Carl Wallauer

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Carl Wallauer , occasionally also in the spelling Karl Wallauer , (born June 27, 1874 in Diez , German Reich ; † October 29, 1937 in Breslau , ibid) was a German actor , theater director and from 1927 to 1932 penultimate president of the German Theater Cooperative -A member of the pre-Hitler era.

Live and act

In the theater and in the film

Wallauer, who came from the Lahn , attended grammar school in Wiesbaden and followed his father's wish to complete a banking apprenticeship. He then worked as a bank clerk in Wiesbaden for several years. He used his free time to take acting classes in the same city before finally going to the theater. Wallauer made his debut in the character comedian class in 1899 at the city theater of Colmar in Alsace, which was still German at the time. This was followed by engagements at the Residenz Theater in Hanover and at the City Theater of Breslau , where he was to stay for eleven years. In the Silesian capital, Wallauer was seen in both drama and operetta. From 1912 to 1915 Wallauer was finally brought to the United Theaters in Cologne . There he was allowed to work as a director for the first time.

Carl Wallauer was called up in 1915, but returned to civilian life in autumn 1916 and became a member of the Deutsches Theater ensemble under the direction of Max Reinhardt . But after just over a year he left this prestigious venue and signed up to the Lessing and German Artists' Theaters of the Reich capital. Wallauer stayed here until 1922. After that, he did not accept a permanent engagement and only appeared as a guest, for example in 1923 at Trude Lieske's side in the operetta “Love Strike”. In those years, from 1918 to 1928, Wallauer took part in supporting roles in several artistically completely insignificant silent films.

Union work and forced withdrawal

In addition to his artistic work, Wallauer was also heavily involved in trade union activities for the social concerns of German theater professionals. From 1914 he worked under Gustav Rickelt's leadership in the German Stage Members' Cooperative and, as Rickelt's successor, became its president in 1927. As a result of the seizure of power by the National Socialists in Germany, who de facto dissolved the cooperative and formed the Reich Theater Chamber from it , Wallauer turned his back on his homeland in 1933 and temporarily settled in Aurach near Kitzbühel ( Tyrol ). Wallauer later returned to the city of his greatest successes, to Breslau, where he also died.

Filmography

literature

  • German Stage Yearbook 1939 , ed. from the Cooperative of German Stage Members. P. 104 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Wallauer, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallauer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, theater director and penultimate president of the cooperative of German theater members of the pre-Hitler era (1927–1932)
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Diez , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1937
Place of death Breslau , German Empire