Heinrich von Korff (director)
Heinrich von Korff (born June 5, 1868 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † August 18, 1938 Berlin ) was an Austrian theater and film director , dramaturge and screenwriter for German silent films.
Live and act
After graduating from high school, von Korff studied philosophy and German literature. Then (in the 1890s) he tried his hand at writing, but then switched to the theater at the turn of the century. From 1900 to 1904 he was dramaturge at the Elberfeld City Theater, and from 1904 to 1906 director at the United City Theaters of Essen-Dortmund. From 1906 to 1909 Korff worked as senior director and artistic director at Vienna's Raimundtheater and finally from 1909 until the outbreak of war in 1914 as senior director at the Nuremberg City Theater.
The young actor Werner Krauss worked under his direction in Nuremberg from 1910 to 1912 . Korff claims to have recommended this to his compatriot and film director Richard Oswald for the film in 1915 , whereupon Krauss von Oswald was given the role of Count Dapertutto in his screen debut, Hoffmann's Tales . Shortly afterwards (1916) von Korff himself made his debut as a screenwriter with two manuscripts for Lu Synd productions and occasionally directed it himself, for example in his hometown of Vienna in 1918. However, his short-lived working phase for the medium of film ended as early as 1920. Nothing is known about his later life.
Filmography
as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated
- 1916: The swapped bride
- 1916: The Woman with Two Souls (director)
- 1917: Puzzi, the dog (premiere: 1919)
- 1918: His brave wife (also co-director)
- 1919: The jumble
- 1919: The jumping jack
- 1920: Apache Revenge, Part 3 and Part 4 (actors only)
literature
- Kurt Mühsam / Egon Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film . Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926. p. 96
Web links
- Heinrich von Korff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heinrich von Korff at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korff, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmiesing von Korff, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater and film director, dramaturge and screenwriter for German silent films |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1938 |
| Place of death | Berlin |