Julius Herzka

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Julius Herzka , also Julius Hertzka (born October 1, 1859 in Budapest , † October 22, 1925 in Brno , Czechoslovakia ) was an Austrian actor , theater director , theater and silent film director .

Life

theatre

Julius Herzka began his artistic career in 1880 as an actor in the Temesvar (for choir and small roles), was in Opava in 1881, where he stayed for two years, then to Chernivtsi and was recommended by Hermine Albrecht to the Vienna City Theater. After this burned down, he had to play in small to very small theaters, not only as an actor, but also as a director and theater manager. In 1897 he came to Linz and from there in 1898 to the State Theater in Prague. At this point he had almost completely given up his acting activity and he was working almost exclusively as a director. In February 1900 he had his last appearance as an actor.

He looked to the early 20th century as a director, Oberspiel- and theater director, both in the province (z. B. Budweis , Merano ) and in Austria-Hungarian capital of Vienna (director and deputy director at the German People's Theater ). Immediately before the First World War , Herzka was the director of the Brno City Theater . In the last years of his life, since September 1918, he was registered in Vienna with his wife Anna, née Hassal, who was born in Prague in 1872. During this time he was employed at the theater as head of the Rolandbühne and worked in this role a. a. together with Hans Moser , who was still largely unknown at the time .

Movie

From 1921 to 1923 Julius Herzka was also intensively active in Austrian film. Beginning with an adaptation of Victor Hugo's “L'homme qui rit”, “ The grinning face ” with Franz Höbling and Nora Gregor in the leading roles, which premiered in March 1921 , Herzka staged a total of eight often dramatic stories, occasionally based on a literary model. Mostly the Viennese produced Olympic-Film, several times Louis Nerz wrote the screenplay for Herzka's work and Eduard Hoesch directed the camera. During those years, Herzka was at the side of Julius Strobl , one of the two vice-presidents of the Filmbund .

Theater roles (selection)

Filmography

  • 1921: The grinning face
  • 1921: Meriota, the dancer (also: Merista, the dancer )
  • 1922: The merchant from Venice
  • 1922: The dividing bridge
  • 1923: The Vienna city in pictures and songs (co-director with Hans Otto Löwenstein )
  • 1923: people, people san ma all ...! (Co-director with Hans Otto Löwenstein)
  • 1923: Heaven full of violins (co-director with Hans Otto Löwenstein)
  • 1923: The little sin

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to the film archive Kay Less
personal data
SURNAME Herzka, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hertzka, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, theater director, theater and silent film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1925
Place of death Brno , Czechoslovakia