Eduard Hermann (director)
Eduard Hermann (born August 16, 1903 in Steinau an der Oder , Province of Silesia , † March 25, 1964 ) was a German actor , radio play director and radio play speaker .
Life
Born in Silesia, he came to Münster in Westphalia at an early age , where he graduated from high school in 1921. He then dropped out of music studies and instead began studying acting. Between 1923 and 1932 he was engaged at various theaters in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia , including Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin , where he made a name for himself as a character comedian.
In 1925 it went to Westdeutsche Funkstunde AG (WEFAG) in Munster, which had started operations a year earlier as the last of the nine broadcasting stations already in existence in Germany. He was also temporarily employed at the secondary station in Dortmund . From 1934 to 1943 he was already active as a director.
After the Second World War he went to the NWDR in 1946 and initially worked for both the Hamburg and Cologne broadcasters. On May 1, 1947, he became the first director of the Cologne radio play department. In the following year, Hermann also became deputy head of the radio play department.
He has now directed numerous radio plays. The best known were the Paul Temple radio plays by British crime writer Francis Durbridge , which he produced from 1949 to 1962 in eight parts each. The first multi-part series entitled Paul Temple and the Gregory affair made an exception . This was made in 10 parts together with our Hamburg colleagues. Hermann directed the 5 "Cologne Parts" and Fritz Schröder-Jahn in the 5 "Hamburg Episodes" . Frequently used speakers included René Deltgen , Annemarie Cordes , Kurt Lieck and Herbert Hennies , who always embodied the same people, for example Peter René Körner , Heinz Schimmelpfennig , Heinz von Cleve and Lilly Towska . Except for the Gregory affair , the recording is considered lost, all productions have been released on CD. After his death, two more multi-part series emerged under the direction of Otto Düben , namely the Geneva and Alex cases .
In 1951 he directed the six-part series From the Secret Files of Scotland Yard , which dealt with real criminal cases that were processed by the British authorities. In all parts, Max Eckard leads the story as the narrator.
Several productions also deal with the subject of war and the post-war period. Including the cheerful English piece When he came back home by Alan Alexander Milne , which was broadcast in a German adaptation by Lucy Millowitsch .
In the first few years in particular, he was often heard as a speaker himself.
Radio plays
As a director
- 1947: Evidence - Author: Herbert Timm
- 1947: On Wings of Dawn - Author: Lance Sieveking
- 1947: The sanatorium of Dr. Franconi - Author: Wilhelm Semmelroth
- 1947: I have a crime well - Author: Hans-Otto Grünefeldt
- 1947: Mr. Bergström rang the bell - Author: Peter Kottmann
- 1948: Engagement in the club - Author: Walter Grätzinger
- 1948: Night Express D 13 - Author: Viktoria Mascherek
- 1948: Room 324 - Author: Marita Rhode
- 1948: Blue Haze - Author: William Faulkner
- 1948: A door closes - Author: Erna Weißenborn
- 1948: Cupid on vacation - Author: Hans Sattler
- 1948: Paradise - Author: Oskar Wessel
- 1948: The Secret of Father Brown (7 parts) - Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- 1949: Kilometer stone 173 - Author: Walter Gretzinger
- 1949: Robert Harms murder trial - Author: Heinz Gummersbach
- 1949: Dschungel Express - Author: Paul Süss
- 1949: Dr. Paul is still alive - Author: Johannes D. Peters
- 1949: The party at Mr. Benworth - Author: Jürgen Gütt
- 1949: When He Returned Home - Author: Alan Alexander Milne
- 1949: ... and we must be satisfied - Author: John Millington Synge
- 1949: Paul Temple and the Gregory affair (directed with Fritz Schröder-Jahn ) (10 parts) - Writer: Francis Durbridge
- 1950: The Other - Author: Paul Lindau
- 1950: The Martin Ooms Trial - Author: Heinz Vollmer
- 1950: The Legacy - Author: Virginia Woolf
- 1950 Fish in the Net - Author: Roderick Wilkinson
- 1950: Mrs. Popescu - Author: Albert Bopsler
- 1950: The Test of Nerves - Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- 1950: The Open Door - Author: Alfred Sutro
- 1950: Hostile homeland - Author: Herbert Reinecker
- 1950: St. Nicholas in Need - Author: Felix Timmermans
