Oskar Sima
Oskar Michael Sima (born July 31, 1896 in Hohenau , Austria-Hungary , † June 24, 1969 in Langenzersdorf , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian theater and film actor .
Life
Born the son of a baker, Oskar Sima first attended a commercial school before enrolling in the Vienna Conservatory for Drama. In 1910 he became a member of the Viennese student fraternity Markomannia , in 1957 its honorary member . After his military service in 1919 he got an engagement at the Deutsches Theater in Prague , then at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna.
He came to film as early as 1921 . In 1927 he went to Berlin and worked under Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator .
In 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP (membership number: 1.668.487). In Mein Film in Wien, the Illustrierte Film- und Kinorundschau, of April 15, 1938, Oskar Sima was among those who joyfully expressed themselves about the title We want to be a single people of brothers about the “reunification of Austria with the Reich”, the one who in particular, he thanked Adolf Hitler "with all my heart". This commitment to the fall of Austria may have prevented Sima from receiving a prominent federal award in the Second Republic. Sima played numerous roles in films that spread political messages that were systematically relevant to the Nazi regime. One example is the film Weather Lights about Barbara (1941), classified by the Nazi regime as “valuable to the state” , in which Sima played the leading role and which exaggerated the history of the illegal National Socialists in Austria before 1938 as a victim.
Nevertheless, from 1944 onwards, through Paul Hörbiger , Sima also came into contact with a small resistance cell that was later discovered and smashed. During the advance of the Red Army , Sima hid two injured Russian soldiers in his house in Hohenau an der March .
After the Second World War , Sima devoted herself mainly to film. In 1967 he shot his last one, Susanne - the landlady of the Lahn . In the same year he had his last TV appearance. In the ORF television production The Command (director: Edwin Zbonek ), the actor, who is otherwise focused on comedic roles, played a former Nazi colonel who earned his living as a furniture dealer in Vienna in the 1960s.
Oskar Sima took part in over 300 films, where he was mainly used as a supporting actor. One critic therefore once called him the king of supporting roles . He worked in almost all branches, mainly in operettas and comedies , but sometimes also in serious films and melodramas . Mostly he was the seedy guy with a cigar and double standards. At the end of 1967 / beginning of 1968 he retired to his property near Vienna. Shortly before his death in 1969, he received the Gold Film Ribbon for many years of outstanding work in German film.
Oskar Sima was married to the actress Lina Voivode .
In memory of Oskar Sima, the house where he was born in Hohenau an der March was converted into a local museum, where, among other things, biographies, excerpts from his films, etc. can be seen. Oskar Sima spent his old age in Langenzersdorf, where he lived at the address “An den Mühlen 40” and owned a wine cellar in Kellergasse 119. Oskar Sima died after a heart attack in his home town. His grave is at the Langenzersdorf cemetery near Vienna. In 1997 the Oskar-Sima-Gasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.
Filmography
- 1921: The marriage of Hedda Olsen or the fiery acrobat
- 1922: Faded times
- 1922: The birth of the Antichrist
- 1922: People call it love
- 1926: sons-in-law
- 1926: Post-war sharks
- 1927: Family day in the Prellstein house
- 1928: Leontine's husbands
- 1929: sensational trial
- 1929: The woman you long for
- 1929: Column X
- 1929: Adieu, Mascotte
- 1930: Phantoms of Fortune
- 1930: There is a woman who never forgets you
- 1930: the tempting goal
- 1930: Eva scandal
- 1930: The other
- 1930: Affair
- 1930: The linden landlady
- 1930: two worlds
- 1930: Barracks magic ...!
