Karl Heidmann

Karl Heidmann (born September 23, 1889 in Preußisch Eylau , East Prussia , † November 12, 1946 in Lübeck ) was a German actor and director .

Life

After finishing school, Karl Heidmann studied at the universities in Berlin and Munich . Later he had a long time engagement as an actor and most recently as a senior director at the Lübeck Municipal Theaters . He also worked as an acting teacher and taught his son Manfred and Günther Lüders , among others .

Karl Heidmann also worked in various film productions from 1936 . He played in Robert Koch, the fighter against the death of Hans Steinhoff with Emil Jannings , Werner Krauss and Hilde Körber from 1939 and 1941 in Quax, the Bruchpilot by Kurt Hoffmann with Heinz Rühmann , Karin Himboldt and his son Manfred. He was also in the 1941 National Socialist propaganda film Heads up, Johannes! by Viktor de Kowa with Klaus Detlef Sierck , Dorothea Wieck and Gunnar Möller , which today can only be shown as a reserved film under strict conditions.

He also published as an author in 1916 Walhall's End. A fairy tale for adults .

Filmography (selection)

• 1936: honeymoon
• 1938: Divorce trip
• 1939: Robert Koch, the fighter against death
• 1940: Casanova marries
• 1940: My husband is not allowed to know
• 1940: girl in the anteroom
• 1940: the scapegoat
• 1941: Cheer up, Johannes!
• 1941: Quax, the break pilot
• 1943: I entrust you with my wife

literature

• Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 627.
• Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century. Biographical-bibliographical manual. Volume XV: Captain - Heinemann. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023161-8 , p. 1972.

Web links

• Karl Heidmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Karl Heidmann at filmportal.de
• Literature by and about Karl Heidmann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Manfred Heidmann in: Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorfs international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 627.
2. ^ Rolf Badenhausen :  Lüders, Günther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 453 ( digitized version ).