Ettore Cella

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Ettore Cella (born September 12, 1913 in Zurich ; † July 1, 2004 in Brütten , Canton of Zurich ) was a Swiss actor and director with Italian roots.

Life

Ettore Cella was of Italian descent and was naturalized in Zurich in 1930. He initially trained as a set designer at the School of Applied Arts and then attended acting courses in Rome, Munich and Paris. In Italy itself he was on tour with a puppet theater and the acting company Compania Maria Melato .

After returning to Switzerland, Ettore Cella founded and played in the Basler cabaret Resslirytti and in Spiegel from 1941 and worked for Radio Zurich and the Schauspielhaus. From 1953 Ettore Cella also worked for Swiss television , where he worked in the drama department until 1962 and then mainly in the children's and youth section (until 1978). In total, he staged and edited more than 50 plays and Donizetti operas as an assistant director and director . He also translated contemporary dramas and prose from Italian, French and Spanish.

For the first time with a small role Ettore Cella stood in front of the film camera in the film Fräulein Huser in 1939 . In 1942 the first Ticino dialect film, Al canto del cucù (When the cuckoo calls), was released. August Kern directed the music, Jack Trommler wrote the music, Hans Rudolf Meyer was in charge of photography and Ady Lupert was in charge of the camera. Actors were u. a. Ettor Cella, Lilian Herman, Jean Fleury, Willi Roettges, Fred Lucca, Fritz Bantli, Andre Mondini and P. Oberisoli.

This was followed by numerous engagements, of which 1957 with the Zürrer bakery and 1958 with It happened in broad daylight were the most successful film appearances.

From the 1970s he was seen more often in TV productions. In honor of the Italian immigration, a square in Zurich, the Piazza Cella, was named after his mother Erminia Cella on March 9, 2009 .

Works

Ettore Cella wrote several books. The experiences of a Zurich grandmother are recorded in his autobiographical novel “Nonna Adele” (1993). Until recently he wrote a family epic.

Movies

Radio plays

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Al canto del cucù (When the cuckoo calls). Retrieved June 19, 2020 .


personal data
SURNAME Cella, Ettore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2004
Place of death Brütten , Canton of Zurich