Friedrich Benfer
Friedrich Benfer , born in Federico Benfer , also Enrico Benfer , (born August 28, 1905 in Naples , Italy , † January 30, 1996 in Milan , Italy) was a German actor .
Life
Benfer, born in Italy, came to Berlin at an early age and received a commercial training there. He made his first film appearance at the age of 20, and soon he took on leading roles, initially several times under the name Enrico Benfer . In 1928 he played for the first time at the side of Jenny Jugo , who later became his wife.
In the 1930s, however, his film career stagnated, and stage offers such as an engagement at the German Art Theater in 1932 were rare. He played his most important roles at the side of his wife, especially in 1935/36 in the girl years of a queen as Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha .
In 1941 Jenny Jugo separated due to her relationship with the film producer Eberhard Klagemann . After his last German film The Queen's Heart with Zarah Leander , he traveled to Rome and acted in several Italian films there. After that, he ended his acting career.
Benfer worked as a grocery buyer in the Reich Aviation Ministry and was drafted into the Wehrmacht on October 24, 1944. Until his death he ran his company Benfer Chimica in Bazzano, Italy .
Benfer only divorced Jenny Jugo in 1957 after finding a new partner. Nevertheless, he kept in contact with Yugo and their partner Klagemann, whom he supported financially in the following years. He later remarried Jenny Jugo, only to finally separate from her in 1992.
Filmography
- 1927: I was a student at Heidelberg
- 1928: The Carmen of St. Pauli
- 1929: The escape from love
- 1929: The smuggler's bride from Mallorca
- 1929: The League of Three
- 1932: My friend the millionaire
- 1933: Three blue boys - one blonde girl
- 1934: ... with me this evening
- 1934: A diva for everyone ( La Signora di tutti )
- 1934: heart is trump
- 1934: Bad luck
- 1935: The outsider
- 1935: Little mom
- 1936: Queen's girlhood
- 1936: The night with the Kaiser
- 1938: Revolutionary wedding
- 1938: Schneider Wibbel
- 1938: Andalusian nights
- 1940: Lucrezia Borgia
- 1940: The Queen's Heart
- 1941: mother ( mamma )
- 1941: Confession
- 1941: turbine
- 1942: Oro nero
literature
- CineGraph, Lexicon for German-Language Films , Delivery 43: Friedrich Benfer
- 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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Garson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 322.
Web links
- Friedrich Benfer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Friedrich Benfer at filmportal.de
- Friedrich Benfer at cyranos.ch
- Pictures by Friedrich Benfer In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ^ Piet Hein Honig & Hanns-Georg Rodek: 100001: the show business encyclopedia of the 20th century. Villingen- / Schwenningen 1992
- ^ CineGraph, Lexicon for German-Language Films , Delivery 43
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, p. 27.
- ↑ Guido Altendorf: Declaration of love to Jenny Jugo. Life and movies. In: Jugo. Film history in clothes. Potsdam 2008, page 20
- ↑ Guido Altendorf: Declaration of love to Jenny Jugo. Life and movies. In: Jugo. Film history in clothes. Potsdam 2008, page 26
- ↑ Altendorf, declaration of love to Jenny Jugo , page 26
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benfer, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benfer, Federico (maiden name); Benfer, Enrico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1996 |
| Place of death | Milan , Italy |