Herbert Maisch

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Herbert Karl Adolf Maisch (born December 10, 1890 in Nürtingen , † October 10, 1974 in Cologne ) was a German theater director , stage and film director .

Life

Herbert Maisch was the son of a senior judicial officer. From 1901 to 1910 he was a pupil of the cadet schools in Karlsruhe and Groß-Lichterfelde . In March 1910 he joined the infantry regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 120 of the Württemberg army as an ensign . During the First World War he served as an infantry officer at the front, was wounded four times and lost his right arm. Most recently he served as a captain in the General Staff of the 228th Division . In addition to the two classes of the Iron Cross, on February 20, 1917, he also received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit for his services .

After the war he turned to the stage and, after completing an internship at the Stadttheater Ulm , was a director at the State Theater in Stuttgart from 1920. At the same time he studied at the Technical University. From 1924 to 1933 he was director of the Württembergische Volksbühne, the Koblenz Theater , the Erfurt City Theater (1928–30), the Nationaltheater Mannheim (1930–33), where he made Willy Birgel the star of the house, and the Prussian Youth Theater in Berlin.

After his political dismissal, Maisch turned to film and in 1934 assisted director Frank Wysbar on the literary adaptation Hermine and the seven upright with Heinrich George and Karin Hardt in the leading roles, produced by Terra Film in Switzerland . His own directorial work followed: he directed the triangular drama Liebeserwachen in 1935 for the Berlin FDF and the Viennese costume film Königswalzer for Ufa . Thirteen more films followed by the end of the war, including National Socialist propaganda films such as the anti-communist brotherly drama Strong Hearts (1937), the World War II film Menschen ohne Vaterland (1936/37), the war pilot film III 88 (1939) and the anti-British Burendrama Ohm Krüger (1941) , Co-director with Hans Steinhoff ).

After the Second World War Herbert Maisch returned to theater work. From 1947 to 1959 he was general director of the city ​​of Cologne . In 1970 he published his memoir under the title Helm Ab - Curtain auf .

Filmography

Unless otherwise stated, as director:

Some filmographies wrongly indicate a film adaptation of Schiller's play Die Räuber from 1940. What is meant by this is the film Friedrich Schiller - The Triumph of a Genius , in which the creation of the piece and its premiere play an essential role.

Awards

literature

  • CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film.
  • Walter Knaus: Herbert Maisch and the National Theater from 1930 to 1933 . In: Mannheimer Hefte 1992, pp. 50-62.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Württemberg Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 9 of February 25, 1917, p. 47.
personal data
SURNAME Maisch, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maisch, Herbert Karl Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director, stage and film director
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Nürtingen
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1974
Place of death Cologne