- 1950: The Fifth - Author: Walter Mayer
- 1951: Tomorrow you have to answer - Author: Herbert Reinecker
- 1951: Kalif Storch - Author: Wilhelm Hauff
- 1951: The platforms are empty (3 parts) - Author: Johannes D. Peters
- 1951: From the secret files of Scotland Yard (6 parts)
- 1951: The Conspiracy - Author: Herbert Reinecker
- 1951: The Unknown from Collegno - Author: Walther Franke
- 1951: Paul Temple and the Curzon Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1952: ... and if you go to the dogs in the process - Author: Jürgen Gütt
- 1952: Every morning it becomes tomorrow - Author: Alfred Erich Sistig
- 1952: The Enemy - Author: Pearl S. Buck
- 1952: The enjoyable life of Doctor Löhnefink - Author: Konrad Beste
- 1952: The Road to Hell - Author: Peter Cheyney
- 1952: Woe to those who haven't achieved anything - Author: Rudolf Oswald Diehl
- 1952: The story of Askid Thorgilsson - Author: Ernst Rottluff
- 1952: The Bridge Builder - Author: Alfred Sutro
- 1952: Marital Game (also speaker) - Author: Jean de La Varende
- 1952: The legendary story of the stallion Godolphin Arabian - Author: Marguerite Henry
- 1952: The Philanthropist - Author: Arkadij T. Avercenko
- 1952: Jack is trump - Author: Peter Cheyney
- 1952: The senses deceive Mr. Redoux - Author: Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
- 1953: The Bear - Author: Anton Chekhov
- 1953: News from Schilda; 5th episode: The Hole in Justice - Author: Otto CS Bielen
- 1953: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1953: You are still knocking - Author: Emil Gurdan
- 1954: Fight against Death (11th and 12th episodes) - Author: Peter Lotar
- 1954: Kaspar Hauser - Author: Kurd E. Heyne
- 1954: Found money - Author: Ernst Bohnen
- 1954: Nothing ever happens here - Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1954: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1954: The breakthrough - Author: Bruno Gluchowski
- 1954: News from Schilda; Consequence: Little dog, what to do? - Author: Otto CS Bielen
- 1955: A thing emerges - Authors: Jacques Perret ; Jean Forest
- 1955: All under one roof - Author: Carl Stefan
- 1955: Finale last act - Author: Kurd E. Heyne
- 1956: Paul Temple and the Madison Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1956: The Young Men - Author: Paul Geraldy
- 1956: Der Silberstrahl (radio play about Sherlock Holmes ) - Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1956: The Tragedy on the Hunt - Author: Anton Chekhov
- 1957: Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1957: Behind These Walls - Author: Archibald Joseph Cronin
- 1957: It happened in ... France ; Episode: The King of Urania - Author: Dieter Rohkohl
- 1957: The Birth of Christ - Authors: Karlheinz Gutheim ; Wilhelm Reinking
- 1958: Paul Temple and the Lawrence Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1959: The Game of the Resurrection of the Lord - Author: Walter Braunfels
- 1959: Paul Temple and the Spencer Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1961: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
- 1962: Paul Temple and the Margo Case (8 parts) - Author: Francis Durbridge
As a speaker
- 1949: The Bartered Grandfather (An East Prussian) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
- 1949: Faust II (Famulus) - Director: Ludwig Berger
- 1952: Marital game (speaker) (also director)
- 1952: They never come back (Joe Jacobs) by Kurt Brumme - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
- 1953: Summiteer with an umbrella - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
- 1953: reporter Rex Rendal; 1st episode: Seven were left - Director: Kurt Meister
- 1953: reporter Rex Rendal; Second episode: Sixty seconds left - Director: Kurt Meister
- 1953: reporter Rex Rendal; 3rd episode: through car to Salzburg - director: Kurt Meister
- 1954: reporter Rex Rendal; 9th episode: Lepke surrenders (stranger) - Director: Kurt Meister
literature
- WDR archive / biographies (as of March 14, 2011)
- The internet database of the ARD radio play archive, accessed on March 25, 2011 (all information on radio plays)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hermann, Eduard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, radio play director and radio play speaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinau an der Oder , Province of Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1964 |