Herbert Gruber
Herbert Gustav Alfred Gruber (born February 17, 1913 in Vienna ; † January 28, 1999 there ) was an Austrian film producer and company manager, the longtime head of the largest Austrian production company after the war, Sascha-Filmproduktions GmbH.
Life
Gruber had studied law at the University of Vienna, did his doctorate and then worked as a lawyer. Finally, Herbert Gruber was appointed managing director of the Sascha Group. He also served as director of the Österreichische Film-GmbH (ÖFA). Until the production stop in 1965, Gruber produced Sascha films for ten years either as a production manager or as an overall manager (producer). In this position he was responsible for the commercial success of various comedies with Peter Alexander (including the Graf Bobby comedies 1961–65), but also for Willi Forst's last three directorial flops in 1956/57. Sascha Filmverleih sold the highly profitable Sissi films (1955–57). Gruber also held several functionary posts. He was buried at the Ober Sankt Veiter cemetery .
Films (as a production manager or producer)
- 1954: And heaven laughs at it ( Brother Martin )
- 1955: Yes, that's the way it is with love ( marriage sanatorium )
- 1955: homeland
- 1955: Dunja
- 1956: Crown Prince Rudolf's last love
- 1956: Lies have pretty legs
- 1956: When Poldi moves into maneuvers (maneuver twin)
- 1956: Carter Henschel
- 1956: red poppy seeds
- 1956: Kaiserjäger
- 1957: The unexcused hour
- 1957: Vienna, you city of my dreams
- 1957: The linden landlady from the Danube beach
- 1957: The saint and her fool
- 1958: The magic of clothing
- 1958: The priest and the girl
- 1958: The Radetzky March sounds high
- 1958: Mikosch in the secret service
- 1958: You'd have to be twenty again
- 1959: I'm not a Casanova
- 1959: Twelve girls and one man
- 1959: If only my big brother only knew
- 1959: Guitars sound softly through the night
- 1959: beloved beast
- 1960: Everything goes better with raspberry spirit
- 1960: My niece doesn't
- 1960: Criminal Tango
- 1961: The adventures of Count Bobby
- 1961: Young people need love
- 1961: Mariandl
- 1961: Season in Salzburg
- 1961: The bat
- 1962: The sweet life of Count Bobby
- 1962: The Merry Widow
- 1962: Mariandl's homecoming
- 1962: Forest rush
- 1962: wedding night in paradise
- 1963: The model boy
- 1963: Charley's aunt
- 1963: An alibi breaks
- 1963: Schweik's flail years
- 1964: Help, my bride steals
- 1964: Marry me, Chéri
- 1964: ... and something like that has to go to bed at 8
- 1965: Heidi
- 1965: Holidays with Piroschka
- 1966: Count Bobby, the horror of the Wild West
Awards
Web links
- Herbert Gruber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gruber, Herbert Gustav Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film producer and company manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1999 |
| Place of death | Vienna |