Max Nekut

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Maximilian "Max" Nekut (born April 9, 1883 in Vienna ; † August 22, 1961 there ) was an Austrian theater and film artist . Originally active as an actor and singer on the stage, he later also worked in various other professions, especially as a cameraman for films.

Live and act

The son of a postman had been on stage since the early years of the 20th century, beginning with an engagement at the Jantsch Theater in his hometown of Vienna. He then went to the kuk province for a short time (most recently in the 1906/1907 season at the Teplitz-Schönau City Theater ). Living in the Austrian capital again since 1907, Nekut continued his work as an actor and singer until the First World War on stages there such as the Theater an der Wien , the Raimund Theater and the Apollo Varieté Theater. In 1909 he went temporarily to Berlin and played there under Max Reinhardt theater. Nekut celebrated great success in 1912 with his King Menelaus in Reinhardt's " The Beautiful Helena ".

Thereupon he was engaged in the cinema the following year for the Greek king, who had risen from the ancient world, in Hans Otto Löwenstein's King Menelaus . Max Nekut made his debut in front of the camera with the title role in this farce. From then on, the Viennese worked in various functions for mostly Austrian cinematography. He worked for Mondial-Film and Sascha-Film as an actor, assistant director and cameraman (there several times under or with his teacher Gustav Ucicky ), and finally (in the sound film) as a dubbing director and unit manager. After 1932 Nekut was hardly active in film. Resident in Switzerland during the Second World War, his compatriot Leopold Lindtberg from Vienna brought him back in 1940 and 1946 to direct two of his productions for film. Back at home in Austria, Nekut was only demonstrably active in the celluloid industry in 1952, when he was one of two production managers in Wolfgang Liebeneiner's time-critical satire April 1st, 2000 .

Little is known about Nekut's later life. In 1960 he can still be traced back to the Austrian capital with a residential address in Vienna- Hadersdorf . He died on August 22, 1961 in Vienna-Favoriten .

Familiar

Max Nekut had a brother named Heinrich Johann who was almost three years older than him. Max Nekut's children were named Erich, Maxim and Oskar Nekut ; The latter, born in Vienna in 1910, worked as a sound engineer for Austrian film (among others in 1953 for The Last Bridge ).

Filmography

  • 1913: King Menelaus in the cinema (actor; title role)
  • 1919: The lady with the black glove (camera assistant)
  • 1920: Fool and Death (camera)
  • 1921: The Foundling of Happiness (camera)
  • 1921: The Secret of the Night (camera)
  • 1921: thunderstorm approaching (camera)
  • 1921: Tragedy of an Ugly (camera)
  • 1922: Sodom and Gomorrah (technical assistance)
  • 1924: The slave queen (camera)
  • 1924: The Maharaja's puppets (camera)
  • 1925: A waltz by Strauss (actor)
  • 1925: The Toys of Paris (camera)
  • 1928: Champagne (Bright Eyes) (camera)
  • 1928: The White Sonata (camera)
  • 1929: devotion (camera)
  • 1929: Youth Revolution (camera)
  • 1929: Father Radetzky (camera)
  • 1930: Stormy the night (camera)
  • 1931: purple and wash blue (actor)
  • 1932: Rags Cavaliers (camera)
  • 1932: Honeymoon for three (camera, also with French verse: Voyage de noces )
  • 1935: Episode (production manager)
  • 1936: Silhouettes (assistant director)
  • 1939: Happiness lives next door (assistant director)
  • 1940: The Abused Love Letters (Dubbing Director)
  • 1947: § 51 - Psychiatrist Dr. Laduner (Matto rules) (dubbing director)
  • 1952: April 1, 2000 (production manager)

literature

  • Ludwig Gesek (Ed.): Small Lexicon of Austrian Films , p. 41. Vienna 1959
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 1189.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Birth book of the Roman Catholic parish St. Leopold in Vienna Volume LII, Folio 96 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Nekut, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nekut, Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater and film artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1961
Place of death Vienna