Oskar Marion

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Actor Oskar Marion around 1928 in a photograph by Alexander Binder . With signature.

Oskar Marion (born April 2, 1894 in Brno , † March 1986 in Munich ) was an Austrian actor and film production manager .

Life

Oskar Marion on a photograph by Alexander Binder.

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
as (co-) production manager, unless otherwise stated

Web links

Commons : Oskar Marion  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
personal data
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