Iván Petrovich
Iván Petrovich (born January 1, 1894 in Neusatz , Austria-Hungary , † October 18, 1962 in Munich ; born Светислав Петровић, Svetislav Petrović ) was an actor who became famous through silent films .
Life
The ethnic Serbs Petrovich began after attending high school in Novi Sad a technical degree first in Prague, then in Belgrade, which he in 1916, had to interrupt because he was drafted for military service. After two years in the war , he finally stopped studying, and decided to go completely new ways. He lived for some time in Paris, where he began to appear as an opera singer. His singing talent took him to tour Europe and the United States.
His first major silent film role followed in 1920 in the Austrian film Der Stern von Damascus by director Michael Kertesz (who would later write film history as Michael Curtiz in Hollywood). In the following years Petrovich was seen in numerous international silent film productions, including The Garden of Allah (1927) and Alraune (1928).
Not least because of his singing talent, Petrovich made the seamless transition from silent to sound film in the early 1930s and initially played the singing film hero primarily in operetta and music films. He mainly worked in Austrian productions alongside Hans Moser , Theo Lingen , Liane Haid and Pola Negri, among others .
During the war years, Petrovich was active in three Hungarian productions - his youth in the bilingual Vojvodina and his talent for languages (in addition to his native Serbian, he spoke Hungarian, German, English and French) not only allowed him to work in several countries, but also extremely In Czardas der Herzen (1951), for example, the stereotypical Hungarians of post-war films can be represented credibly .
In the 1950s, Petrovich had important supporting roles in Sissi - The Young Empress (1956) and finally in Elevator to the Scaffold (1958). He was married to the singer and actress Friedel Schuster .
It rests in the Munich North Cemetery .
Filmography
- 1919: The lady with the black glove
- 1920: The Lady with the Sunflowers
- 1920: The Star of Damascus
- 1921: Galathea
- 1922: The dancer Navarro
- 1923: Koenigsmark
- 1925: The joyless alley
- 1926: The Magician (The Magician)
- 1927: The Orlov
- 1927: The Greatest Sacrifice (The Garden of Allah)
- 1928: Gynecologist Dr. shepherd
- 1928: Prince or clown
- 1928: Secrets of the Orient
- 1928: Mandrake
- 1929: Latin Quarter
- 1929: Her Majesty's Lieutenant
- 1929: Schönbrunn's favorite
- 1930: There is a woman who never forgets you
- 1930: The King of Paris
- 1930: love and champagne
- 1931: Opera redoubt
- 1931: Victoria and her hussar
- 1931: The bat
- 1932: Holzapfel knows everything
- 1932: The Feldherrnhügel
- 1932: The Tsar's diamond
- 1933: The Flower of Hawaii
- 1933: Do you have to get a divorce right away?
- 1933: Manolescu, the prince of thieves
- 1934: I was happy to kiss the women
- 1934: Polish blood
- 1934: The last waltz
- 1935: The red rider
- 1935: The Cossack and the Nightingale
- 1935: King Tiger
- 1936: The women's paradise
- 1936: You shouldn't go to sleep without kissing
- 1936: girl in white
- 1936: Three girls around Schubert
- 1937: Women's love - women's suffering
- 1937: Monika
- 1937: In camera
- 1937: The Coral Princess
- 1937: The key witness
- 1938: stronger than love
- 1938: The night of the decision
- 1939: Your life is mine
- 1939: Parkstrasse 13
- 1939: Rio headquarters
- 1940: enemies
- 1942: Be the Lord for once
- 1944: Machita
- 1948: Arlberg Express
- 1948: Lost race
- 1948: The trial
- 1949: Who are you that I love?
- 1949: Eroica
- 1950: bonuses on death
- 1950: Maharajah against his will
- 1951: Vienna faded away
- 1951: Czardas of hearts
- 1952: The Devil's Heritage (The Devil Makes Three)
- 1952: The Forester Christian
- 1952: The last recipe
- 1952: Fritz and Friederike
- 1953: It's called love
- 1953: I'll be back once
- 1954: The Tsarevich
- 1956: Sissi - The young empress
- 1957: Spring in Berlin
- 1957: widower with five daughters
- 1958: Elevator to the scaffold (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)
- 1958: That only happened once
- 1959: The Journey (The Journey)
Sound documents (examples)
Petrovich sang records for the Lindström Group on its Odeon and Gloria brands :
- Gloria GO 10 499 a (mx. Bi 1146) I'll take my little cigarette. Song for the operetta "Der Orlow" (Music: Bruno Granichstaedten - Text: Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten)
- Gloria GO 10 499 b (mx. Bi 1145) It's never too late for a nice hour. Tango ad Harmonie sound film "Do you have to get divorced right away?" (Music: Mischa Spoliansky - Text: Fr. Rotter)
Ivan Petrovich with dance orchestra. Up. 7.1.1933.
- Odeon O-25005 a (mx. Be 10 548) Let only your heart decide: from the operetta: "Lady Fanny" (nd comedy by Jerome) (Music: Theo Mackeben - Text: Erich Ernst and Peter Hell)
- Odeon O-25005 b (mx. Be 10 550) If I could ask you ...: Duet from the operetta: "Lady Fanny" (nd comedy by Jerome) (Music: Theo Mackeben - Text: Erich Ernst and Peter Hell )
Friedel Schuster - Ivan Petrovich. Accompaniment: Orchestra of the German Artists' Theater, Berlin. Head: Theo Mackeben.
- Odeon O-25006 a (mx. Be 10 549) Today I am doing very well, waltz from “Lady Fanny” (nd comedy by Jerome) (Music: Theo Mackeben - Text: Erich Ernst and Peter Hell)
- Odeon O-25006 b (mx. Be 10 551) Oh, how I love the world, from dto.
Friedel Schuster - Ivan Petrovich. Accompaniment: Orchestra of the German Artists' Theater, Berlin. Head: Theo Mackeben. Up. February 13, 1934.
Web links
- Iván Petrovich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography with photo
- Pictures by Iván Petrovich In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ↑ John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella, Steve Joyce, Harry H. Long: American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. Volume 1, McFarland, Jefferson NC, etc. a. 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-3581-4 , p. 368.
- ^ Sofija Božić: Serbs in Croatia (1918-1929): Between the Myth of "Greater-Serbian Hegemony" and Social Reality. In: Balcanica. Volume 41, 2010, ISSN 0350-7653 , pp. 185–208, here p. 205, doi: 10.2298 / BALC1041185B , accessed January 20, 2014.
- ↑ Wolfgang Schneidereit: Discography of the vocal interpreters of the light muse from 1925 to 1945 in German-speaking countries: A discography with biographical information in 3 volumes. Volume 3: Ethel Reschke to Slobodan Zivojnovic. Verlag BoD - Books on Demand, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7528-2843-6 , p. 1057 u. 1305.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Petrovich, Iván |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrovic, Svetislav (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Austrian actor of the silent film era |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neusatz , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1962 |
Place of death | Munich |