- 1930: the immortal scoundrel
- 1930: burglar
- 1930: darling of the gods
- 1931: Schubert's spring dream
- 1931: The dancing hussar
- 1931: The merry women of Vienna
- 1931: I'm going out and you stay there
- 1931: preliminary investigation
- 1931: The paw
- 1931: The bat
- 1931: The Unknown Guest
- 1932: It's getting better again
- 1932: Kitty stumbles into happiness
- 1932: girls to marry
- 1932: A song, a kiss, a girl
- 1932: A great idea
- 1932: two happy days
- 1932: The beautiful adventure
- 1932: Golden blonde girl, I give you my heart
- 1932: Participant does not answer
- 1932: Scampolo, a street kid
- 1932: Secret of the blue room
- 1932: Honeymoon for three
- 1932: You don't forget a girl like that
- 1932: A door opens
- 1932: The Countess of Monte Christo
- 1933: Today it depends
- 1933: Love must be understood
- 1933: The star of Valencia
- 1933: Wedding at Wolfgangsee
- 1933: Around a million
- 1933: Scandal in Budapest
- 1933: The voice of love
- 1934: A girl with speed
- 1934: One night in Venice
- 1934: My wife, the shooter queen
- 1934: Enjoy life
- 1934: his best invention
- 1934: The horror of the Heidekrug
- 1934: roses from the south
- 1934: Miss Liselott
- 1934: Black hunter Johanna
- 1934: The young Baron Neuhaus
- 1934: Felix becomes the rifleman
- 1934: suburban variety
- 1934: What a bully
- 1934: Heinz in the moon
- 1934: love, death and the devil
- 1934: Decoy
- 1935: The red rider
- 1935: Punks comes from America
- 1935: A breath of fresh air from Canada
- 1935: A girl from a good family
- 1935: marriage strike
- 1935: end of the line
- 1935: The shipyard for the gray pike
- 1935: The multiplication table of love
- 1935: King Waltz
- 1935: Light cavalry
- 1935: Sustaining society
- 1936: Hans in luck
- 1936: Donogoo Tonka
- 1936: Women's regiment
- 1936: An order is an order
- 1936: The theater director
- 1936: Shadows of the Past
- 1936: The laughing third
- 1936: Pediatrician Dr. Angel
- 1936: Lucky children
- 1936: The locomotive bride
- 1937: And you, my darling, are going with me
- 1937: Women's love - women's suffering
- 1937: Meiseken
- 1937: land of love
- 1937: Seven slaps in the face
- 1937: The oyster lilies
- 1937: The magic of the bohemian
- 1937: The missing woman
- 1937: Gasparone
- 1938: To be continued
- 1938: Guest performance in paradise
- 1938: One night in May
- 1938: the optimist
- 1938: Nanon
- 1938: billeting near Klawunde
- 1938: Five million are looking for an heir
- 1939: Woman in the stream
- 1939: linen from Ireland
- 1940: Danube boatman
- 1940: Golowin walks through the city
- 1940: Viennese stories
- 1940: Trenck, the Pandur
- 1940: Seven years of bad luck
- 1941: That's how I like you!
- 1941: About everything in the world
- 1941: Weather lights around Barbara
- 1941: Jenny and the gentleman in tails
- 1941: Love is duty-free
- 1942: The sold grandfather
- 1942: The secret countess
- 1942: 5000 Mark reward
- 1942: two happy people
- 1942: Heavens, we inherit a castle!
- 1943: The uncanny change of Axel Roscher
- 1943: Romantic bridal trip
- 1943: I ask for power of attorney
- 1943: Kohlhiesel's daughters
- 1943: the white dream
- 1944: happiness with women
- 1944: game
- 1944: Orient Express
- 1945: Munich women
- 1945: the night of the 12th
- 1945: Luminous shadows
- 1947: the millionaire
- 1948: The mole
- 1949: Love Trial / Poachers Night
- 1950: wedding night in paradise
- 1950: Archduke Johann's great love
- 1950: The third from the right
- 1950: wedding in the hay
- 1950: Hello Peter
- 1951: Spring on the ice
- 1951: woe to him who loves!
- 1951: innocence in a thousand troubles
- 1951: The wives of Mr. S.
- 1951: Fanfares of love
- 1951: Night on Mont Blanc
- 1951: The veiled Maja
- 1951: The heather is green
- 1952: The colorful dream
- 1952: The conceited sick man
- 1952: My wife does stupid things
- 1952: The Forester Christian
- 1952: The Prince of Pappenheim
- 1952: You mustn't ask my heart
- 1952: ideal woman wanted
- 1952: Vacation from me
- 1952: Dancing stars
- 1952: The Obersteiger
- 1952: You are the rose from Lake Wörthersee
- 1952: Mikosch moves in
- 1953: The Bachelor Trap
- 1953: Kaiserwalzer
- 1953: women's choice
- 1953: When the village music plays on Sunday evening
- 1953: Postman Müller
- 1953: A great fruit
- 1953: The Rose of Stambul
- 1954: The sweetest fruits
- 1954: roses from the south
- 1954: Imperial maneuvers
- 1954: The Gypsy Baron
- 1954: dance in the sun
- 1954: People in love
- 1955: Yes, that's the way it is with love (marriage sanatorium)
- 1955: False Adam
- 1955: As long as there are pretty girls
- 1955: How do I become a movie star?
