Harald Paulsen

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Paulsen, around 1925

Harald Johannes David Paulsen (born August 26, 1895 in Elmshorn , † August 4, 1954 in Hamburg ) was a German theater and film actor and director.

Life

Harald Paulsen as Mackie Messer in Threepenny Opera

He made his debut in 1913 at the Hamburg City Theater. From 1915 to 1917 he participated in the war, in 1917/18 he played at the Front Theater in Mitau . In 1919 he came to the German Theater in Berlin .

From his extensive theatrical work, his participation as “Mackie Messer” in the world premiere of the Threepenny Opera should be mentioned. This performance took place on August 31, 1928 in the Berlin Theater on Schiffbauerdamm . At that time Paulsen was considered an admirer of Bert Brecht . A little later, after Adolf Hitler came to power , he showed himself to be an ardent National Socialist who carried the swastika flag for the actors' faculty at the May 1st rally in Tempelhof. He took part in several propaganda and inflammatory films (for example Ohm Krüger and I accuse ). The Viennese actor Rolf Kutschera reported in his memoir that Paulsen was notorious as an informer among his colleagues.

In 1938 Harald Paulsen took over the management of the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin, where at that time mainly operettas were performed. He also directed and took on singing roles. He directed the theater until 1945.

Paulsen acted in over 20 silent films. In over 90 sound films, he made a name for himself primarily as a fast speaker. There are vocal recordings with Harald Paulsen, also from the Threepenny Opera .

Harald Paulsen died on August 4, 1954 at the age of only 59 in the general hospital in Altona as a result of a stroke. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Elmshorn . His son Uwe Paulsen (1944-2014) lived as an actor, cabaret artist and voice actor in Berlin.

His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Completely revised edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-17153-8 (keyword "Harald Paulsen").
  2. ↑ Rolf Kutschera: Lucky. Page 91. Vienna, Styria Verlag 2010. ISBN 978-3-222-13311-4
  3. ↑ Uwe Paulsen In: Synchronized card index
  4. ↑ Harald Paulsen Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin.
personal data
SURNAME Paulsen, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paulsen, Harald Johannes David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmshorn
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1954
Place of death Hamburg