Kurt Mühlhardt

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Kurt Mühlhardt (also under the pseudonym Kurt Hardt ; born September 11, 1903 in Berlin ; † June 20, 1980 in Eckernförde ) was a German opera singer , operetta tenor , refrain singer and actor .

life and work

Kurt Mühlhardt was born in Berlin. After completing relevant training, he worked there as an actor, cabaret artist and singer from the 1920s .

actor

After successful appearances in the short sound films Cabaret Program No.2 and Cabaret Program No.4 under the direction of Kurt Gerron in 1931, he was also engaged in feature films. B. 1932 in the Harry Piel film The Secret Agent (also A man falls from the sky ), where he plays a singer. After that he got other roles in feature films. He was also used as a speaker in cultural and industrial films.

After the Second World War, he continued to get roles in film and later on television at DEFA in the GDR . He was seen in two DEFA opera adaptations, both directed by Gottfried Kolditz , and also appeared in two episodes of the satirical short film series Das Stacheltier .

After the Wall was built, he moved to West Berlin in 1961. There he continued to work as an actor on radio and television. He remained connected to the feature film as an actor and as a speaker in the dubbing studio.

Singer

He was just as successful in Berlin in the 1920s as a singer in the operetta tenor, which brought him together with many well-known colleagues. At the Volksbühne he was a partner of Käthe Dorsch . He was also heard on the Berlin radio. From 1948 he was a member of the ensemble at the Komische Oper Berlin . There he appeared as Baron Weps in Carl Zeller's The Bird Trader , as prison director Frank in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss (son) and as Alcindoro in Puccini's La Bohème .

But he was best known as a refrain singer for various orchestras on records. He sang with the "Grammophon" for the orchestras Egon Kaiser and Hans Georg Schütz , with Tri-Ergon for the orchestras of Harry Jackson and Géza Komor and the "Famous Six", with Telefunken for the orchestras of Peter Kreuder and Adalbert Lutter . However, he found his main engagement with the record company "Kristall" in Berlin-Reinickendorf, where he was able to sing for several top German orchestras. There he worked with the band leaders Fritz Domina , Bernard Etté , Oscar Joost , George Nettelmann , Emil Roósz , Eli Samsonowitsch and Carl Woitschach .

Without being named on the label, he sang refrains on many cheap, department store and small records that used the “crystal” matrices.

Even after the war, Mühlhardt worked as a refrain singer, now for bands at the "Amiga", a brand of VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin .

Audio documents

On the gramophone

  • with Egon Kaiser
    • Dreaming of the South Seas , (Kirchstein-Dehmel), Egon Kaiser Dance Orchestra, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt. Gramophone 2799 A (die number: 7989 ½ GR8)
    • Das Fräulein Gerda , (Wernike-Walther) Egon Kaiser Dance Orchestra, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt. Gramophone 2799 B (die number: 7988 ½ GR 8), 1938
  • with Hans Georg Schütz
    • In the evening in the tavern , (Bochmann-Pinelli) Orchestra Hans Georg Schütz, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt. Polydor 14 007 B, 1940

