Jori Saarnio

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Jori Saarnio , also Jori Sarnio , born in Yrjö Saarnio (born September 18, 1888 in Helsinki , Russian Empire , today Finland ; † April 13, 1933 in Hämeenlinna , Finland) was a Finnish opera singer , stage actor and silent film actor at German cinema in the early 1920s. Years.

Live and act

At the theater and at the opera

Yrjö Saarnio began his artistic career in 1905 at the National Theater in Helsinki. His early leading speaking roles include Svengali in Trilby, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice , Don Carlos, Kean, Franz Moor in The Robbers and Othello. As a singer, Saarnio could be seen and heard as Tonio in Der Bajazzo , in the title role of Rigoletto and as Escamillo in Carmen at the Helsinki Opera from autumn 1912 after his training with Professor Cortongi . According to his own statement, guest tours have taken him to Sweden, Estonia, Russia and the United States.

With the film

According to his own statement, Yrjö Saarnio, who called himself Jori Saarnio or Sarnio in Germany, claims to have appeared in 28 films by 1922, including several as a leading actor, including in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Moscow. However, only small film roles have been recorded in Berlin in the early 1920s: he played Ada in Leather Stockings , Parker in The Green Room , Jim in Love Back Stairs and the Detective in The Red Marianne . After a student role in Fred Sauer's youth , Saarnio left Germany again in 1922 and went to France for another film project, where he worked with Marcel L'Herbier . After returning to Finland, Sarnio was only seen in one film, Kajastus . The artist, who was married to the coloratura singer Dagmar Parmas (1886–1940) from 1916 until his death in 1933, played a colonel there in 1930.

Filmography

  • 1920: leather sock
  • 1921: The green room
  • 1921: Love back stairs
  • 1922: The red Marianne
  • 1922: youth
  • 1923: Resurrection
  • 1930: Kajastus

literature

  • Hans Richter (ed.): Filmstern 1922 . Hans Hermann Richter Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1921/22, p. 92

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to "Filmstern", which was named by the artist himself, IMDb and the Finnish Wikipedia entry as well as a website cite, without substantiating this, the year 1890

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personal data
SURNAME Saarnio, Jori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarnio, Jori; Saarnio, Yrjö (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish stage actor, silent film actor and opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Russian Empire , today Finland
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1933
Place of death Hämeenlinna , Finland