Karl Frey (director)

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Karl Frey , pseudonym Karl Fröhlich (* 20th February 1866 in Amberg ; † 28. June 1950 in Bad Tolz ), was a German actor , director and stage and screenwriter .

Life

Karl Frey was born as the son of the Amberg photographer Ferdinand Frey and his wife Mathilde, geb. Bechtle, born on February 20, 1866. He had three brothers named Ferdinand, Anton and Ruppert. At first he wanted to become a monk and entered the Benedictines in Weltenburg as a novice in 1877 , but he left them after a short time.

After that he began to work as a theater actor . He worked as a court actor in Munich . Later he was director of the Leo film company. He was the author of plays, mainly folk plays , pranks and comedies . He also wrote libretti for operettas , e.g. for Der Dorfcaruso (1915) and When the grandfather took his grandmother (1917). He last lived in Bad Tölz.

Works (selection)

  • The wrong court ; Upper Bavarian folk piece, 1906
  • The ancestor ; Upper Bavarian folk piece, 1907
  • with Wilhelm Hagen: Lieber Bavarian Die , Erlangen, Th. Krische, 1907, 94 pp.
  • with Adele Gaus-Bachmann: Millions Fever , Regensburg; Habbel, 1908, 178 pp. (Schwank in three acts)
  • Autumn maneuvers ; Schwank, 1908
  • Back in the day ; Upper Bavarian folk piece, 1909
  • The beautiful Kreuzhof farmer ; Volksstück, 1910
  • The last postilion from Tegernsee ; Volksstück, 1911
  • The suspicious hat ; Volksstück, 1915
  • The magician ; Volksstück, 1916
  • The village rooster ; Volksstück, 1917
  • Platzl ; Volksstück, 1936
  • Women's economy ; Volksstück, 1937

Filmography

  • 1917: The life of St. Elisabeth
  • 1919: The swamp lily
  • 1919: The Miss von Scuderi
  • 1919: Fabiola
  • 1920: Spitzweg, the eternal bride
  • 1920: Papa Haydn
  • 1920: The devil's mill
  • 1920: Poor Margret
  • 1920: The beggar of Assisi
  • 1921: Mother's heirloom
  • 1922: Falling gods

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume I. A - Hurka. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. January 1953. ISBN 978-3-907820-27-8 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).

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