Einar Zangenberg
Einar Zangenberg (born December 22, 1882 in Copenhagen , † October 24, 1918 in Vienna ) was a Danish actor , film director , film producer and a pioneer of Central European film.
biography
Born in Copenhagen, he received his stage training at the turn of the century at the Royal Theater in his hometown and then performed at several private stages in the Danish capitals.
As one of the first artists in his country, the actor's son joined the underdeveloped cinematography in 1910. Einar Zangenberg was built into a screen idol by the production company Nordisk and became one of the most productive actors in early silent films. He was mainly seen in productions by August Blom . He played gallants and noblemen like Count Leo Zachochin in Dødsflugten and von Plessen in The Right of Youth . In the adventurous sensational thriller Dr. Gar-el-Hama, the oriental , he hunted down the eponymous villain as the distinguished detective Newton.
In addition to working as a sportive film actor, film directing gained increasing importance in the career of the avid hobby pilot before the First World War - Zangenberg was considered the first actor in Denmark who could pilot an airplane. For around three years (1912–15), Einar Zangenberg was the artistic director and in-house director of the cinemas , who directed almost all of the company's films, including numerous detective melodramas and horror stories. Many of his works were also shown in the cinemas of imperial Germany and brought him great popularity in the empire.
Shortly before the outbreak of war in 1914, Zangenberg followed the stream of numerous Danish filmmakers in the direction of Berlin . In the German capital, Zangenberg directed a number of films during the First World War for the companies PAGU and Flora-Film - mainly dramas and crime stories.
In 1917 Einar Zangenberg went to Vienna in order to produce the child of my neighbor, a top-level propaganda film for the welfare of war-damaged children. Empress Zita appeared in person in front of the camera, Zangenberg himself played the leading role. With the A-Zet-Film he also owned his own Austrian production company. At the end of April 1918 he left his traditional residence in Vienna. Allegedly Zangenberg died mentally deranged, according to an obituary in the Neue Kino-Rundschau of October 26, 1918, he died in a sanatorium after a stomach operation.
Filmography
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as director:
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 513.
Web links
- Einar Zangenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zangenberg, Einar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |