Friedrich Erban

Friedrich Erban (born September 17, 1914 in Austria-Hungary , † early January 1963 in Vienna ) was an Austrian film production manager in the early post-war years.

Live and act

As a film representative, Erban had got to know the industry from an early age before he switched to accounting at Sascha-Film . During the annexation of Austria (1938–1945) Erban was employed by Wien-Film . Shortly after the end of the Second World War, he began working as a production manager and in this role oversaw a number of entertainment productions for smaller production companies until 1952.

His last work was the semi-documentary Africa film Omaru - An African Love Story, produced on location in Cameroon in 1954 and premiered in 1956 .

From 1945 to 1950, Erban, as chairman of the Austrian Filmmakers' Union, also took care of film union issues and had been the public administrator of Wien-Film since 1950. After 1945, under his leadership, the Vienna film studios were expanded to meet all modern requirements. In addition, Erban had a copy plant for Austrian films built in Grinzing.

Erban died at the beginning of 1963 at the age of 48 and was buried on January 14th of the same year in the Grinzing cemetery.

Filmography

• 1948: Rendezvous in the Salzkammergut
• 1948: All lies
• 1948: Little melody from Vienna
• 1949: Vagabonds
• 1949: a bewitching impostor
• 1949: Long live life
• 1950: Affair in the snow
• 1950: The Magic Face
• 1951: Vienna faded away
• 1951: two in one car
• 1952: Season in Salzburg
• 1952: Hannerl
• 1955: sunshine and downpour
• 1956: Omaru - An African Love Story

literature

• Ludwig Gesek (ed.): Small Lexicon of Austrian Films, p. 10. Vienna 1959
• 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. 366.

Web links

• Friedrich Erban in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Friedrich Erban at filmportal.de