Leopold Hainisch

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Leopold Hainisch (born November 2, 1891 in Vienna , † February 21, 1979 in Hamburg ) was an Austrian actor , opera singer and director for theater, film and television. During his career, he held the post of director and senior director at various German theaters and radio stations, and later at the management level of film and television production companies, without ceasing his active career as an actor and director.

Life

Youth and first engagements

After graduating from a secondary school in 1907, he attended the Academy for Music and Performing Arts and received private lessons in acting, singing and music. He made his acting debut at the age of 20 at various provincial theaters and at the Theater in der Josefstadt . During the First World War he did his military service from 1914 to 1918 and returned to his acting career in 1919 with an appearance in the Carl Theater . This was followed by appearances at other Viennese theaters as well as in Frankfurt and Berlin .

Career advancement in Germany

In Berlin, where he mainly worked from 1924, he also became senior director at the Central Theater Berlin and singer at the opera. From 1927 to 1933 he was director, director and actor at the United Winterberg Theaters. On May 1, 1933, Leopold Hainisch was appointed senior director of the "Berliner Funkstunde" ( Reichssender Berlin ) and senior director and head of the opera, oratorios and operetta departments. From June 1, 1937 to April 30, 1939 he was senior director at the Reichsender Paul Nipkow , which established the television age in Germany. Here he staged a number of experimental programs, including the first television games such as Otto Rombach's "Adrian, the Tulip Thief" (first broadcast: January 13, 1938).

On May 1, 1939, Hainisch moved to the Tobis film production company , where he made his film directing debut with the Mozart biography " Eine kleine Nachtmusik ". This was followed by other productions of old Austrian subjects such as the musical comedy “Falstaff in Vienna” about the composer Otto Nicolai , the Tyrolean folk play “The Perjury Farmer” based on Ludwig Anzengruber or the love and confusion comedy from Vienna at the turn of the century “Romantic Bride” and the Tyrolean romance "Ulli and Marei". During the Second World War he was also the head of Tobis' junior department.

Return to Austria

At the end of the war in 1945, Hainisch had his residence in Tyrol, where he helped the re-installed state government to set up the Austrian cultural scene and also founded the production company Tirol-Film , whose director he remained until 1948 and for which he, among other things, “Earth” after Karl Schönherrs Acting staged, Hainisch's best and most primeval film production. In the following years he worked both as an actor and as a director for the film, but was more noticeable for quantity than quality. From 1946 to 1956 he directed 75 films for the American television production company Ambassador-Film . Between 1957 and 1970, Hainisch often directed theater productions and Austrian TV productions such as music and ballet films, shows, artist portraits and, from 1959, the series “Der Fenstergucker”. In addition, he repeatedly directed short , documentary and industrial films .

Last years in Hamburg

In 1970, director Boy Gobert brought him to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg , where Leopold Hainisch, who has meanwhile been appointed professor, devoted the last years of his life to theater. He had his last stage appearance as a priest in “ Hamlet ” in the autumn of 1978. Around the same time, the 87-year-old stood in front of the film camera for the last time for Peter Fleischmann's doomed scenario “ The Hamburg Disease ”. Leopold Hainisch, who was nicknamed “Poldi” by his colleagues , and later also “Papa”, died the following spring 1979 in Hamburg.

Filmography

In the following selection of films, Leopold Hainisch worked as a director, unless otherwise stated :

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 483.
  2. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 484.
personal data
SURNAME Hainisch, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, opera singer and director for theater, film and television
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1979
Place of death Hamburg