Liddy Hegewald

Liddy Hegewald (born September 22, 1884 in Bockau , † December 1, 1950 in Berlin ) was a German film producer .

Life

Liddy Exactly, the seventh child of the Reichsbahn official Ernst Exactly, had been an orphan since he was seven. From 1890 to 1898 she attended school in Aue . She began an apprenticeship as a pharmacist and in 1901 married the factory owner Albin Hegewald. In his company, which manufactured electric motors and installed electrical systems, she underwent intensive technical training.

After the death of her husband, she became an entrepreneur herself. She turned to the burgeoning medium of film and acquired her first cinema in Pirna in 1909 . By 1916 she had expanded her empire to 16 movie theaters, including cinemas in Leipzig , Eisleben and Merseburg . In 1916 she began to produce films herself, initially the topical films that were common at the time . Her Hegewald-Film , based in Leipzig, also made feature films from 1920.

In 1925 Liddy Hegewald moved her company to Berlin. She produced films of all kinds, adventure films, comedies, detective stories, literary adaptations and film operettas. Hegewald also worked in film distribution in addition to her production activities. After founding the subsidiary Silva-Film GmbH , financial problems arose. The dissolution of the company proved to be inevitable in 1931. Her second husband, the government councilor Dr. Martin Beyer, died in 1932.

Liddy Heggewald then tried again to gain a foothold in the film business. Her film Madame Blaubart , made in Austria, was not allowed to be shown due to new currency regulations. Your trial against the Reichsfilmkammer ultimately ended with the loss of your license to continue working in the film business. With borrowed money, she took part in the Austrian production Mein Liebster ist ein Jägersmann / Our Kaiser . She then had to withdraw completely into private life. In 1936, she and her son Fred were charged with fraud and favoritism, but were acquitted.

Filmography (selection)

1920: The black guest 1920: Apache's Revenge (2 parts) 1921: The harbor lorry (2 parts) 1921: raid 1921: morass 1922: who am I 1922: fratricide 1922: Bummellotte 1922: Kaschemmengräfin 1922: Divan cats 1922: The love arbor 1923: The outwitted curmudgeon 1924: sabotage 1925: people in need 1926: The little girl and her gentleman 1926: How do I stay young and beautiful 1926: The perjurer 1926: The landlady's little daughter 1926: The pastor of Kirchfeld 1927: love affair 1927: Stolzenfels on the Rhine 1927: The Prince's Child

1928: fair game 1928: Gynecologist Dr. shepherd 1928: Stories from the Vienna Woods 1928: The Tsarevich 1929: Her Majesty's Lieutenant 1929: girl on the cross 1929: The trees are blooming again in the Prater 1929: The girls' ship 1929: Spring awakening 1929: The right to love 1930: Barracks magic 1930: O old lad glory 1930: Pension Schöller 1930: A girl from the Reeperbahn. 1930: I once loved a girl in Vienna 1930: Dancers wanted for South America 1930: Madame Bluebeard 1931: The love doctor 1931: The dancing hussar 1931: When the soldiers ... 1933: My dearest is a hunter / our emperor

literature

• 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 .

Web links

• Liddy Hegewald at filmportal.de
• Liddy Hegewald in the Internet Movie Database (English)