Robert Lynen
Robert Henri Lynen (born May 24, 1920 in Sarrogna-Nermier, Département Jura , France , † April 1, 1944 in Karlsruhe , Germany ) was a French actor and child star in films of the 1930s and a resistance fighter .
As an actor
Lynen was born on a farm. His father was an Alsatian painter; his mother, a singer and pianist who had taken on his school education at a young age, had American roots. Based in Paris since 1923, Lynen attended the École du Spectacle. There he was discovered for the film by Julien Duvivier in 1932 . In the same year, the well-known director gave him the role of the red-headed title hero in the literary film " The Scream for Love ".
In the following years before the outbreak of World War II , Robert Lynen turned film on film; Directors such as Robert Siodmak , Marc Allégret and again Duvivier signed the talented young mimes. He was particularly successful in 1934 with the leading role of the foundling Remi in the production Heimatlos . In 1937 Duvivier's all-star production Game of Remembrance was given only a supporting role, Lynen's main roles were given the following year in “Le petit chose” and “Éducation de prince” . As a result of the invasion of German troops in France in 1940, Lynen's film career largely broke off. Lynen joined the Resistance , but remained sporadically connected to acting. He went on a theater tour in 1941 and shot the fishing drama Cap au large in vacant Vichy France the following year . It was to be his last film.
Work for the Resistance
Lynen was serving with the rank of Sous-Lieutenant in the Réseau Alliance resistance network in Marseille when he was arrested by the Gestapo on February 7, 1943 in Cassis . The resistance fighter tried twice in vain to escape from the Gestapo custody, where he was also tortured. Attempts to convince him to participate in film productions controlled by Germany failed. Finally, in December 1943 , a German military court in Freiburg im Breisgau sentenced Robert Lynen to death and transferred him to a prison in Bruchsal . On April 1, 1944, he was executed together with 13 other French and Belgian resistance fighters in Karlsruhe .
In 1947 Lynen's body was exhumed by the French occupation authorities, transferred to France and buried with full honors in the Gentilly military cemetery. To commemorate Lynen, the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Paris was renamed Cinémathèque Robert-Lynen in 1967.
Filmography (complete)
- 1932: The Cry for Love (Poil de carotte)
- 1933: The Little King (Le petit roi)
- 1934: Homeless (Sans famille)
- 1936: Guild gang (La Belle Équipe)
- 1936: L'homme du jour
- 1937: Le fraudeur
- 1937: Game of Memory (Un carnet de bal)
- 1937: Mollenard
- 1938: Education de prince
- 1938: Le petit chose
- 1938: La vie est magnifique
- 1940: Espoirs
- 1942: Cap au Large
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 234.
- François Charles : "Vie et mort de Poil de Carotte - Robert Lynen acteur et resistant 1920-1944". Editions La Nuée Bleue / DNA, Strasbourg, 2002, ISBN 2-7165-0522-5 .
Web links
- Robert Lynen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lynen in Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lynen, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lynen, Robert Henri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarrogna-Nermier, Jura department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1944 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe , Germany |