Gina Falckenberg

Gina Falckenberg , actually Anna Regina Falckenberg (born September 14, 1907 in Emmering , Germany ; † February 12, 1996 in Lucca , Italy ) was a German actress , writer and screenwriter .

Life

Otto Falckenberg's daughter made her debut in 1927 at the Münchner Kammerspiele , where her father was theater director. She was seen here as Manuela in a girl in uniform (based on the play Yesterday and Today by Christa Winsloe ), daughter in Liliom and Ilse in Spring Awakening . From 1930 she appeared on theaters in Berlin, namely at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm , Kabarett der Komiker , Volksbühne and the Theater in Behrenstrasse .

From 1932 Gina Falckenberg took part in feature films. In her screen debut Razzia in St. Pauli , she immediately took on the female lead role of a prostitute, later she was seen in larger supporting roles. Mostly she played daughters from a good family and, depending on the situation, could be both good and seductive.

In 1939 she met the Italian director and writer Giulio del Torre and married him in Rome. In Italy she played mostly theater and appeared three times in film. She shifted more and more to the writing of novels and in 1954 received the literature prize of the city of Pisa for her story The Zaungast . In her play La passante , she took on the lead role herself at the premiere in 1955 in Viareggio . At the end of the 1950s, some of her scripts were filmed in Germany. Besides Rome, she lived on her Italian country estate in Lucca.

Filmography

1932: Raid in St. Pauli 1932: A man with a heart 1933: The page from the Dalmasse Hotel 1933: An invisible man walks through the city 1934: The Senator 1934: The young Baron Neuhaus 1934: Vacation from me 1935: The outsider 1935: The impossible woman 1935: love people 1935: The Gypsy Baron 1936: Boccaccio 1936: The laughing third

1936: A song accuses 1936: The Julika (harvest) 1936: love awakening 1937: The voice of the heart 1937: From midnight 1939: Three wonderful days 1942: Anime in tumulto 1948: Gli uomini sono nemici 1949: Women without a name ( Donne senza nome ) 1956: My father, the actor (co-script only) 1958: I cannot live without you 1960: I always want to be yours (co-script only) 1960: The hero of my dreams (co-script only)

Novels

• 1937: The Neverending Adventure; Ullstein
• 1940: The Liar; Kranich Publishing House
• 1944: La grande menzogna; Milano, Edizioni Alpe
• 1950: A sky full of raspberry ice cream; AWA publishing house
• 1954: The Miss von Casati; AWA publishing house
• 1956: Italian summer; Zettner
• 1958: Salve, Faustina; AWA publishing house
• 1959: The Virgin in the Shell; Heyne
• 1960: The short nights; Pabel
• 1964: Caroll and Karolinchen; Heyne
• 1970: Forget that I am your wife; Stieglitz Publishing House
• 1971: Ute's path to happiness; in: Roman am Sonnabend, born in 1971
• 1973: Don't run away from love; Verlag Welt am Saturday

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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 698.

Web links

• Gina falckenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Pictures by Gina Falckenberg In: Virtual History
• Biography with photo