Erich Freund (director)
Erich Freund , in British exile Erik Freund (born April 4, 1902 in Berlin ; died May 12, 1958 in Schöneiche near Berlin ) was a German director and actor .
Life
After attending secondary school, Freund went through acting training and began his artistic career in 1922 as an actor at the Theater von Neisse . This was followed by engagements at stages in Frankfurt an der Oder , Magdeburg , Elberfeld , Vienna and Berlin.
In 1933 he fled the Nazis into exile in Prague , where he became an active member of the Studio 34 cabaret . In 1938 he fled to London . There he found a field of activity as a spokesman for German-language programs for the BBC . On the small stage of the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain , which was under his direction and that of Annemarie Hase and Fritz Gottfurcht , he staged two one-act plays by JM Barrie, translated into German . In the late phase of the Second World War he also took on small film roles as Erik Freund ( The First of the Few , Mr. Emmanuel , Lisbon Story ).
Back in (East) Germany since 1946, he made his film directing debut the following year at the side of Wolfgang Schleif in the 1948 DEFA production Grube Morgenrot . In the same year, Freund directed the short documentary DEFA-Bildbericht 8: 2 People's Congress . In the film Die Brücke he was seen as an actor in the role of Palienka. He was also involved in the synchronization of the Soviet film The Oath in 1947 , in which Kurt Maetzig , Hans Heise and Georg Rothkegel also worked.
His second feature film Train Traffic Irregular was shown in 1952 at the First Festival Week of German Films in the Soviet Union .
Filmography (as a director)
- 1948: Morgenrot pit
- 1948: DEFA photo report 8: 2nd People's Congress
- 1949: Die Brücke (actors only)
- 1951: irregular train traffic
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 185.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 442.
- Reinhard Hippen : satire against Hitler. Cabaret in exile . Zurich: pendo, 1986, ISBN 3-85842-201-0 (there also stage photos from London)
- Freund, Erich , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 100
Web links
- Erich friend in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Erik friend in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Erich Freund at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friend, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friend, Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1958 |
| Place of death | Schöneiche near Berlin |