Rudolf Biebrach
Hermann Rudolf Biebrach (born November 24, 1866 in Leipzig , † September 5, 1938 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director .
Life
Hermann Rudolf Biebrach, son of the furrier Gotthelf Julius Biebrach and his wife Amalie geb. Müller, completed an apprenticeship as a wood cutter (xylograph) at the art academy after secondary school. After taking acting lessons, he was hired by the New Theater in Gießen in 1890/91 .
Biebrach then appeared on stage at numerous German theaters. From 1905 to 1910 he was at the Chemnitz City Theater , where he was promoted to senior director. He also received many film roles and became a film director during the First World War. As a director of film dramas and comedies, he was a major contributor to Henny Porten's early success . Later he worked mainly with Lotte Neumann .
Most recently, Biebrach returned to his original role as an actor. From October 1926 he headed the Ufa Acting School and took on numerous supporting roles in feature films.
Rudolf Biebrach was married to Elisabeth Letzer from 1895 (son Rudolf, * 1899) and from 1919 to the Leipzig mayor's daughter Gertrud Wiesel (daughter Erika Margot, * 1914).
It rests in the Wilmersdorf cemetery in Berlin.
Filmography (selection)
- 1912: The pastor's daughter
- 1913: Recaptured
- 1913: Tyrol in arms
- 1914: Northern Landrose
- 1915: The victory of the heart (possibly also director)
- 1915: The waves are silent (director)
- 1915: Martyr of Love (also director)
- 1915: Musketeer Kaczmarek
- 1916: Apart from happiness (also director)
- 1916: Loosened chains
- 1916: Your best shot (also directed)
- 1916: The Queen's love letter
- 1916: The call of love
- 1917: The marriage of Luise Rohrbach
- 1917: fairy hands
- 1917: Claudi from Geiserhof
- 1917: The Princess of Neutralia (Director)
- 1917: Christa Hartungen
- 1917: The giant's fist
- 1918: Agnes Arnau and her three suitors
- 1918: prisoner soul
- 1918: The Mask Festival of Life (Director)
- 1918: Put to the test
- 1918: The Ruby Salamander (also director)
- 1918: The family of the von Ringwall
- 1918: The homecoming of Odysseus
- 1918: The lady, the devil and the tasting lady (also director)
- 1919: Rose Bernd
- 1919: The Journey into the Blue (Director)
- 1919: The Living Dead (Director)
- 1919: The Rolling Ball (also directed)
- 1919: The Way of Grete Lessen (also director)
- 1919: Dog making (director)
- 1920: Monica Vogelsang (director)
- 1920: The legend of St. Simplicia
- 1920: The Tarantula (also director)
- 1921: seafaring is necessary! (also direction)
- 1922: Felicitas Grolandin (also director)
- 1923: In honor of a woman (director)
- 1923: The secret of Brinkenhof
- 1924: Carlos and Elisabeth
- 1925: The Notorious
- 1925: The adventure of Sibylle Brant
- 1926: False Shame (also director)
- 1927: The woman in the closet (also director)
- 1928: the beaver fur
- 1928: Black or Blond (Director)
- 1928: The man with the tree frog
- 1929: Peter, the sailor
- 1929: High treason
- 1929: Once you give your heart away
- 1930: love in the ring
- 1930: hocus-pocus
- 1931: Between night and morning
- 1931: street hit
- 1931: Emil and the detectives
- 1932: The black hussar
- 1933: Love must be understood
- 1933: refugees
- 1934: gold
- 1934: Black hunter Johanna
- 1934: Something is wrong
- 1935: The girl Johanna
- 1935: Gypsy baron
- 1935: The higher order
- 1935: One too many on board
- 1936: Boccaccio
- 1936: incognito
literature
- Corinna Müller: Rudolf Biebrach . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg 8, 1987
Web links
- Rudolf Biebrach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rudolf Biebrach at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Biebrach, Rudolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biebrach, Hermann Rudolf (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1866 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1938 |
Place of death | Berlin |