Oskar luck
Oskar Glück , also Oscar Glück (born March 25, 1887 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † December 20, 1966 in Munich , Germany ) was an Austrian film producer and distributor .
Live and act
Glück received a commercial training. In 1910 he joined the film business and founded his first company, a film distributor. In 1932 he began to produce films regularly with his company Projectograph-Film and was able to produce stars such as Maria Jeritza , Hans Moser , Liane Haid , Heinz Rühmann , Willi for his films, which were staged by top directors such as Fritz Kortner , Carl Lamac , Karl Hartl and above all EW Emo Sign Forst , Franziska Gaal as well as Pat and Patachon . As a result of the Anschluss with Austria , Oskar Glück had to emigrate.
Between March 1938 and autumn 1947 he stayed in Switzerland , England , France and (from the end of May 1940 on the run from the Wehrmacht ) in the USA . There he took American citizenship in 1946. Back in Europe, Glück finally settled in Munich and ran a distribution business again with Projectograph Filmverleih GmbH. Oskar Glück was buried one day before Christmas Eve in Vienna's central cemetery.
Filmography (complete)
- 1929: The Monte Christo of Prague
- 1932: The Prince of Arcadia
- 1932: You don't forget a girl like that
- 1933: Grand Duchess Alexandra
- 1934: The gentleman without an apartment
- 1935: Heaven on earth
- 1935: Knox and the merry vagabonds (Saran circus)
- 1936: You shouldn't go to sleep without kissing
- 1936: Miss Lilli
- 1937: The man they talk about
- 1937: The missing woman
- 1938: Whenever I'm happy
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 289.
- Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 196.
Web links
- Oskar Glück in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oskar Glück at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Good luck, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lucky Oscar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film producer and film distributor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1966 |
| Place of death | Munich , Germany |