Karl Beckersachs

Karl Beckersachs on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Karl Beckersachs , also Carl Beckersachs (born as Karl Nikolaus Beckersachs ; born September 26, 1881 in Neuenhain , † March 31, 1951 in Bad Kreuznach ) was a German actor .

Life

He spent his school days in Darmstadt and began as a volunteer at the court theater there . In 1906 he received his first permanent engagement in Aachen . In 1909 he came to the Schillertheater in Berlin .

In 1912 he began his career as a silent film actor. Beckersachs made a name for itself as a gallant lover of Henny Porten, among others . In the age of talkies, it was only considered twice. He shot his last film in 1936, and in 1938 he headed the Theater am Kottbusser Tor. His last sign of life dates back to 1944, when he ran his own small touring theater.

Filmography

1912: The paper trail 1912: European slave life 1913: comedians 1913: Chains of the past 1913: Bajazzo 1914: What love can do 1915: Carl and Carla 1915: The end of the song 1916: A circus girl 1916: strolling students 1917: His Highness' s laundress 1917: The violin player 1917: The big lot 1917: Your Highness Hypochondriac 1917: Wanted a man who is a man 1917: Edelweiss 1917: Klein Doortje 1918: midnight 1918: The light in the night 1918: The accountant 1918: The stolen soul 1918: The hour of retaliation 1918: women swallowed up by the abyss 1918: Gänseliesel 1918: The Rose of Jiandun 1918: The thief 1919: The lie of the Pia Mahren 1919: Shadows of the Past 1919: The Fool's Castle 1919: The Bianetta adventure 1919: Hedda's revenge 1919: The players 1919: mountain flower 1919: The mystery of the unknown

1919: Towards happiness 1919: The heir to Skialdingsholm 1919: A great box 1920: The Chamber Singer 1920: The luck trap 1920: The dancer Marion 1921: Hannerl and her lovers 1921: Carrière 1921: Fateful Day 1921: the irony of fate 1921: Modern Women or: The Thief 1922: Divan cats 1922: Dolores 1922: Maciste and convict no.51 1922: The five Frankfurters 1922: The day comes 1922: Shameless Souls or A Girl's Fate 1924: The secret agent 1924: The Brigandess of New York 1924: Girls You Don't Marry 1924: The little one from clothing 1925: half silk 1925: What stones tell 1925: The old ballroom 1925: O old lad glory 1925: people in need 1925: A waltz dream 1926: The department store princess 1928: His Highness' s mistress 1935: Don't fall in love on Lake Constance / Journey into marriage 1936: The laughing third

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Freiherrliche Häuser (= Genealogical Handbook of the Baronial Houses. Vol. 17 = Genealogical Manual of the Nobility. Vol. 107). Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1994, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 , p. 436.
2. ↑ 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. 622.

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 298 f.

Web links

• Karl Beckersachs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography with photo
• Pictures from Karl Beckersachs In: Virtual History