Paul Legband

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Paul Legband (born June 28, 1876 in Braunschweig , † May 1, 1942 in Hamburg ) was a German director and set designer .

Life

Legband studied modern literature, art history and languages ​​from 1896 to 1901. In 1904 he was promoted to Dr. phil. is doing her doctorate with a thesis on the "Munich stage and literature in the 18th century". Before and afterwards he worked as a cultural journalist and editor. From 1906 (according to other sources: 1907) to mid-1911 Legband was director of the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin . In 1911 he was appointed director of the newly opened Freiburg City Theater , where he stayed until 1916. In 1917/18 he worked in Strasbourg. Employed in 1918 and 1919 as head director at the Volksbühne Berlin , in the same year he began to direct feature films in which Hans Albers often appeared at the beginning of his career. In 1921 Legband took over the management of the Wuppertaler Bühnen , which he held until 1925. In 1925 he headed the Düsseldorf open-air theater, in 1926/27 he was chief director and deputy director at the Schauspielhaus Stuttgart , and from 1927 to 1930 director in Mönchengladbach . From 1930 to probably May 1933 he was the artistic director of the Erfurt City Theater . He then headed the Altona City Theater until 1942 . In addition to his temporary film work, he also staged plays and operas.

Legband was married to the costume designer Else Oppler , since 1904 Else Oppler-Legband (born Oppler, born February 21, 1875 ), pupil of Maximilian Dasio in Munich, Henry van de Velde in Berlin and Peter Behrens in Nuremberg.

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Movies

Legband has directed the following films:

  • 1919: King Nicolo
  • 1919: The Princess of Urbino
  • 1919: The Marquise of Oo
  • 1919: From a man's girl's years
  • 1919: Nixcheno
  • 1920: The Crown Jewels of the Duke of Rochestero
  • 1920: The Marquise of Oo
  • 1920: The boy Eroso
  • 1921: The Bluto

Secure productions

The poor Besenbinder, Luther (Die Nachtigall von Wittenberg), Gas, Penthesilea , Der Umzug, 'S Jungferngift, Der Schwarkünstler, Die Bürger von Calais , Sermon in Lithuania, Götz von Berlichingen (all at the Volksbühne Berlin)

Fonts

  • Schmid, Christian Heinrich (newly edited by Paul Legband): Chronology of the German theater. [Writings of the Society for Theater History.] 1902.
  • Munich stage and literature in the eighteenth century. In: Oberbayerisches Archiv 51, 1904, pp. 1–546.
  • The director. [Hamburger Theaterbücherei, Vol. 2.] JP Toth Verlag, Hamburg, 1947.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Paul Legband  - Sources and full texts

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  1. ^ Rolf Badenhausen:  Legband, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 60 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ filmzeit: Paul Legband ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.film-zeit.de
personal data
SURNAME Legband, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1942
Place of death Hamburg