Erwin Biswanger
Erwin Biswanger (born November 26, 1896 in Berlin ; † allegedly January 1, 1970 there ) was a German actor and screenwriter .
Live and act
Little is known about Biswanger's career. He attended school until 1918, then claims to have served in the war, but was brought to the film by Richard Eichberg in 1918 . Until 1926, the blonde actor with the distinctive center parting stood in front of the camera in a number of mostly less important productions, only his Giselher in Fritz Lang's legendary Nibelungen film and his worker No. 11811, Georgy, in Metropolis by the same director stand out. In addition, Biswanger has been on stage since his engagement at the Berlin Lessing Theater (season 1920/21) and, on top of that, was a student at the beginning of the Weimar Republic .
In 1926 his film career broke off suddenly, and although he was still in the register in the stage yearbooks until the 1930s, Biswanger was no longer permanent at a theater. Instead, he devoted himself to writing screenplays around the early stages of World War II . He cooperated several times with other authors such as the Austrian Alexander Lix, especially in the early 1940s. After working on Harry Piel's panic film, his track is completely lost. Allegedly he died on New Year's Day 1970.
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1918: The fool kissed her
- 1919: morphine
- 1919: The hope of a blessing
- 1920: thief and woman
- 1920: Uriel Acosta
- 1920: Wild blood
- 1921: The man without nerves
- 1921: Among robbers and beasts
- 1923: Earth Spirit
- 1923: The misanthropist
- 1924: The Nibelungs, 1st part: Siegfried's death
- 1924: The Nibelungs, Part 2: Kriemhild's Vengeance
- 1924: The journey to doom
- 1926: Metropolis
- 1926: Strong in loyalty
- 1927: Metropolis
As a screenwriter
- 1939: At the last minute
- 1940: Tip on Amalia
- 1942: the big number
- 1940–43 / 53: panic
literature
- Movie star. Richter's Handbook of Actors, Directors and Writers of Film. Vol. 4, 1921/1922, ZDB -ID 1342234-0 , p. 13.
Web links
- Erwin Biswanger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Erwin Biswanger at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to IMDB
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biswanger, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: January 1, 1970 |
| Place of death | unsure: Berlin |