Holmes carpenter

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Holmes Zimmermann (born September 12, 1900 as Johannes Zimmermann in Maikammer , † June 14, 1957 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Live and act

Zimmermann completed his military service as a pioneer and, again in civil life, completed training as a milling cutter. In 1919 he joined cinematography and began working as a projectionist. A year later, his brother-in-law Piel Jutzi brought him in front of the camera. In 1920 he played his first film role in the drama The Fire Devil under the pseudonym Holmes Zyman . Jutzi regularly cast him in his productions in the following years, in Heidelberg and (since moving in 1926) in Berlin. The slender actor with the robust facial features impressed above all with proletarian roles in Jutzi's central works in the transition period from silent to sound films, Mother Krausen's journey into happiness and Berlin - Alexanderplatz . His participation in the pacifist film classic No Man's Land marked the largely end of his short but not uninteresting film career.

Since 1932 Zimmermann hardly worked as a film actor, instead he found employment as the head of the glue and travel agent in Berlin film companies. After a bomb attack in early 1945, he was only able to work to a limited extent. From 1953 he worked in the post and traffic center of the UFA in Berlin-Tempelhof . He died on June 14, 1957 in Berlin.

Filmography

literature

  • Holmes carpenter. In: Hans-Michael Bock (Ed.): CineGraph . Lexicon for German-language films. Delivery 6. Edition Text + Criticism, Munich April 1986 (loose-leaf edition).

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personal data
SURNAME Zimmermann, Holmes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmermann, Johannes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH May Chamber
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1957
Place of death Berlin