Walter Lesch (director)

Bernhard Walter Lesch (born March 4, 1898 in Zurich ; † May 27, 1958 in Küsnacht ) was a Swiss director.

Life

Walter Lesch was a son of the painter Bernhard Robert Lesch and his wife Hermine Elisabeta geb. Ranschenbach. He graduated from commercial school and then studied German at the University of Zurich . In 1922 he received his doctorate there with the work The Problem of Tragedy with Gerhart Hauptmann . He then worked as a journalist , director and film dramaturge in Berlin and Zurich. From 1929 he appeared several times with his own comedies and comedies, which were premiered by the Schauspielhaus Zürich . He directed two feature films for Praesens-Film AG : Wie d'Warret Würkt (1933) together with Richard Schweizer and Jä - soo! (1935) with Leopold Lindtberg . Lesch was also involved in the script. In 1933 he was co-founder and director of Cabaret Cornichon , for which he wrote over 400 chansons . After the demise of the heavily indebted cabaret, he worked as a copywriter . In 1951 he wrote the text for the little ones Niederdorfoper of Paul Burkhard .
Lesch was married to the actress Mathilde Danegger , their daughter is the actress Karin Lesch .

Tobias Hoffmann-Allenspach: Walter Lesch . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1100 f.
Volker Kühn (Ed.): Germany's Awakening: Cabaret under the swastika; 1933-1945 . Volume 3. Weinheim: Quadriga, 1989 ISBN 3-88679-163-7 , p. 379 (short biography)

personal data
SURNAME	Lesch, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lesch, Walter Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss director
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1958
Place of death	Küsnacht