Hans Wassmann
Hans Wassmann , also Hans Waßmann , (born January 1, 1873 in Berlin ; † April 5, 1932 there ) was a German actor .
Life
Wassmann, the son of a rentier, had undergone commercial training after graduating from high school and worked in the grain and commission business for a year. At the age of 19 he made a career change, was trained by Arthur Vollmer and went to the stage.
Wassmann made his debut in Gera in 1892 with the tiny role of a recruit in the play Wallenstein's camp . After stints in Hanau (1893/94), Elberfeld (1894/95) and Freiburg im Breisgau (1895/96), he came to Berlin in 1896 to take on a two-year engagement at the Deutsches Theater . In 1898 he moved to the New Theater . In autumn 1901 he returned to the Deutsche Theater, later run by Max Reinhardt . In 1903 he was on tour with the Small Theater .
Wassmann's early role was that of bon vivant, nature boy and youthful character actor. Later, the compact Berliner with the massive skull and the distinctive wart between the eyes grew into the field of serious gentlemen of the world and respected power people, but also repeatedly demonstrated his considerable talent for comedy and received much praise for the portrayal of dumb, limited characters.
His best-known late roles on stage include his Baron in Nachtasyl , his Junker Bleichenwang in Was ihr wollt and Mopsus in Das Wintermärchen . In the film during the Weimar Republic , the extremely popular mime played an abundance of supporting supporting roles in Schwänken, such as the mayor in “ Schützenfest in Schilda ” and “ The Battle of Badmünde ” or the admiral in “ Der Herr Bürovorsteher ”. In other comedies, the accomplished comedian was even given the lead role: for example, he was the mayor Eusebius Müller in “ Father Goes On A Trip ” and the financially poor owner of a baby equipment store in the clothes “ The stork is on strike ”.
Hans Wassmann died as a result of a stroke that befell him during a film rehearsal in Neubabelsberg . He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: Condition - no appendix!
- 1914: Laugh, Bajazzo!
- 1914: Hans and Hanni
- 1917: Ball magic
- 1918: Lola Montez
- 1920: a woman with a past
- 1920: Louise de Lavallière
- 1921: The beast in humans
- 1921: Miss Venus
- 1922: Fridericus Rex
- 1922: The crash
- 1922: You and the three
- 1922: A glass of water
- 1923: tragedy of love
- 1923: The sun in St. Moritz
- 1923: The great unknown
- 1923: Nanon
- 1924: The radio marriage
- 1924: Garragan
- 1924: The doll queen
- 1925: Hussar fever
- 1925: The love cage
- 1926: A Dubarry from today
- 1926: Chaste Susanne
- 1927: The light Isabell
- 1927: The master of Nuremberg
- 1927: small town sinner
- 1927: The dancing Vienna
- 1927: Queen Luise , two parts
- 1927: Luther - A film of the German Reformation
- 1930: 1000 words of German
- 1930: Her Majesty Love
- 1931: My wife, the impostor
- 1931: The stork goes on strike
- 1931: The Battle of Badmünde
- 1931: Shooting festival in Schilda
- 1931: The office manager
- 1931: The captain of Köpenick
- 1931: Ronny
- 1931: Father goes on a journey
- 1932: It's getting better again
- 1932: Scandal in Parkstrasse
- 1932: The great Bomberg
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1095, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 44th year 1933, Berlin 1932. P. 106 f.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1833.
Web links
- Hans Wassmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ HB (= Hermann Bahr ): Theater, art and literature. German Volkstheater. Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 37 (1903) # 120, 13 (May 2, 1903) Book edition: Hermann Bahr: Glossen, 245–248
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wassmann, Hans |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wassmann, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1932 |
Place of death | Berlin |