Rudolf Bernauer
Rudolf Bernauer (born January 20, 1880 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died November 27, 1953 in London ) was a chanson writer, operetta librettist , theater director , film director and screenwriter .
Life
Bernauer's father, Josef, came from Budapest and was Hungarian; Rudolf Bernauer became German in 1920. After his flight from the German Reich in 1933, his citizenship was revoked. Bernauer's first marriage was to the opera singer Henry Remilly, they had the son Emmerich Bernauer (1906-1996). With the second wife Emmy Erb he had the daughter Agnes Bernelle .
Bernauer made his debut as an actor in 1900 at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In 1907 he and Carl Meinhard took over the Berlin theater , in 1911 the Hebbel Theater and in 1913 the Komödienhaus. Eventually he became the owner of the theater on Nollendorfplatz .
Bernauer wrote texts for the Viennese operetta Der brave Soldat (1908) as well as for the Berlin operettas Der liebe Augustin (1912), As once in May (1913), The miraculous story of the Kapellmeister Kreisler (1922), for which he has his own simultaneous stage (“ Kreislerbühne ”) and Kreisler's corner window (1923).
His songs include The Men Are All Criminals ..., Unter Linden, Unter Linden, It was in Schöneberg in May and Kurt Tucholsky praised And Meyer as a "classic Berlin couplet" and looks at me kindly . In 1924 he gave up all his stages, in 1935 he emigrated to London. He had a large apartment at Viktoria-Luise-Platz 1 in Berlin-Schöneberg , but it was destroyed during the war. On the new building, a plaque commemorates him and his daughter from their second marriage, the actress Agnes Bernelle .
He directed a total of two films, but wrote scripts and texts for a few other films.
Filmography
as screenwriter and text writer (selection):
- The Chocolate Soldier (USA 1915; operetta text)
- Strolling students (D 1917)
- The Garden of Eden / The Garden of Eden (USA 1928)
- Money on the Street (Austria 1930)
- Her Majesty Love (D 1931)
- The office manager (D 1931)
- Salto into bliss (Austria 1934)
- Under Secret Orders (GB 1937)
- Vadertje Langbeen (NL 1938; scenario)
- Duchácek to zarídí (CZ 1938)
- Money for Jam (GB 1939)
- Give me the Stars (GB 1945)
as director:
- Journey into Life (1931)
- Golden blonde girl, I give you my heart (1932)
Autobiography
- Theater of my life. Memories . Blanvalet Verlag, Berlin 1955
literature
- Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. German business publisher, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 .
- Hans Giebisch , Gustav Gugitz : Bio-bibliographical literature dictionary of Austria. From the beginning to the present . Hollinek, Vienna 1964, pp. 26-27.
- Bernauer, Rudolf. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 2: Bend Bins. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-598-22682-9 , pp. 225-231.
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 , Vol II, 1 Munich: Saur 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , pp. 95f.
- 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. P. 100, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8
Web links
- Rudolf Bernauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Rudolf Bernauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rudolf Bernauer Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Remarks
- ↑ The dtv-Theaterlexikon (Ed. C. Bernd Sucher), 2nd edition 1999, felix-bloch-orben.de and the Berlin memorial plaque (photo) indicate November 27th as the date of death, IMDb and filmportal.de, on the other hand November 26th.
- ↑ Emmerich Bernauer is the father of actress Evelyn Rudie
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bernauer, Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chanson writer, operetta librettist and theater director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1880 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1953 |
Place of death | London |