Julius Außenberg

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Julius Außenberg , also Aussenberg (born March 14, 1887 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † August 22, 1955 in Vienna , Austria ) was an Austrian film producer , film salesman and film manager.

Life

Außenberg received a commercial training and then switched to the film industry. Shortly after the First World War , he quickly climbed the corporate ladder and in 1924 became the European representative for the Hollywood production company Fox . In 1926, Außenberg accompanied FW Murnau on filming in Hollywood, where he was to direct the Fox film Sunrise - A Song of Two People . Back in Germany, Außenberg was responsible for the production of Walter Ruttmann's famous Berlin documentary Berlin - Symphonie der Großstadt , as well as for Bernhard Viertel's adventure of a ten-mark note the following year. With these productions, Aussenberg and Fox proved that American capital was not only involved in the production of kitsch

Then Außenberg went to the German Film Syndicate as head of production. With Atlantis-Film he temporarily ran his own production company, Außenberg also owned a partnership with Joe Mays May-Film AG (Production Two in One Car ) and was also involved in London-Film Alexander Kordas from 1930 , its general representative for Europe and He was also overseas. When Adolf Hitler came to power , Julius Außenberg was planning the production of two films with Elisabeth Bergner , but they never came back. In the same year, 1933, the Jewish film manager fled Germany and moved to Czechoslovakia , where Außenberg made a few films.

The silent film star Ossi Oswalda , his partner in life, followed him into exile in Prague . In March 1939, Außenberg fled to London from the National Socialists . However, the attempt to travel to the USA after the outbreak of World War II failed. Außenberg remained in Great Britain for the entire duration of the war . Shortly after the restoration of Czechoslovakia, he returned to Prague and inspected the production facilities in Barrandov that had been expanded by the German occupiers . He married Zdenka von Beschau - Fantl in London and then lived in London and Bad Homburg vdH. He represented Alexander Korda's London Film in Europe and the USA as head of foreign affairs (Der Spiegel 45/1945) in London and Frankfurt / M. and Hamburg from until the mid-50s. Among other things, he sold and presented "The Third Man" to the world market in '48, which in 1949 received the Grand Prix in Cannes, the BAFTA for Best Film and three Qscar nominations (Robert Krasker DoP, win) and in numerous countries regularly as one of the most important films of the 20th century.

Shortly before his death, he returned to Vienna as requested. He is buried in the Jewish part of the Central Cemetery in Vienna. His last wife, Zdenka Fantl Aussenberg, lies next to him.

Julius Außenberg's stepson was the television director Thomas Fantl .

Aussenbergs Stiefenkel is the producer and film and fund manager Jan Fantl

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SURNAME Außenberg, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aussenberg, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film producer, film salesman and film manager
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1955
Place of death Vienna , Austria