Josef Firmans
Josef Firmans (born August 29, 1884 in Blankenburg , Rudolstadt district , † September 22, 1957 in Gera ) was a German film director , actor , senior director and general manager .
The early years
Firmans came from an old theater family (father: Georg Firmans , brother: Lothar Firmans ) and has been on the father's stage with children's roles since 1887. He made his debut as a professional actor in Hanau in 1901 . This was followed by engagements at venues in the province, including Eutin , Wiesbaden , Schweidnitz , Hanover and Königsberg . Arrived in Berlin , Firmans worked at the Residenz Theater , the Lustspielhaus and the Theater am Nollendorfplatz, among others . In 1907 he was added to acting as a director, and from 1912 he worked as a senior director (both spoken theater and opera and operetta direction)
After the First World War, which Firmans had spent at the front, he worked in Halle and Darmstadt . Finally, he found himself in the final phase of the Weimar Republic in Leipzig , where he as an actor, senior director, artistic adviser and Deputy Director to the Comedy House has been committed. He claims to have been removed from this position as a result of the National Socialists' seizure of power in 1933, allegedly because of his longstanding membership in the union (since 1901). However, no career break can be established; on the contrary, after intermediate stops in Magdeburg and Darmstadt, he was committed to the Heidelberg City Theater for two years for two years in September 1933 . Eventually he settled in Dresden and took over the management of the Landesbühne Sachsen , a traveling stage with two play groups under the direction of the artistic director Walter Heidrich .
After the Second World War
Classified as unencumbered by the Soviets, the union veteran was appointed director of the union theater in Pirna, Saxony, around 1946/47 after an intermezzo as a farmer in Saxon Switzerland . He also worked as a director at the summer theaters in Rathen and Schandau . In 1951 he celebrated his 50th stage anniversary at the United District Theaters in Crimmitschau-Glauchau . His most important role there was the captain von Köpenick in the play of the same name. In 1953 Firmans took up a job in Gera; it was to be his last stage stop.
Work as a film director
Firmans was only active in film for three years; between 1920 and 1923 he directed a handful of films in Munich and Leipzig. These were secondary works of no significance in terms of film history with, apart from Erna Morena and Grete Reinwald , largely unknown actors. On August 20, 1925, he left the Bavarian capital and returned to Berlin.
Filmography (as a director)
- 1920: The master's right
- 1921: On the Fool's Rope, Part 1: Days of Horror in Financial Circles (also script)
- 1921: On the Fool's Rope, Part 2: Riddles of Criminology (also screenplay)
- 1922: criminal in uniform (also screenplay)
- 1922: Devil's Symphony
- 1922: The man without a job
- 1923: Dr. Sacrobosco, the great sinister
literature
- German stage yearbook. Theater history year and address book Theater - Film - Radio. 66th year 1958, ed. from the Cooperative of German Stage Members
Web links
- Josef Firmans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Josef Firmans at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the Munich City Archives
- ^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1958, p. 98
- ↑ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1934, p. 408
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Firmans, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director, actor, senior director and artistic director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blankenburg , Rudolstadt district |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1957 |
| Place of death | Gera |