Heini Handschumacher

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Heini Handschumacher , also Heini Handschuhmacher (born March 20, 1907 in Berlin , † June 9, 1944 in Munich in an air raid) was a German actor and comedian .

Life

Handschumacher initially played a theater career at the Landestheater Darmstadt and later had long-term stage engagements at the Nationaltheater Mannheim (there, among other things, in the title role of the lust play Charley's Aunt ) and in Leipzig. From 1940 until his death in 1944 he was part of the ensemble of the Münchner Kammerspiele . In 1940 he played the craftsman Flaut in the new production of the Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream .

In the 1940s he took part in larger and smaller supporting roles in some, mostly apolitical comedies, comedies and music films of the Third Reich. His bigger responsibilities included the zoologist Crusius, the friend of the main male character, in the comedy Heart Goes Anchor (1940; Director: Joe Stöckel ), the private detective Holzer in the crime comedy Orient-Express (1944, Director: Viktor Tourjansky ) and Petri , a friend of Johannes Heesters , in the revue film Long Live Love (1944, director: Erich Engel). In the Nazi propaganda film Venus in front of the court (1941), which addressed so-called “ degenerate art ”, he had a small role as a reporter.

Handschumacher was a "natural talent" in the representation of comic roles; he "created characters of stunning comedy, but always let the serious meaning shine in small lights." He was considered "Munich Heinz Rühmann ".

Handschumacher died in a bomb attack on the state capital Munich.

Filmography

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon. Volume I. A-Hurka. Page 688. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. July 2015. ISBN 978-3-907820-27-8 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article in the Bayerische Staatszeitung from May 25, 2012 (accessed November 29, 2015) ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de
  2. ↑ 1933 - 1945: PRODUCTIONS FOR THE NAZIZEIT - A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS . Text and photos. Retrieved February 5, 2017
  3. ^ Rolf Giesen: Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography . Page 228. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London 2003. ISBN 978-0-7864-3870-9 . Retrieved February 5, 2017
  4. ^ Herbert Meyer: Das Nationaltheater Mannheim: 1929-1979 . In: Research on the history of Mannheim and the Palatinate . Bibliographical Institute. Mannheim 1979. Retrieved February 5, 2017
  5. ^ Bogusław Drewniak: The German Film 1938-1945: A Complete Overview . Droste Verlag 1987. Page 242. ISBN 3-7700-0731-X . Retrieved February 5, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Handschumacher, Heini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glove maker, Heini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1944
Place of death Munich