On crystal

  • with Fritz Domina
    • Love is beautiful in the harbor (1935), vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt and Kate Kühl . Music: Karl von Bazant, text: Hans Schachner
    • In no time! , March u. Tanzlied (Herms Niel) Salon orchestra Fritz Domina / vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt and quartet. Crystal Order No. 6386 (mx. C 3429 a)
  • with Bernard Etté
    • My little brother [dreams of you day and night] , Slowfox adTonfilm “Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari ”(Stolz - Hansen) Bernard Etté and his orchestra, refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt. Crystal Order No. 3100 (mx. C 575) September 1930
    • We Musketeers of the Alps , marching song ad sound film “ The Son of the White Mountains ” (Becce - Knorr) Bernard Etté and his orchestra, refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt. Crystal Order No. 3102 (mx. C 568)
    • The better older men are right (Raymond-Meisel / Amberg-Rosen) Bernard Etté and his orchestra, refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt. Kristall Order No. 3104 (mx. C 577) 1930
    • First comes a big question mark , Slowfox ad sound film “Die Drei von der Gasstelle” (Heymann-Gilbert) Bernard Etté and his orchestra, refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt (as “Kurt Hardt”). Crystal Order No. 3146 (mx. C 876) 1930
  • with Oscar Joost
    • I have a divan doll from the operetta "Flower of Hawaii" (Paul Abraham). Oscar Joost and his orchestra, refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt with the Joost trio. Crystal Order No. 3205 (mx. C 1481)
    • Yes, such a pair of lovers , Waltz ad sound film “Two Hearts and a Beat” (J. and R. Gilbert) Oscar Joost and his orchestra from the Eden Hotel , Berlin. Singing: Kurt Mühlhardt. Kristall Order No. 3255 (mx. C 1716), 1932
    • Madam, come and play with me! Slow-Fox from the sound film "Quick" (music: Werner Richard Heymann-Text: Robert Gilbert) Oscar Joost and his orchestra from the Eden Hotel, Berlin. Singing: Kurt Mühlhardt (wrongly called Kurt Mülhhardt on the label). Kristall Order No. 3297 (mx. C 2116.1) 1932
    • Aunt Anna - Couplet Foxtrot , (Sarony-Amberg) Kurt Mühlhardt with quartet, Oscar Joost and his orchestra. Kristall Order No. 3343 (C 4636.1), 1933
    • Do not ask! Do not ask! , Lied and Waltz from the sound film "A song goes around the world" (May / Neubach). Kristall order no.6109 (C 4725), 1933
  • with George Nettelmann
    • I don't know how to tell you (Ascher-Brandt) George Nettelmann us Orchestra, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt. Crystal Order No. 3240 (mx. C 1646.1)
  • with Emil Roósz:
    • My heart is always on holiday , (Austin Egen and Fritz German, text by Willy Rosen and Marcel Lion) Emil Roosz and his orchestra. Refrain: Kurt Mühlhardt. Kristall Order No. 3231 (mx. C 1616) 1931
  • with EPSamson (Eli Samsonowitsch)
    • My lady, do you already know my rhythm? Foxtrot from the sound film Your Majesty Love (music by Walter Jurmann - text by Bernauer and Österreicher) “Crystal” orchestra, conductor: EP Samson. Singing: Kurt Mühlhardt (as “Kurt Hardt”). Kristall Order No. 3143 (mx. C 878), 1931
  • with Carl Woitschach
    • Lisa , Studentenweise (fear not) Large wind orchestra Conductor: C. Woitschach. Singing: Kurt Mühlhardt and choir. Crystal Order No. 2088 (mx. C 4933)
  • with orchestra accompaniment
    • The old streets still , Lied (Peter Gripekoven) crystal order no 6070

On Tri-Ergon

  • with the Famous Six
    • Oh, Dorothee, when I see you! Slow-Fox ( Robert Stolz ) Kurt Mühlhardt and the Dance Orchestra of The Famous Six. Tri-Ergon TE 6133 (mx. 04577), attach. May 1931
  • with Harry Jackson / Géza Komor
    • Ferdinand, you are so ungalant by Bert Reisfeld , Harry Jackson's Tanz Orch. (Géza Komor) with refraing singing: Kurt Mühlhardt from 1930
    • I'm not a captain, I'm not a big animal , Foxtrot (Paul Abraham and H. Székely) Harry Jackson's dance orchestra (= Géza Komor), refraing singing: Kurt Mühlhardt. Tri-Ergon TE 5779 (mx. 03204) from 1930
    • A little longing , tango insert to the comedy "Phaea" (Friedrich Holländer) Tango-Kapelle Komor (= Géza Komor), Refrainges .: Kurt Mühlhardt. Tri-Ergon TE5874 (mx. 03506) from 1930
    • You too will deceive me one day (Stolz, Reisch, Robinson). Harry Jackson's dance orchestra (= Géza Komor) with refraing singing: Kurt Mühlhardt. Tri-Ergon COLORIT 3121, mat. No. 03418 (flexible plastic plate)

To Telefunken

  • with Adalbert Lutter
    • On a green meadow (Schroeder-Beckmann) dance orchestra Adalbert Lutter, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt. Telefunken M 6598 (mx. 23 966)
  • with Peter Kreuder
    • Good Bye Johnny - song ad sound film “ Water for Canitoga ” (Kreuder-Beckmann).
    • Peter Kreuder with his large dance orchestra, Refraingesang: Kurt Mühlhardt, Telefunken A 2855 (mx. 23 882) 1938

Post War Publications

  • with Otto Kermbach
    • We're not from the Neckar! (Cowler-Seifert) Otto Kermbach and his orchestra. [Vocals] Kurt Mühlhardt. Amiga order number A 1305 (mx. AM 1356)
  • with Heinz Becker
    • Do we want to go shopping today? VEB German records format: [78 / min]; 25 cm label / catalog number: Amiga 50/232 [Page 1 of 2] Sublabel: special class. Die number: AM1553B Other numbers: AM 1553 (die master number).

