Hans Homma
Hans Homma (born April 22, 1874 in Vienna ; † May 8, 1943 there ) was an Austrian actor and film director .
Life
He made his debut in Olomouc in 1893 as "Spiegelberg", after which he played in Marburg, Czernowitz and on stages in Linz (1897), Munich and Berlin . In 1900 he got an engagement at the Raimundtheater in his hometown Vienna. He later switched to the Volkstheater .
Homma was a representative of the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater , where he was seen mainly in comic roles. As a leading and supporting actor, he also appeared again and again in films from 1912 onwards. From 1921 he worked exclusively as a director for the Pan-Film , from 1928 he only worked as an actor. In the 1930s he became a typical dignitary actor who embodied nobles, directors or chairmen like General von Ketterer in Hohe Schule (1934). Because of a serious illness, he had to give up his job prematurely.
Filmography
- 1912: The Unknown
- 1917: The secret of the forest
- 1918: The lace shawl
- 1919: Those who fight for love
- 1920: Queen Draga
- 1920: the fourth commandment
- 1920: The Secrets of London
- 1921: The novel with two hearts (only direction)
- 1922: The Marquise of Clermont (director only)
- 1922: Rondinella (only direction)
- 1922: The Venus (only direction)
- 1922: The Hell of Barballo (director only)
- 1924: The Maharaja's Puppet (director only)
- 1924: A Noble Marriage (director only)
- 1924: Orlac's hands
- 1929: Archduke Johann
- 1929: The lady on the banknote
- 1929: The Monte Christo of Prague
- 1934: spring parade
- 1934: somersault into bliss
- 1934: High school
- 1934: The Cossack and the Nightingale
- 1935: Boards that mean the world
- 1935: last love
- 1935: Your Highness waltzes
- 1936: Immortal Melodies
- 1936: Flowers from Nice
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 452, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Homma Hans. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 412.
- Kay Less : The large personal lexicon of film , Volume 4. Berlin 2001
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Homma in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Homma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homma, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1943 |
| Place of death | Vienna |