Rudolf Essek

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Rudolf Essek (born March 4, 1885 in Wiesbaden , † January 11, 1941 in Berlin ) was a German film and theater actor .

Life

Essek went straight from the school desk to the stage. His first engagement took him to the Central Theater in Zurich in 1901 . After a detour to the Apollo Theater in Bern in the 1902/03 season, the Wiesbaden native returned to Zurich in 1903 and accepted an engagement at the city theater. In 1905 Essek moved to Heidelberg , 1908 to Würzburg , 1909 to Breslau , 1912 to Essen and the following year to Zittau .

In the same year (1913) Essek made his debut in front of the camera with the leading role of Martin Luther in Erwin Baron's historical drama Die Wittenberger Nachtigall . Drafted shortly after the outbreak of the First World War (1914/15), Rudolf Essek returned to the stage (Landestheater Karlsruhe ) in 1915 . He stayed in Karlsruhe until 1921, during which time Essek came to Berlin several times for film roles. Rudolf Essek then went on tour and made further commitments at venues in Zurich, Leipzig and Königsberg .

He settled in Berlin with the beginning of the Third Reich . There Essek only found regular work at the theater again from 1934 ( Theater am Schiffbauerdamm , Die Tribüne ), but had been in front of the camera on a regular basis since the previous year.

As on stage, Essek played batches from small to very small format throughout the sound film. He was seen as a lawyer ( Glück im Schloß ) and hotel manager ( The Tiger of Eschnapur ), as a lord (the girl's years of a queen ) and as a captain ( relatives are also people ), as a répétiteur ( The Singing Gate ) and as a waiter ( The multiplication table of love ), as a medical adviser ( Maria, the maid ) and as a receptionist ( affair ), as a club director ( the model husband) and as a club servant ( love letters from the Engadine ).

When Essek died, he was working at the Berlin Art Theater.

Filmography

literature

  • Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 53rd year 1942, Berlin 1941. p. 117
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 371.

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personal data
SURNAME Essek, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film and theater actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1941
Place of death Berlin