Hugo Döblin
Hugo Emil Döblin (born October 29, 1876 in Stettin , † November 4, 1960 in Zurich ) was a German actor .
Life
Alfred Döblin's older brother attended the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Realgymnasium in Stettin and in 1888 moved to Berlin with his mother and the other children . In 1890 he began an apprenticeship as a businessman with his uncle, and in 1891 he secretly trained as an actor with Josef Kainz and Paul Pauli. In 1901 he married Pauli's daughter Martha Blissé.
He started his first engagement in 1896 at the Stadttheater Celle . In 1897 he came to Berlin, where he appeared at the Carl-Weiß-Theater, Herrnfeld-Theater, Kleiner Theater and finally from 1919 at the Reinhardt Theaters , also at the Deutsches Theater .
From 1922 he could be seen in the Café megalomania , from the mid-20s in the cabaret “Die Wespen”. He wrote lyrics for cabarets and songs. Among other things, he performed his poem The Door Handle in the Brain Case .
Döblin has been involved in films since 1914, where he embodied characters on the sidelines in small roles, for example servants, factotes, quackery, usurers and Jews. In 1930 he founded the first sound film school in Berlin. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Döblin of Jewish origin was excluded from the Reich Theater Chamber .
He first emigrated to Prague , in 1936 he went to Austria and in 1938 fled to Zurich because of the “ Anschluss ” . There he worked mainly as an acting teacher and again as a copywriter. From 1944 he appeared on stage again. In 1947 he became a professor at the Zurich drama and sound film studio.
Filmography
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Web links
- Hugo Döblin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hugo Döblin at filmportal.de
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| SURNAME | Doblin, Hugo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Döblin, Hugo Emil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4th 1960 |
| Place of death | Zurich |