Hermann Brix

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Hermann Brix (born February 2, 1908 in Innsbruck ; † October 4, 1982 ibid) was an Austrian actor, theater director and radio play author.

Life

The son of the upholsterer Carl Brix studied German literature and medicine at the end of the 1920s before he decided to work as an actor. Brix took private acting lessons and began his artistic career in 1930 at the Stadttheater in his hometown of Innsbruck. In the next two decades there were engagements in Prague (at the Deutsches Theater), Vienna (Volkstheater), Berlin (Die Komödie) and Munich (the Kammerspiele).

In 1939 he was won over for the film and made his film debut in a Terra-Film production. In the same year he became known for the role of the young Emperor Franz-Joseph of Austria in the historical drama with an anti-Habsburg message " Maria Ilona ". Brix remained a busy film actor throughout World War II before he returned to Innsbruck in 1945. There he worked for the literature department when Radio Tirol was founded. In 1963, Brix was given its management, which he did not relinquish until ten years later, when he reached the retirement age of 65. Hermann Brix was instrumental in building up the radio play at Radio Tirol and brought u. a. Friedrich Dürrenmatt to Innsbruck as a radio play author. From 1966 Brix held the chair for drama at the University of Innsbruck and headed the studio stage. Axel Corti , Ernst Grissemann and Volkmar Parschalk were among his students .

During this time, Hermann Brix often staged plays at the Tiroler Landestheater. Until 1979 he could be seen reading the radio series " Hömbergs Kaleidophon ". After 1947, Brix only returned to the camera once, with the leading role in the everyday story " Glück aus Ohio ". The American actor with German roots Bruce Bennett ("Tarzan") was originally also called Hermann Brix.

Filmography (cinema complete)

  • 1939: Alarm on Station III
  • 1939: Opera Ball
  • 1939: Maria Ilona
  • 1940: The good seven
  • 1940: counterfeiter
  • 1940: The gentleman in the house
  • 1941: Wedding three times
  • 1941: The waitress Anna
  • 1841: his son
  • 1942: Titanic
  • 1943: The golden spider
  • 1944: Music in Salzburg
  • 1944: The master detective
  • 1944: Moselle trip with Monika (banned in 1944)
  • 1947: winter melody
  • 1950: happiness from Ohio

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 561.

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personal data
SURNAME Brix, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, theater and radio play author
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1982
Place of death innsbruck