 1919: King Nicolo
- 1922: sacrifice of women
- 1924: The golden calf
literature
- Christiane Bernsdorff-Engelbrecht, Hans Joachim Schaefer: Theater in Kassel: from the history of the Kassel State Theater, from the beginning to the present. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1959, DNB 455034222 .
- Hannes Heer , Sven Fritz, Heike Brummer, Jutta Zwilling: Silent voices: the expulsion of the "Jews" and "politically intolerable" from the Hessian theaters 1933 to 1945 . Metropol, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86331-013-4 , pp. 298f.
Web links
- Edgar Klitsch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Martin Hellberg : In the vortex of truth. Memories of a theater man 1933–1951 . Henschelverlag Berlin, Berlin 1978, p. 104f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klitsch, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1955 |
| Place of death | Pfetttrach |