Hermann Romberg (actor)

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Hermann Romberg (born August 9, 1882 in Cologne , † January 21, 1929 in Vienna ) was a German actor .

Life

Hermann Romberg was the son of a stage engineer. He attended the secondary school in his native city of Cologne. He then studied German at the University of Bonn for eight semesters and went to the Cologne Conservatory until he switched to the acting profession.

Romberg played at the Stadttheater Düsseldorf under director Ludwig Zimmermann , then at the Neues Schauspielhaus in Berlin . Sigmund Lautenburg engaged him at the Raimund Theater in Vienna. Romberg now changed roles : from youthful hero to bon vivant . He then worked at the Neue Wiener Bühne and was a member of the Burgtheater ensemble from 1913 until Max Reinhardt brought him to the Theater in der Josefstadt in 1923 .

Romberg appeared in several performers as silent movies and RAVAG - radio plays with. He also worked as a theater director. For example, he directed 1920 Bunbury by Oscar Wilde at the Schoenbrunn Palace Theater and 1922 The Count of Charolais from Richard Beer-Hofmann with Raoul Aslan in the title role at the Burgtheater.

Hermann Romberg was married and had two daughters. He developed pancreatic cancer and died at the age of 46 as a result of cancer surgery. He was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall in Vienna.

Filmography

  • 1915: The perjurer
  • 1915: With heart and hand for the fatherland
  • 1916: summer idyll
  • 1916: When eternal hatred
  • 1918: The lace shawl
  • 1918: The breach of faith
  • 1918: weather lights
  • 1919: Those who fight for love
  • 1919: genius and crime
  • 1919: Notary Möller
  • 1919: his most difficult role
  • 1921: Lot from the man; The great miss
  • 1922: The Brigadier's daughter

Fonts

Honors

  • Street naming of Romberggasse in Vienna- Liesing (1958)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hermann Romberg †. In:  Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung , 22 January 1929, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / short
  2. ↑ a b c Hermann Romberg. In:  Wiener Zeitung , January 22, 1929, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  3. ↑ Hermann Romberg died. In:  Reichspost , January 22, 1929, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt
  4. ↑ The memory of Hermann Romberg. In:  Radio Wien , February 1, 1929, p. 295 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / raw
  5. ^ Rainer Kohlmayer: Oscar Wilde in Germany and Austria. Studies on the reception of comedies and on the theory of stage translation (= Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer, Dieter Borchmeyer , Andreas Höfele [Hrsg.]: Theatron. Studies on the history and theory of the dramatic arts . Volume 20 ). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1996, ISBN 3-484-66020-1 , p. 211 .
  6. ↑ Today's Theater. In:  Neues 8-Uhr-Blatt , December 1, 1922, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nab
  7. ^ Hermann Romberg. In:  Wiener Zeitung , January 26, 1929, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  8. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Romberggasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 689 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Romberg, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1929
Place of death Vienna