Hans Adalbert Schlettow

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Hans Adalbert Schlettow on a photograph by Minya Diez-Dührkoop

Hans Adalbert Schlettow , born in Hans Adalbert Droescher (born June 11, 1888 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 30, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Life

He began his career as a volunteer under his real name in 1908 at the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt . Then he came to Barmen and was later engaged at the Mannheim Court Theater from 1915 to 1919 . In 1920 he took up an engagement at the Fantastic Theater in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

Under the stage name "Schlettow", several times also "von Schlettow", he played in around 150 German films between 1917 and 1945. Initially mainly used as a lover, including the title role of Don Juan in 1922, he gradually became the actor of sinister characters such as Satan in Job , Hagen von Tronje in The Nibelungs , Criminal in Asphalt and a murderer in You shouldn't commit adultery! .

From the sound film era, he was initially seen in leading roles such as in The Great Bomberg and The Hunter from Kurpfalz , later he became a supporting actor. In 1940 he played the Winnetou opponent Santer at the Karl May Games in Werder .

Schlettow belonged before the " seizure " of the Nazis the nationalist -minded, anti-Semitic Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization on. During the time of National Socialism, Schlettow was regarded by colleagues as an informer . In the final phase of the Second World War , Joseph Goebbels included him in the God-gifted list of the most important film actors in August 1944, which should save him from a war mission, including on the home front . However, he died shortly before the end of the war during the Battle of Berlin .

His grave is in the mountain cemetery in Berchtesgaden .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the gravestone inscription. Some sources incorrectly state 1887.
  2. ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 626.
  3. ↑ 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 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 118: “Schlettow, who was involved in various Nazi propaganda films (e.g. as the Boe Commandant de Wett in 'Ohm Krüger') and in the 3rd Reich was feared as a zealous informer by fellow actors, died during the fighting for Berlin, on the day of his leader's death, of all things. "
personal data
SURNAME Schlettow, Hans Adalbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Droescher, Hans Adalbert (maiden name); Schlettow, Hans Adalbert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1945
Place of death Berlin