Robert Valberg
Robert Valberg (born April 28, 1884 in Vienna ; † October 15, 1955 there ; born Robert von Dirr ) was an Austrian actor , theater director and Nazi official.
Life
He began his stage career in 1902 at the Stadttheater von Troppau , came to Salzburg in 1903 and to the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1904 . Later he also acted on other Viennese theaters such as the Deutsches Volkstheater , where he worked in 1938 under artistic director Walter Bruno Iltz a . a. played old Count Moor in the opening performance of Schiller's Die Räuber .
When the Nazis in March 1938 marched into Austria, Valberg brought together with the Nazi operating cell leader and actor Erik Frey during a performance of Calderon's The Mayor of Zalamea in the Theater in der Josefstadt former director of the German Adult theater , Rudolf Beer , from a box to outside. After he was badly mistreated by Nazi thugs, he committed suicide on May 9, 1938. On the occasion of the “referendum” on the connection of Austria , Valberg wrote: “Thanks and good luck to the Führer”. Valberg became regional director of the Reich Theater Chamber and cultural advisory board of the city of Vienna. In 1941 he became senior director at the city theater , and towards the end of World War II he was director of the city theater .
In 1914, he was in front of the camera in Richard Oswald's first three productions . In 1920 he played in Martin Schalanter's last course. A parental tragedy based on Ludwig Anzengruber's drama The fourth commandment (director and screenplay: Richard Oswald) for the piano teacher Frey. In the 1920s he continued his film career in Austria and embodied Emperor Joseph II in the 1921 historical drama The Rosicrucian . In 1924 he took on the title role of Colonel Redl in the film of the same name and again in 1926 in Arsonist Europe .
When the sound film caught on, Valberg hardly received any offers for years; it was not until the mid-30s that it was used again more often, but mostly only in smaller character roles. Most recently, he worked on stage at the Theater in der Josefstadt .
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 124.
Web links
- Robert Valberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography with photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evelyn Schreiner (Ed.): 100 years of popular theater. Theater, time, history. Jugend und Volk, Vienna et al. 1989, ISBN 3-224-10713-8 .
- ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 628.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valberg, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dirr, Robert von (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1955 |
| Place of death | Vienna |