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

literature

  • Artist on the radio. Pocket calendar for the year 1931 Verlag Rothgießer & Diesing, Berlin 1931, p. 113
  • Raimund Fritz, Helmut Pflügl (ed.): The divided sky. Highlights of DEFA cinema 1946–1992. Volume 1: The films of the retrospective. Volume 2: Essays and Filmographies. Filmarchiv Austria, Vienna 2001
  • Frank-Burkhard Habel: The great lexicon of DEFA feature films. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7
  • Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : Lexicon of the GDR stars. Actors from film and television. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-304-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 501.
  2. ↑ Kurt Mühlhardt ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on deutsche-synchronsprecher.de; Retrieved April 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-synchronsprecher.de
  3. ↑ together with the conférencier Max Ehrlich and the actors Eugen Rex , Siegfried Arno , Paul Westermeier and Blandine Ebinger as well as the orchestra of Barnabás von Géczy
  4. ↑ together with Conférencière Maria Ney , the actors Paul Hörbiger and Paul Rehkopf , the soprano Irene Eisinger and the orchestra Dajos Béla
  5. ↑ The secret agent. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on December 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ so z. B. in the cultural films Von Zeppelin 1 to LZ 130 from 1937 and Eger, an old German town in 1938, or in the industrial film In the Sign of Trust , which Walter Ruttmann shot in 1937/38 for Bayer AG Leverkusen, and in Petroleum 1940. After the war in Das Haus zur alten Weide 1948/49.
  7. ↑ z. B. in Das Beil von Wandsbek (1951) progress-film.de filmarchiv  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Der Fall Gleiwitz (1961) progress-film.de filmarchiv  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.progress-film.de  @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.progress-film.de  
  8. ↑ z. B. in the television film Der Fall Frieders , first broadcast May 2, 1961. fernsehenderddr.de A photo for the broadcast by Waltraut Denger, published in the magazine Funk und Fernsehen der DDR No. 18/1961, page 16, shows Kurt Mühlhardt with Walter Jupé and Hannjo Hasse
  9. ↑ The Merry Wives of Windsor . (1950) progress-film.de filmarchiv  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and in tsar and carpenter . (1956) Article Tsar and Zimmermann . In: Frank-Burkhard Habel: The large lexicon of DEFA feature films. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 702-703@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.progress-film.de  
  10. ↑ 1957 in Immer Kavalier with Gisela May Das-Stacheltier - Immer-Kavalier and 1958 in Mother's Birthday Das-Stacheltier - Mutters-Birthday
  11. ↑ Participation in radio plays, e.g. B. Take a seat and die! (1/5) Radio play by Hans Gruhl , director: Curt Goetz-Pflug . FB 1964 / 32'18 dradio.de
  12. ↑ In West Germany he worked in the television films Der Kronanwalt (SFB 1962) and Der Diamant des Herr Blomdal (ZDF 1964).
  13. ↑ z. B. in Jürgen Büchmann's The Confession of a Girl (FRG 1967) The Confession of a Girl. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on December 28, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Mühlhardt was the German voice z. B. by Martin Gabel (in: Marnie 1964), by Denver Pyle (in: The great race around the world 1965), by Artur Gould-Porter (in: The torn curtain 1966) or Herbert F. Nelson (in: The Hindenburg 1975) deutsche-synchronsprecher.de ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-synchronsprecher.de
  15. ↑ schellack-plattenshop.net label of an operetta record with Mühlhardt ( The Flower of Hawaii by Paul Abraham , 1931)
  16. ↑ userserve-ak.last.fm photo  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with the Alice Hechy soubrette@1@ 2Template: dead link / userserve-ak.last.fm  
  17. ^ Artists on the radio. Pocket calendar for the year 1931 Verlag Rothgießer & Diesing, Berlin 1931, p. 113
  18. ↑ That was a short-lived studio band at Tri-Ergon, which consisted of the trumpeter Herbert Fröhlich, Jascha Trabsky, the violinist Eugen Bermann, the guitarist Frank Goedel and the drummer Dick Stauff; at the piano sat Mischa Spoliansky, s. Comment on youtube.com
  19. ↑ 78record.de Leo van der Splinter's depiction
  20. ↑ This led the studioband der Kristall GmbH., The Kristall-Orchester, under the artist name "EP Samson" and is not identical or not to be confused with the Swedish band leader Sam Samson !
  21. ↑ z. B. Hertie Electro (department store brand of the Tietz group) , Woolco (department store brand of the Woolworth group) , small (narrow-cut) plates such as Merkur , Rusi , Triumph
  22. ↑ I don't know how to tell you on YouTube
  23. ↑ My lady, do you already know my rhythm? on Youtube
  24. ↑ O, Dorothee, when I see you! on Youtube
  25. ↑ Ferdinand, you are so ungracious on YouTube
personal data
SURNAME Mühlhardt, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardt, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1980
Place of death Eckernförde