Wolfgang Neff
Wolfgang Neff (born September 8, 1875 in Prague , Austria-Hungary , † after November 1936 ) was an Austrian actor , theater director and film director .
Life
He first worked for two years in his uncle's glass export company. He then worked for three years as an office worker and trained in painting for one year. From 1900 to 1903 he received acting lessons from Günther Pettera .
Neff made his stage debut in Lüneburg in 1903 . Further stations were Thorn (1904), Stralsund (1905), Konstanz (1906) and Kiel (1909). In 1910 he came to Berlin and in 1911 was appointed senior director at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische Schauspielhaus. He played the title roles in King Lear , Macbeth and Nathan the Wise .
In 1913 he stood in front of the camera for the first time as an actor, and from 1920 he was exclusively active as a film director. He made films of all kinds, including repeatedly love films and comedies by screenwriter Jane Beß . His mountain film The Road to Death on the Bernina became the last German silent film in 1931.
In the age of the sound film he received no directing orders, Neff was still employed in Berlin producing documentaries until 1936. He then returned to his hometown Prague.
Filmography (as a director)
- 1913: The Spot (actors only)
- 1913: Brutal (actors only)
- 1913: Die Czernowska (actors only)
- 1916: The Hoop Case (actors only)
- 1919: Defenseless victims (actors only)
- 1920: The Other World (actors only)
- 1919: Corpse 427 (uncertain)
- 1920: The spy
- 1920: In the gold fields of Nevada
- 1920: Rafaello - The Riddle of Copenhagen 1
- 1920: The horror of the millionaires
- 1920: The Kansas City slaveholders
- 1920: The man in the trap
- 1920: The Plan of Three
- 1920: The secret of the midnight hour
- 1920: A woman under the dissecting knife
- 1920: the unrecognized
- 1920/21: Nat Pinkerton in combat (2 parts)
- 1921: The eight-penny girl, part 1
- 1921: City Girls (3 parts)
- 1921: Apache Revenge, Part 3
- 1921: The Brillantenmieze (2 parts)
- 1921: The harbor lorry (2 parts)
- 1921: The child of the street (2 parts)
- 1921: hands up
- 1921: The little midinette
- 1922: Bummellotte
- 1922: mud
- 1922: fratricide
- 1922: Divan cats
- 1922: The Queen of Whitechapel
- 1922: The love arbor
- 1924: The heart of Lilian Thorland
- 1925: Ash Wednesday
- 1925: The old ballroom (2 parts)
- 1925: The little one from clothing
- 1925: people in need
- 1926: Autumn maneuvers
- 1926: How do I stay young and beautiful - marriage secrets
- 1927: The Lorelei
- 1927: Circus Renz
- 1927: The Cavalier from Wedding
- 1927: German women - German loyalty
- 1927: Vienna, Vienna - just you
- 1927: The girl from Frisco
- 1927: I was a student at Heidelberg
- 1928: Who invented cutting
- 1928: The Hannerl von Rolandsbogen
- 1929: Dawn
- 1930: Assault on three hearts
- 1930: rats of the big city
- 1931: The death road on the Bernina
Web links
- Wolfgang Neff at The German Early Cinema Database
- Wolfgang Neff at filmportal.de
- Wolfgang Neff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neff, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor, theater director and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | after November 1936 |