Sigi Hofer

This article is about the comedian Sigi Hofer. For the artist see Siggi Hofer .

Sigi Hofer , actually Siegfried Schulhof , (born July 2, 1878 in Iglau , Moravia , † October 8, 1933 in Budapest ) was an Austrian comedian and actor .

Life

Sigi Hofer was one of the most prominent comedians in Vienna . He played an important role in the German-speaking Jewish theater, cabaret and film scene and appeared as a comedian and cabaret artist in “Simpl”, “Max und Moritz” and at the Rolandbühne. He played together with Gisela Wer District , Karl Farkas , Armin Berg , Fritz Grünbaum and Hans Moser, among others . Sigi Hofer worked u. a. in the revue “Alles aus Liebe” (1927 Wiener Stadttheater) and in the films “ Die Stadt ohne Juden ” by Hans Karl Breslauer (character: bar waiter Moritz), “Vienna, you city of songs” (1930), “Two sky-blue eyes ”(1931),“ Hasenklein can't help it ”and“ For once I don't want to worry ”(1932).

Filmography

• 1923: Misrach and Marew
• 1924: The city without Jews
• 1929: Spring awakening
• 1930: Vienna, you city of songs
• 1931: Two sky blue eyes
• 1932: Hasenklein can't help it
• 1932: Three from the stamp office
• 1932: You don't need money
• 1932: For once I don't want to worry

literature

• S. Usaty:  Hofer, Sigi . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
• Marcus G. Patka , Alfred Stalzer (eds.): The world of Karl Farkas: publication accompanying the exhibition “You will laugh! Die Welt des Karl Farkas ”of the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna from April 4 to July 1, 2001 (= Viennese personalities, 2). Holzhausen, Vienna, 2001, ISBN 978-3-85493-034-1 .
• Guntram Geser, Armin Loacker (ed.): The city without Jews (= Edition Film and Text, 3, 2). Filmarchiv Austria publishing house , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-901932-08-9 .

Web links

• Sigi Hofer at filmportal.de
• Sigi Hofer in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Marcus G. Patka, Alfred Stalzer (Ed.): The world of Karl Farkas . P. 178.