Robert Thoeren

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Robert Thoeren , born in Robert Thorsch (born April 21, 1903 in Brno , Austria-Hungary , † July 13, 1957 in Munich , Germany ), was an Austrian-Bohemian actor , writer and screenwriter .

Life

Robert Thorsch was the second son of Siegfried "Fritz" Thorsch (1862–1937) and Emelie "Emma" Thorsch, nee. Wertheimer, related Mändl, (1868–1954) born. He began his career at the age of 19 as an actor in the theater, and in 1928/29 he also worked at Berlin's Reinhardt theaters . He also appeared occasionally, especially in the early 30s, in films, where he played well-dressed men of all kinds. For example, in Joe May's " ... and that's the main thing ", he played a prince in a fantasy uniform.

Immediately after the National Socialists came to power , Thoeren emigrated to France . There he began his work as a screenwriter and wrote the original manuscript for " Fanfares d'amour " together with Michael Logan , which 23 years later provided the basis for Billy Wilder's comedy classic Some Like It Hot . Wilder's chase and dress-up comedy became a worldwide hit. Finally, Thoeren left Paris and emigrated to the USA in May 1938 , where he made contact with the film industry that same year.

In Hollywood he mainly wrote melodramas and adventure materials with an exotic flair, for some films he only created the story template. The owner of a small plantation bridged long periods of lack of scripts by selling oranges from his own harvest. In 1943, Thoeren applied for US citizenship. In 1949 Thoeren went to London to work on scripts . In 1951, the year in which his screenplay for "Fanfares d'amour" (here as Fanfares of Love ) was remade for the first time in the Federal Republic , he returned to Germany. After five years of abstinence from film, Robert Thoeren wrote several scripts again from 1955; his first in German.

Robert Thoeren's first marriage to Manina, b. Carpenter, married. The daughter Nina Babette (1939–1960), who was murdered as a student in Los Angeles, comes from this marriage. In 1957 he married the actress Erica Beer , his (adoptive) son Konstantin Thoeren , b. Beer, works as a producer and production manager.

In July 1957 Thoeren was killed in a traffic accident in Munich and was buried in the family grave in Vienna next to his parents.

Filmography

As an actor
  • 1924: The fall into happiness
  • 1930: The shot in the sound film studio
  • 1930: Woman in the jungle
  • 1930: tropical nights
  • 1931: ... and that is the main thing
  • 1931: The zinc man
  • 1931: He and his servant
As a screenwriter

literature

  • 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. 506.
  • Thoeren, Robert , in: Joseph Walk (Ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 350

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family tree of the Thorsch family with further references
personal data
SURNAME Thoeren, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thorsch, Robert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Bohemian actor, writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1957
Place of death Munich , Germany