Hans Behrendt

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Hans Behrendt (born September 28, 1889 in Berlin ; † August 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a German director , screenwriter and actor .

Life

The son of the Jewish parents Salomon and Berta Behrendt studied literature for two semesters after graduating from high school and then graduated from the Max Reinhardt Drama School in Berlin. In 1911 he made his theater debut and after participating in the First World War he made his first film appearance in 1919. As a co-author of Bobby E. Lüthge , he was also involved as a screenwriter in several films from 1920. The duo created, among other things, the book for the Fridericus Rex films about the Prussian King Frederick the Great .

In Old Heidelberg led Behrendt 1922/23 first time directing. During the twenties and early thirties he was involved in more than 60 films, sometimes as an actor, sometimes as a writer and sometimes as a director.

After the National Socialists came to power, he made two more films and then emigrated to Spain. Under the most difficult conditions, he directed the Spanish film Doña Francisquita there in 1934 with the participation of other emigrants . In 1936 Behrendt went to Vienna. There he began shooting the film Fräulein Lilli and played in the theater in der Josefstadt . Shortly before the annexation of Austria in 1938, he moved on to Brussels, where he joined German émigré associations.

In May 1940 he and other Jewish emigrants were arrested by the Belgian police. After the takeover by Vichy France , Behrendt was interned and held in changing French camps. Finally he was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz on Transport 19 . He arrived there on August 14, 1942. The exact circumstances of his death or the exact date of death are not known.

Filmography (selection)

actor

Director

Screenwriter

literature

  • Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 90 ff., ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8

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