Max Knapp
Max Knapp (born November 13, 1899 in Zurich , † December 16, 1979 in Basel ) was a Swiss actor and theater director as well as opera and operetta singer (tenor).
Life
Max Knapp was the son of the wood sculptor Max Knapp and Emilie Herchert. While training as a sculptor with his father, he trained in acting and singing. He played at the Stadttheater Zürich, the Stadttheater St. Gallen and in what is now Wuppertal in Germany. From 1928 until his death he performed in the Stadttheater Basel for more than half a century . He has been seen in more than 900 theater, opera and operetta roles. From 1947 he also directed.
He had his first screen appearance in 1924 in The Origin of the Confederation . The second film in which Knapp took part, The Woman and Death , is considered lost. From 1940 he played in Swiss dialect films. Franz Schnyder , Leopold Lindtberg and Kurt Früh cast him in their films. He was seen several times next to Fredy Scheim and Schaggi Streuli . In the film Machtrausch - But love wins , scenes from the performance The Great World Theater from 1937 in Einsiedeln were inserted into the film plot. The film De Wyberfind ultimately consisted of scenes from the film Der 8th Schwyzer , which was banned in 1940 and only shown in 1981. In the 1940 film Mier lönd nöd lugg he played alongside Lisa Della Casa , Paul Hubschmid and Max Werner Lenz .
In the film De Chegelkönig , Knapp played alongside Rudolf Bernhard , Fredy Scheim , Hermann Gallinger and Willy Ackermann .
In 1953 he played in the commercial family M Junior and in 1976 he had his last film appearance in the documentary Confrontation by director Rolf Lyssy . In addition to the stage and the film, he worked in radio play and television productions. Max Knapp was married to Alice Egender.
Filmography
- 1924: The creation of the Swiss Confederation
- 1938: Woman and Death
- 1940: Mir lönd nöd lugg
- 1940: Verena Stadler
- 1940: Weyherhuus
- 1941: Gilberte de Courgenay
- 1941: Bider the aviator
- 1941: De Hotelportier
- 1942: Power rush - but love wins
- 1942: De Chegelkönig
- 1942: De Wyberfind
- 1942: The shot from the pulpit
- 1944: Poste restante 212
- 1950: There is something in the air
- 1955: Police Wäckerli
- 1957: Summer love at Lake Constance
- 1957: May 10th
- 1957: luck must me ha
- 1958: It happened in broad daylight
- 1959: SOS - glacier pilot
- 1959: Do the sons still have it ...?
- 1960: If d'Fraue choose
- 1960: Wilhelm Tell
- 1960: On holy waters
- 1966: Policeman Wäckerli in danger
- 1972: the case
- 1976: confrontation
- 1981: The 8th Schwyzer
Awards
- 1966: Hans Reinhart-Ring
literature
- Thomas Blubacher : Max Knapp . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1003 f.
- Paul Suter: Knapp, Max. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
Web links
- Max Knapp at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Max Knapp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the film. De Wyberfind. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ 1940, Mier Lönd nöd lugg. Mier lönd nöd lugg from 194, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ movie poster to De Chegelkönig. Pandora Movie, accessed June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ narrative, in De Chegelkönig. Pandora Movie, accessed June 20, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knapp, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor and theater director as well as opera and operetta singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1979 |
| Place of death | Basel |