Karl Forest
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Karl Forest (born November 12, 1874 in Vienna , born Karl Obertimpfler , † May 31, 1944 ibid) was an Austrian actor and theater director .
Live and act
The son of coffee maker Carl Obertimpfler, brother of Lina Loos , appeared on stage for the first time at the age of 17, and at the age of 19 he received his first permanent engagement at the Stadttheater Passau . He reached Berlin via Karlsruhe , Aschaffenburg , Heilbronn , Czernowitz , Reichenberg (1898), Munich (1899) and Hamburg at the end of 1902 . There he played mainly comic roles, first at the Deutsches Theater , then from 1904 to 1916 he was a member of the Lessing Theater ensemble . Most recently he was employed at the German Art Theater.
In autumn 1917 Forest returned to Vienna and accepted an engagement at the local Volkstheater . From 1919 to 1921 he played at the Burgtheater , in 1921 he moved to the Raimund Theater, and in 1924 again to the Volkstheater. From 1927 he also worked there as senior director. He took on his most important roles in plays by Franz Grillparzer , Gerhart Hauptmann , August Strindberg , Carl Sternheim and especially Henrik Ibsen . His roles included Pfeifer in Die Weber , Mortensgaard in Rosmersholm , the old Ekdal in Die Wildente , Aslaksen in Ein Volksfeind , Tezel in Strindbers Luther , circus director in Frank Wedekind's Hidalla , Rudolf II in Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg , Malvolio in Was ihr wollt and consecration guest in The Last Masks . From 1940 to 1944 he was engaged at the Theater in der Josefstadt , where he only had small appearances.
Since the end of the First World War, Forest took part in various films. He played one of his few leading roles in 1929 as Field Marshal Radetzky in the historical film Father Radetzky . He was temporarily married to the actress Traute Carlsen .
Karl Forest was murdered by air injection in the Lainz nursing home in Vienna on the last day of May 1944 as part of the euthanasia under National Socialism .
In 1966, Forestgasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 122.
Web links
- Karl Forest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forest, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obertimpfler, Karl Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1944 |
| Place of death | Vienna |