Emmerich Hanus

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Emmerich Hanus (born August 24, 1879 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † November 20, 1956 in Vienna, Austria ) was an Austrian film director , actor , screenwriter and film producer both during the time of silent and sound films .

Life

Emmerich Hanus began his film career in silent films in 1913 as an actor in, among others, " Der Andere " and "Die Schwarze Natter" and from 1915 also worked as a director. Among other things, he brought the works of the folk poet Karl Schönherr to the screen as co-author with Schönherr and director of “Erde” (1920) and “Glaube und Heimat” (1921).

After Austria's annexation to the German Reich , Emmerich Hanus, in contrast to his brother Heinz, who had also joined the NSDAP , withdrew from film, with the only exception of a supporting role in EW Emo's "Love is duty-free" in 1941. Instead, he worked he as a banker .

His long-time colleague Elfi von Dassanowsky said in an interview with the Wiener Zeitung in 1999: “Unfortunately, political ideology prevented cooperation between the two. Such a meeting of wonderful film talents would have dominated Austrian film, as Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck had done in silent films, or it could even have resulted in a Viennese counterpart to Hollywood's Warner Brothers . "

Emmerich Hanus saw the rebirth of Austria after the Second World War as a possible rebirth of his film career. He hoped to take on the role his brother had played in the first half of the century in the second half of the century. His first project after the war was “His Only Love” in 1946, a Schubert story produced by the short-lived “ Royal-Film ”, which he directed. In addition to his work as a screenwriter for "Glücksmühle", Hanus also wrote and staged " Fairy Tales of Luck " and the drama "Dr. Rosin ”(1949) under the pseudonym“ Arthur de Glahs ”.

As an actor, Emmerich Hanus was also seen in films that he produced himself. In such cases he gave himself minor supporting roles. The fact that he had never given up acting entirely made him a popular studio boss and director as he understood how to deal with actors' egos. Even after the introduction of the sound film, Hanus remained a silent film director at heart, as directing was always far more important to him than dialogue.

Hanu's last film, the dramatic experiences of a brilliant Viennese doctor who was involved in the opium trade around the turn of the century. The epic film contained little dialogue, but elaborate sets, because Hanus would have liked to go beyond the possibilities of the Belvedere studio and would have preferred to design an “on-location” art in which such locations as Paris, Marseille, Chicago and Shanghai in the Belvedere studio and transferred to the Viennese countryside. However, he was one of the few who still had the adaptability and imagination of early film production and used his unique skills to make a fascinating film despite the modest possibilities.

Elfi von Dassanowsky, with whom he founded the Belvedere-Film in 1946 , described him as a "lovable and reserved personality".

Emmerich Hanus is the brother of Heinz Hanus , with whom he was in fraternal competition throughout his life.

Filmography

Director

  • 1915: The Indian death
  • 1915: In the night
  • 1915: A greeting from below
  • 1916: The Night from Cory Lane
  • 1916: The Golden Friedelchen
  • 1916: The Fever Sonata
  • 1916: The Hermit of St. George
  • 1916: On the anvil of happiness
  • 1916: game within game
  • 1917: incurable
  • 1917: E, the scarlet letter
  • 1917: The other's conscience
  • 1918: The Ring of the House of Stillfried
  • 1918: The love of Maria Bonde , also a performer
  • 1918: The last love service
  • 1918: The Senahja belt lock
  • 1918: The curse of the old mill
  • 1918: Aranka and Arauka
  • 1918: Atonement
  • 1919: Tommaso's violin
  • 1919: The Secret of the Insane (also screenwriter)
  • 1920: The night of the trial
  • 1920: Earth (also screenwriter)
  • 1920: Wild blood
  • 1921: Faith and Home (also screenwriter)
  • 1921: From the black book of a police superintendent, Part 2: Crimes out of passion
  • 1922: A beautiful woman's shoes
  • 1924: The last mask
  • 1927: That was in Heidelberg on a blue summer night
  • 1928: One night in Yoshiwara
  • 1930: Gigolo (also screenplay)
  • 1947: The mill of luck
  • 1947: His only love (also screenplay)

actor

producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with the Wiener Zeitung on September 10, 1999 ( Memento from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hanus, Emmerich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian feature film director, actor, screenwriter and producer both during the time of silent and sound films
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1956
Place of death Vienna , Austria