Oskar Marion
Oskar Marion (born April 2, 1894 in Brno , † March 1986 in Munich ) was an Austrian actor and film production manager .
Life
Marion, the son of a doctor, studied medicine at the University of Vienna for a few semesters and served as a medic during the First World War . After the end of the war he did not resume his medical studies, which had been interrupted by the war, but took acting lessons in Vienna and began his stage career at the Wiener Kammerspiele .
He later played at the Brno City Theater and the Prague State Theater . From there he went to Berlin , where he worked at the theaters there. Since 1919 he took up numerous film offers. He embodied elegant lovers and gentlemen and was seen in 68 silent film roles. In 1924 he played Taras Bulba Andry, the son of Taras, in the adventure film . He made his sound film debut in 1930 in the romantic drama Gigolo as Rittmeister Valberg. In 1933 he worked as Lieutenant Karel Lukás in the Croatian comedy film Dobrý voják Svejk , a film adaptation of the picaresque novel The Good Soldier Schwejk by Jaroslav Hasek . He ended his acting career in the course of 1936. In the film drama A Robinson , he played his last role as a lieutenant captain.
From 1936 to 1941 he worked as an assistant director . From 1938 to 1940 he was the expedition leader of Dr. Fanck in South America. In 1941 he became production manager, later also production group manager at Bavaria Film , in whose comedy Der Hochtourist with Joe Stöckel he worked as production manager in 1942. After the end of the war he worked as a production manager for various Munich film companies, including Dornas-Film and the comedy Two in a Suit , again by and with Joe Stöckel, as well as Eva-Film, for which he produced the successful productions Rosen-Resli and Der silent angels with Christine Kaufmann .
Filmography
- as an actor
- 1919: Banned and redeemed
- 1919: Lola Montez 2
- 1920: For love's sake
- 1920: Johann Baptiste Lingg
- 1920: the big secret
- 1921: guilt or appearance
- 1921: The handicap of love
- 1921: The Red Night - Vera-Filmwerke
- 1922: Flotsam of passion - Vera-Filmwerke ´
- 1922: Alexandra
- 1922: Monna Vanna
- 1923: Judith
- 1923: women's morality
- 1923: quarantine
- 1923: The sun in St. Moritz
- 1924: Taras Bulba
- 1926: My friend the chauffeur
- 1926: The Rastel binder
- 1926: Fedora
- 1926: women who lost their way
- 1926: Little Inge and her three fathers
- 1927: The dashing Archduke
- 1927: sin in women
- 1927: The Czardas Princess
- 1927: Valencia
- 1927: The linden landlady on the Rhine
- 1927: storm surge
- 1927: Did you make love on the beautiful Rhine?
- 1928: The Foreign Legionnaire
- 1928: Two red roses
- 1928: Those from the Scholle are
- 1929: Waterloo
- 1929: Blood riot
- 1929: Trust of the thieves
- 1929: Andreas Hofer
- 1929: Madame in the lido
- 1930: You give yourself roses when you are in love
- 1930: Assault on three hearts
- 1930: The Somme
- 1930: gigolo
- 1930: name marriage
- 1930: The deed of Andreas Harmer
- 1931: The way to Rio
- 1931: Sunday of Life
- 1931: Shadow of the ring
- 1931: When the soldiers ...
- 1931: Dobrý voják Svejk
- 1931: never again love
- 1932: Three from the cavalry
- 1932: Marshal Forward
- 1932: Cantor ideál
- 1933: The Leuthen Choral
- 1933: The Judas of Tyrol
- 1933: Professor Cupidon
- 1933: Three Kaiserjäger
- 1934: The journey to happiness
- 1935: Petersburg nights. Waltz on the Neva
- 1935: a hundred days
- 1935: The King's Prisoner
- 1935: executioners, women and soldiers
- 1936: Three girls around Schubert (assistant director)
- 1936: Fridericus
- as (co-) production manager, unless otherwise stated
- 1940: A Robinson
- 1940: Herz drops anchor
- 1942: The big game
- 1942: The high tourist
- 1943: Peterle
- 1943: The chaste sinner
- 1944: Shot at midnight (production group leader)
- 1945: A heart beats for you (production group leader)
- 1945: Where is Mr. Belling? (unfinished, production group leader)
- 1949: Small car - great love
- 1950: two in one suit
- 1950: Riots in Paradise
- 1951: The Strange Life of Mr. Bruggs
- 1952: Once on the Rhine
- 1954: Rosen-Resli
- 1954: The silent angel
- 1955: as long as you live
- 1959: a summer you will never forget
Web links
- Oskar Marion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography with photo
- Pictures by Oskar Marion In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1931 . Second revised edition 1991, first edition 1989. Publisher Medium Film Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin. ISBN 3-926945-09-5 , Film 7/1931, p. 12.
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SURNAME | Marion, Oskar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marion, Oscar; Lepka, Oskar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor and film production manager |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
DATE OF DEATH | March 1986 |
Place of death | Munich |