Hanns Fischer (actor)

Hanns Fischer in 1898 in Fuhrmann Henschel at the Deutsches Theater Berlin

Hanns Fischer (born July 26, 1865 in Dresden , † August 21, 1952 in Hamburg ) was a German actor.

Fischer began his career when Otto Brahm brought him to Berlin. He was able to celebrate several world premieres with Gerhart Hauptmann . Later he went back to Dresden, where he started as a director at the Dresden State Theater until he later also directed it. Most recently he worked at the theater in Hamburg, where he died of pneumonia in 1952.

For many years Fischer was an honorary member of the Northwest Regional Association of the German Stage Members' Cooperative.

Hanns Fischer was a member of the actor ensemble both of the Altona City Theater - on the edge of Königstrasse - and later in the "Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg-Altona", which was then renamed around 1938. Hanns Fischer was an honorary member of the ensemble together with actress Anna Meyerer. In an unknown production he played the "Dusterer" in Ludwig Anzengruber's "Der G`wissenswurm".

Movies

• 1920: the fool

literature

• German stage yearbook. 1953 Theater history year and address book. 61st year. Berlin, p. 88.
• Source: Theater booklet (first advertising booklet) of the 1940–41 season of the "Deutsches Volkstheater Hamburg-Altona" (Altona City Archives)