Günther Hadank
Günther Hadank (born October 20, 1892 in Berlin ; † August 23, 1973 there ) was a German actor and theater director .
Life
After teaching at the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, he began his stage career in 1911 at the Bonn City Theater . From 1913 to 1915 he played at the Berlin Schillertheater , in 1915/16 and again in 1917/18 he acted in Dresden and 1916/17 in Weimar .
In 1920 he received an engagement at the Volksbühne Berlin . In the following three decades he embodied the title heroes in Peer Gynt , Faust and Prince von Homburg at Berlin theaters . At the Deutsches Theater he also took over directing more and more often. Hadank staged The Death of Empedocles , Penthesilea and The Bride of Messina , among others .
From 1924 he also took on film roles, where he often played important personalities in history in smaller parts, such as Wellington in Napoleon on St. Helena , Seydlitz in Yorck and Moltke in Bismarck .
Filmography
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Radio plays
- 1949: George Bernard Shaw : Die heilige Johanna - Director: Alfred Braun (radio play - Berliner Rundfunk )
literature
- 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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 474.
Web links
- Günther Hadank in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hadank, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1973 |
| Place of death | Berlin |