Kurt Lessen

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Kurt Lessen , also Kurt von Lessen , actually Siegfried von Lützow (born February 27, 1877 in Vienna , † February 12, 1960 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian actor and writer.

Life

Kurt Lessen was the son of Karl von Lützow (1832-1897), professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. At his father's request, he completed an officer training course. However, he said goodbye to the military early on and went to the stage. He received engagements in Brno , Olomouc , Opava and Pressburg . From 1905 he worked at the Theater in der Josefstadt under Josef Jarno . Lessen appeared as a cabaret artist in Hell and in Chat Noir   , he took on operetta roles in the Theater an der Wien , in the Kammerspiele and on the Neue Wiener Bühne . From 1925 to 1945 he worked at the Deutsches Volkstheater , from 1938 also as a director. Kurt Lessen developed his repertoire from bon vivant and comedian to character actor , he was particularly successful in folk plays .

At the Salzburg Festival in 1935 and 1936 he played Death in Jedermann . As a librettist he worked with Alexander Steinbrecher (1910–1982), among others , with whom he wrote the Singspiel in 1940 in four pictures Brilliant from Vienna .

Filmography

  • 1920: the seventh commandment. A child's tragedy
  • 1921: Dorothy's confession
  • 1922: Yves, the juggler
  • 1924: Garragan
  • 1933: The musician from Eisenstadt
  • 1934: The young Baron Neuhaus
  • 1936: Burgtheater
  • 1936: The Emperor's candlesticks
  • 1936: The doll fairy
  • 1936: girls' boarding school
  • 1936: Immortal Melodies
  • 1939: Immortal Waltz
  • 1940: The Last Judgment
  • 1943: Vienna 1910
  • 1953: Your heart is my home

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Winter: The Academic Gymnasium in Vienna. Past and present. Böhlau, Vienna (inter alia) 1996, ISBN 3-205-98485-4 , p. 222. - Online .
  2. ^ 80th birthday of Kurt Lessen in the Vienna City Hall correspondence
  3. ↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Mariahilferstraße 105, sixth Vienna district ( Mariahilf ).
personal data
SURNAME Lessen, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lessen, Kurt von (full name); Lützow, Siegfried von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1960
Place of death Salzburg