Hans Schweikart

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Hans Schweikart (born October 1, 1895 in Berlin , † December 1, 1975 in Munich ) was a German director and actor who, as an occasional writer, also carried the pseudonym Ole Stefani .

Life

Schweikart was the son of deaf parents. After finishing the Schiller-Realgymnasium he became a drama student at the Marie-Seebach-School of the Royal Theater in Berlin with the help of a scholarship . Since 1915 he played in theaters in Wiesbaden , Görlitz , Magdeburg and Cologne before he came back to the capital. After the First World War he became a member of the Max Reinhardt German Theater . Here he met his first wife, the Jewish actress Käthe Nevill .

In 1923 he moved to the Munich Kammerspiele from artistic director Otto Falckenberg and also directed for the first time . Schweikart stayed at the Kammerspiele until 1934 and then became senior director at the Munich Residenztheater . He became a supporting member of the SS . In 1938 Bavaria Film brought him as a director and from that year he also made films. He tried to escape the political pressure and the influence of the National Socialists on his work by resigning from Bavaria in 1942 , but made a few smaller films for UFA until shortly before the end of the war .

After the Second World War he took over the Münchner Kammerspiele from artistic director Erich Engel in 1947 and directed it until 1963. During this time he brought Fritz Kortner to the theater, who staged twelve plays under Schweikart's artistic director. In addition to his directorial work, Schweikart also directed the Otto Falckenberg School . Even after his position as director, Schweikart worked as a freelance director on various stages in Germany and abroad until his death. Schweikart was married three times and had two sons.

Schweikart died in Munich in 1975 at the age of 80. The grave is located in the Bogenhausen cemetery (grave no. 1-7-2). A street was named after him in the Ramersdorf-Perlach district of Munich .

Awards and honors

Works

Scripts

Novels

  • 1925: The third shot , detective novel
  • 1934: Incident in front of the theater , detective novel
  • 1935: A girl, a car, a dog , detective novel

narrative

  • 1946: It won't be that bad! , Movie narration (first published 2014)

Stage plays

  • 1934: chocolate and fly swatter. A cheerful children's fairy tale in 7 pictures
  • 1937: Lots of Lies , comedy in 3 acts
  • 1942: I need you , comedy in three acts
  • 1947: Nebel , One Piece in 3 Acts

Filmography (selection)

actor

  • 1919: De Profundis
  • 1920: Sicilian blood revenge
  • 1921: The house on the moon
  • 1921: Who among you is without sin
  • 1922: Infernal power
  • 1924: two children
  • 1960: stage fright
  • 1966: Portrait of a Hero (TV movie)
  • 1967: The Mission (TV movie)
  • 1967: Ashes and Embers (TV movie)
  • 1968: The Month of Falling Leaves (TV movie)
  • 1969: A woman seeks love
  • 1969: The Commissioner (TV series) - The Terrible
  • 1971: The Night of Lisbon (TV movie)
  • 1971: Just Die (TV Movie)
  • 1971: The Commissioner (TV series) - The dead from room 17
  • 1972: Federlesen - Pictures from the life of an inventive man (TV film)
  • 1973: The Commissioner (TV series) - summer pension
  • 1973: End of the line (TV movie)
  • 1973: The moon diamond (TV series)
  • 1974: The Commissioner (TV series) - Death of a tramp

Director

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Schweikart . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 1975 ( online obituary).
personal data
SURNAME Schweikart, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stefani, Ole
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1975
Place of death Munich