- 1955: homeland
- 1955: Sleeping bag company
- 1955: The landlady on the Lahn
- 1955: The forester boys
- 1955: Congress dances
- 1955: Bat 1955 (Oh Rosalinda!)
- 1955: The landlady of the Golden Crown
- 1955: The three from the gas station
- 1956: The hunter from Roteck
- 1956: Me and my sons-in-law
- 1956: Lies have pretty legs
- 1956: The stolen pants
- 1956: girl with poor memory
- 1956: Rosmarie comes from the Wild West
- 1956: Cherries in the neighbor's garden
- 1956: At your command, Ms. Sergeant
- 1956: My aunt - your aunt
- 1956: where the lark sings
- 1956: Kaiserjäger
- 1956: red poppy seeds
- 1956: August the youngster
- 1956: The wild Auguste
- 1957: The girl without pajamas
- 1957: ... and love laughs at it
- 1957: Four girls from the Wachau
- 1957: The Maiden War
- 1957: Homesickness ... where the flowers bloom
- 1957: Vienna, you city of my dreams
- 1957: The Kaiser and the laundress
- 1957: When the bomb bursts
- 1957: Eva only kisses directors
- 1957: Schimek family
- 1958: Dodo scandal
- 1958: A journey into happiness
- 1958: Hello, taxi
- 1958: The Radetzky March sounds high
- 1959: A visit out of the blue
- 1959: Peter shoots the bird
- 1959: I'm not a Casanova
- 1959: Salem Aleikum
- 1960: the bell is calling (bells ring everywhere)
- 1960: Captain, your stars
- 1960: Buy a colorful balloon
- 1961: money immediately
- 1961: ... and you, my darling, stay here
- 1961: The organ builder from St. Marien
- 1961: A star falls from the sky
- 1961: Season in Salzburg
- 1961: Today we're going for a stroll
- 1961: This is how people love and kiss in Tyrol
- 1961: The adventures of Count Bobby
- 1962: The bat
- 1962: The Turkish cucumbers
- 1962: The sweet life of Count Bobby
- 1962: crazy and sewn up
- 1962: The bird dealer
- 1962: Dance with me in the morning
- 1962: The pastor with the jazz trumpet
- 1962: The Forester Christian
- 1963: Sing, but don't play with me
- 1963: Our great nieces
- 1963: With the best of recommendations
- 1963: In the singing Rößl at the Königssee
- 1963: Wedding at Lake Neusiedl
- 1966: Italian Night (TV movie)
- 1966: The haunted castle in the Salzkammergut
- 1967: Free! (TV movie)
- 1967: Susanne - the landlady of the Lahn
- 1967: The Command (TV movie)
literature
- Brigitte Semanek (Red.): Vines, trots, supporting roles. The Hohenauer winemaker, horse breeder and film actor Oskar Sima . Museum Hohenau, Hohenau an der March 2004 (catalog of the special exhibition of the same name).
- Detlef Romey: Oskar Sima, king of supporting roles. Theater, film and contemporary history . epubli, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7418-1523-2 .
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 640–641.
Web links
- Pictures by Oskar Sima In: Virtual History
- Entry on Oskar Sima in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Oskar Sima at filmportal.de
- Oskar Sima in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ How Austrian audience favorites came to terms with the Nazi regime In: profil from February 23, 2010.
- ↑ a b Vienna's street names since 1860 as “Political Places of Remembrance” (PDF; 4.4 MB), p. 190f, final research project report, Vienna, July 2013
- ^ Peter Alexander and his artist friends in Langenzersdorf
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Oskar Sima
- ↑ Oskar Sima, king of supporting roles. In: epubli. Retrieved May 31, 2016 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sima, Oskar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sima, Oskar Michael (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenau , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1969 |
Place of death | Hohenau an der March , Austria |