Max Strassberg
Max Strassberg (born October 14, 1913 in Vienna , † July 17, 1968 in Hamburg ; occasionally also listed as Max Straßberg ) was an Austrian actor and radio play speaker .
Life
Max Strassberg played from 1945 to 1949 in Vienna at the cabaret “Der liebe Augustin” founded by Stella Kadmon in 1931 and at the New Theater in der Scala . From 1949 engagements followed at various stages in Berlin .
From the mid-1950s onwards, Max Strassberg was increasingly involved in various film and television productions .
These included the 1958 entertainment film And in the evening in the Scala by Erik Ode with Caterina Valente , Gerhard Riedmann and Ruth Stephan and in 1962 a free adaptation of the Threepenny Opera based on the play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill , directed by Wolfgang Staudte with Curd Jürgens , Hildegard Knef and Gert Frobe . The 1958 feature film A song goes around the world occupies a special position . The film, directed by Géza von Bolváry , deals with the life of the Jewish tenor Joseph Schmidt . Max Strassberg presented himself here, because Joseph Schmidt died in his arms on November 16, 1942 in Switzerland . Hans Reiser , Theo Lingen and Karl Lieffen played alongside Max Strassberg . The connection to Joseph Schmidt was also the subject of the 1958 television documentary by Theo Mezger and Helmut Pigge, The Beautiful Voice , in which Max Strassberg told of his encounters with Joseph Schmidt in Switzerland.
From the 1960s onwards, Max Strassberg could be seen as an actor in numerous television productions such as Das Kriminalmuseum , Die Fifth Kolonne , Commissioner Freytag , Hafenpolizei and Police Radio calls . Furthermore, Max Strassberg embodied Mr. von Feldstein in 1960 in the television adaptation of the play The Dreams of Shell and Core by Johann Nestroy , directed by Imo Moszkowicz with Hilde Volk , Hans Putz and Ida Krottendorf, and in 1961 he appeared in an episode of the three-part crime comedy series Macky Pancake on. He was also involved in the adaptation of the stage play haben by Julius Hay directed by Rolf Hädrich with Therese Giehse , Carl Wery and Tilla Durieux and the German-Austrian production Kurzer Prozess by Michael Kehlmann with Helmut Qualtinger , Alexander Kerst and Fritz Eckhardt as actors .
From the beginning of the fifties, Max Strassberg also worked as a speaker in radio play productions .
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: Conquered by love
- 1958: And in the evening at Scala
- 1958: A song goes around the world
- 1958: The Beautiful Voice (TV documentary)
- 1959: Court martial
- 1959: And that on Monday morning
- 1959: The voice out of the hat (TV movie)
- 1959: The King is Dead (TV Movie)
- 1960: The madman of Chaillot (TV movie)
- 1960: Shadows of Heroes (TV movie)
- 1960: Venus in the Light (TV movie)
- 1960: The Friedhöfe (TV movie)
- 1960: The dreams of shell and core (TV movie)
- 1961: Macky Pancake (TV series)
- 1962: Life starts at eight
- 1962: The Threepenny Opera
- 1962: King of the Alps and Human Enemy (TV movie)
- 1962: He wants to make a joke (TV movie)
- 1962: The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (TV movie)
- 1962: Revenge (TV movie)
- 1962: Sherlock Holmes and the Necklace of Death
- 1962: The Man from Guayaquil (TV movie)
- 1963: The Death of the Salesman (TV movie)
- 1964: Have (TV movie)
- 1964: The Talisman (TV movie)
- 1964: The Criminals (TV movie)
- 1964: Daring game - the plunge
- 1964: Have (TV movie)
- 1964: Das Kriminalmuseum (TV series) - Wanted: travel companion
- 1964: Sergeant Dower Must Die (TV Movie)
- 1964: Stories from the Vienna Woods (TV film)
- 1964: The Story of Joel Brand (TV movie)
- 1965: Figaro is getting divorced (TV movie)
- 1965: Family reunion (TV movie)
- 1965: The Great Wall of China (TV movie)
- 1965: Plea for a rebel (TV movie)
- 1965: Danube stories - Willy Müller and the Viennese air (TV series)
- 1965: You write with - Pension 'Zur Schöne Aussicht' (TV series)
- 1965: You take part - Finder's reward is big (TV series)
- 1966: Commissioner Freytag - driver change (TV series)
- 1966: Port Police - Pickpockets (TV series)
- 1966: Italian Night (TV movie)
- 1966: The Fifth Column - Murder on Order (TV series)
- 1966: Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti (TV movie)
- 1966: Daring Game - The Unlucky One (TV series)
- 1967: Report by a Coward (TV Movie)
- 1967: Hulla di Bulla (TV movie)
- 1967: The Crime Museum (TV series) - The trail leads to Amsterdam
- 1967: Prison (TV movie)
- 1967: Police radio calls (TV series) - Dangerous Walk
- 1967: Short trial
- 1967: Panoptikum (TV film)
- 1967: Free (TV movie)
- 1967: A genius is misunderstood (TV movie)
- 1967: Now it strikes 13 (TV movie)
- 1968: The Force of the Law (TV movie)
- 1968: The Crime Museum (TV series) - The Check
- 1968: The Unknown from the Seine (TV movie)
- 1968: The Man Who Didn't Kill Murder (TV series) - seven episodes
- 1968: Count Öderland (TV film)
- 1969: Police radio calls (TV series) - Flowers on St. Pauli
Radio plays (selection)
- 1951: The van der Lubbe case
- 1952: The trial of freedom
- 1953: November 19, 1823
- 1954: Moses the Egyptian
- 1954: Nothing ever happens here
- 1954: Shots from Sarajevo
- 1955: And who is to blame?
- 1956: Ciske the rat
- 1956: The crow colony
- 1956: Sam Ego's house
- 1959: Delilah
- 1959: The car trap
- 1961: Man without a name. An experience report
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1687.
Web links
- Max Strassberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Max Strassberg at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the film archive Kay Less , based on a request in the Vienna birth and population register
- ↑ The Unknown Widow . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 1958 ( online ).
- ↑ Entry on Joseph Schmidt on steffi-line.de; accessed on August 15, 2016
- ↑ The dreams of shell and core . Program entry from January 27, 1963 (repetition of the first broadcast on December 11, 1960) on tvprogramme.net; accessed on October 3, 2016
- ↑ Macky Pancake . In: Michael Reufsteck , Stefan Niggemeier : Das Fernsehlexikon . All over 7000 programs from Ally McBeal to the ZDF hit parade. Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-442-30124-9 , p. 742
- ↑ Brief review of Kurzer Trial . derStandard.at ; Retrieved June 16, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strassberg, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Straßberg, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor and radio play speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1968 |
| Place of death | Hamburg , Germany |