Hanns Sassmann (Author)

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Hanns Saßmann (also: Karl Blind) (born December 17, 1882 in Vienna , † May 8, 1944 in Kufstein ) was an Austrian writer , journalist and screenwriter .

Life

Hanns Sassmann was a theater and literary critic for the Neue Wiener Journal and for Die Schwelle. Journal for culture and criticism .

From the beginning of the 20th century he was also active as a writer, his specialty were historical materials ( Maria Theresia , Metternich , 1848 , Prinz Eugen , Das Haus Rothschild , Friedrich the Great ). The Viennese also worked as a theater critic.

Saßmann was a member of the KPÖ from January 1920 until the end of 1922 .

From 1933 script drafts were added, most of which he wrote in collaboration with other authors. Sassmann initially mainly participated in lightweight, musical and sweet film material with old Austrian k. u. k.-flair.

From 1934 Sassmann lived in Berlin , where he applied for admission to the Reichsschrifttumskammer in the same year , in which he emphasized the national attitude of his novels and their positive treatment by the National Socialist Art Agency in Vienna. This application was granted in 1936. In 1938 he also became a member of the NSDAP .

In later years he added manuscripts for stories from the Alps, including three mountain films by Luis Trenker . With him he wrote the scripts for his productions Der Berg ruft , Love Letters from the Engadin and Der Feuerteufel .

In the Austrian Literature Archive it is described as follows: Sassmann's view of history is based on the imperial size of Austria at the time of the Baroque. His anti-pacifist stance facilitated his recognition in Berlin after the annexation of Austria ...

In 1958 the Saßmanngasse in Vienna- Favoriten (10th district) was named after him.

Works

  • The savior . Tragic comedy in 3 acts. Emich: Vienna, 1915
  • The lovely woman . Comedy in 3 acts. Perles: Vienna, 1917 (together with Alexander Engel)
  • The journey to the girls' days . Comedy in 3 acts. Vienna Literary Institute: Vienna, 1920 (together with Alexander Engel)
  • The white lamb . Variation in 3 acts. Bloch: Berlin, 1921
  • Fire in the city . Comedy in 3 acts. Pfeffer: Vienna, 1928
  • Metternich . Historical drama in 5 acts. Wallishaussen: Vienna, 1929
  • House of Rothschild . Historical drama in 5 acts. Verlag für Kulturpolitik : Berlin, 1930
  • The realm of dreamers. A cultural history of Austria from the original state to the republic . Verlag für Kulturpolitik: Berlin, 1932
  • 1848 . Historical drama in 5 acts. Verlag für Kulturpolitik: Berlin, 1932
  • The Lord on Lörtzen . Comedy in 3 acts. Publishing house for cultural policy: Berlin, 1934
  • Credit is everything . Comedy in 3 acts. Georg Marton: Vienna, 1934
  • Viennese . Piper Verlag, Munich 1935, Volume V of the series: What is not in the dictionary
  • What the ladies like . Comedy in 3 acts freely based on Scribe. Bloch: Berlin, 1937
  • Dear Augustine . Novel. Ufa book publisher: Berlin, 1941
  • Xanthippe. The salvation of honor for a classic woman. Novel from old Hellas . Knaur: Berlin, 1944

Filmography

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The spelling Hans Sassmann was also common (see DNB).
  2. ↑ a b Street names in Vienna since 1860 as “Political Places of Remembrance” (PDF; 4.4 MB), p. 77f, final research project report, Vienna, July 2013
  3. ↑ Hanns Sassmann 1882-1944. In: stocks. Austrian Literature Archive, archived from the original on June 4, 2007 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sassmann, Hanns
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blind, Karl; Saßmann, Hanns; Sassmann, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, literary critic, screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1944
Place of death Kufstein