Josef Almas

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Josef Almas , also José Almas , born as Josef Diamant (born April 28, 1896 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire , today Izmir , Turkey , † April 26, 1948 in Berlin , Germany ) was a German actor .

Live and act

Almas came to Germany at a young age and began acting there in 1918. He initially played in the provinces, including in Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main . Almas later moved to Berlin.

From the beginning of 1923 he celebrated successes there , especially at the Volksbühne Berlin . Almas played mostly in modern pieces. Heinz Hilpert , Paul Henckels and Erwin Piscator were among his directors . In Ferenc Molnár's Liliom , Almas had Hans Albers as a partner. At this time Josef Almas also sporadically took on tiny film roles.

When the National Socialists came to power , the Jew Almas was initially able to continue to play theater, also at Hilpert's Volksbühne, where he received the leading role in the popular play The Farmer as a Millionaire in June 1933 . His last German theater premiere took place in March 1934, after which Almas emigrated . Via Vienna and Zurich he came to Czechoslovakia , where he appeared at the German theaters in Brno and Mährisch-Ostrau . Finally, in June 1939, Almas decided to flee to England .

In 1940 the British authorities deported him as an enemy alien to an internment camp in Australia . Alma's theater played there (in Amphitryon ). Back in London , Almas was able to get small roles in British film from 1943. He also acted as a spokesman for German broadcasts for the BBC and ran a drama school .

Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, Josef Almas returned to Berlin, where he took up his last stage engagement at the Hebbel Theater . At the same time he took over with the Jewish lawyer Dr. Simon also played his last film role in the concentration camp drama Morituri .

Filmography (complete)

literature

  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 69.

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personal data
SURNAME Almas, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almas, José; Diamant, Josef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Smyrna , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1948
Place of death Berlin , Germany