Max Adalbert

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Maximilian Adalbert Krampf , called Max , (born February 19, 1874 in Danzig ; † September 7, 1933 in Munich ) was a German theater and film actor who excelled above all in comic roles. He worked in over 40 films of the silent and sound film era, but also appeared in cabaret .

Life

The native Max Krampf came from a Prussian officer family and called himself “Adalbert” early on as an actor. At the age of 19 he made his debut in Lübeck and received his first engagement at the Stadttheater Barmen in 1894 . St. Gallen, Nuremberg and Vienna were further stations in his theater career. He initially took on typical amateur roles and was successful in plays by Tolstoy and Schnitzler . On the occasion of a guest performance in Vienna on the stage (No. 144/1927), the journalist Kurt Pinthus wrote about the actor that he was the "crumpled, narrow-minded philistine petty bourgeois of the big cities".

In 1899 he came to the Berlin Residenztheater . In the following years he was best known at the Small Theater and the German Art Theater . Adalbert turned into a comedian and stood several times on stage with Curt Bois . In December 1924 he founded the comedians ' cabaret with other artists . On May 30, 1931, he played the title role of Carl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick for the first time at the Deutsches Theater . Because of him, for whom this role was tailor-made, the play became a great stage success.

In the silent film Max Adalbert received a few supporting roles since 1915; so he worked in the Fritz Lang films The tired death (1921) and Dr. Mabuse, the player (1922) with. Its importance for film changed abruptly with the introduction of the sound film, where it was able to bring its Berlin mouth to its fullest advantage. In 1931 he also shone in the film in his star role as Der Hauptmann von Köpenick .

Max Adalbert died of pneumonia during a guest tour in Munich. He was buried on September 18, 1933 in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz : Lexicon of German film and TV stars. More than 500 biographies. , at Lexikon Imprint Verlag, Berlin 2000, p. 9, ISBN 3-89602-229-6
personal data
SURNAME Adalbert, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krampf, Maximilian Adalbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1933
Place of death Munich