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Gustav von Wangenheim is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Allemand born on 18 february 1895 at Wiesbaden (German)

Gustav von Wangenheim

Gustav von Wangenheim
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Birth name Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim
Nationality German
Birth 18 february 1895 at Wiesbaden (German)
Death 14 october 1975 (at 80 years) at East Berlin (German)
Awards National Prize of East Germany

Gustav von Wangenheim (February 18, 1895 – August 5, 1975) was a German actor, screenwriter and director.

Biography

Gustav von Wangenheim est le fils du baron Eduard von Wangenheim, célèbre acteur sous le nom de scène d'Eduard von Winterstein et de Minna Mengers. Membre du parti communiste allemand depuis 1922, il émigra en URSS en 1933 et fit partie à Moscou du Comité national pour une Allemagne libre (NKFD). Il vécut ensuite en Allemagne de l'Est après la guerre et travailla pour la DEFA.

Il débuta sa carrière en 1912 en étudiant au cours de Max Reinhardt, puis fut engagé à Vienne, Darmstadt et Berlin. Il fit ses débuts au cinéma muet en 1916, mais surtout il fut le fondateur du théâtre d'avant-garde, marqué par sa philosophie marxiste, la Truppe 1931, situé dans la Künstlerkolonie (littéralement La Colonie des Artistes) à Wilmersdorf, un quartier de Berlin. Il joue en 1921 dans le célèbre Nosferatu de Murnau et s'engage à partir de 1927 dans son projet de la Truppe 1931 qui sera dispersée le 15 mars 1933 juste après l'arrivée au pouvoir du parti national-socialiste, provoquant son émigration à Moscou.

Membre du parti communiste allemand interdit dans son pays, Wangenheim réunit d'autres intellectuels au sein du NKFD et écrit à Moscou le scénario de son film Kämpfer. Il dirige là-bas la troupe de la Kolonne Links qui avait émigré elle-aussi à Moscou en tant que troupe d'Agitprop pour les travailleurs. Il dénonce aux autorités soviétiques, alors en pleines purges staliniennes, ses compatriotes l'actrice Carola Neher et son mari Anatol Becker en tant que trotskystes, en 1936.

Il revient en Allemagne après la guerre et s'installe à Berlin-Est, où il travaille pour la DEFA.

Il est enterré au cimetière central de Friedrichsfelde à Berlin-Est.

Il est le père de l'acteur Friedel von Wangenheim (1939-2001).

Usually with

Eduard von Winterstein
Eduard von Winterstein
(4 films)
Alexander Granach
Alexander Granach
(3 films)
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
(1 films)
Fritz Arno Wagner
Fritz Arno Wagner
(2 films)
Albert DeMond
Albert DeMond
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gustav von Wangenheim (12 films)

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Actor

Boo
Boo (1932)
, 10minutes
Directed by Albert DeMond
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, Lawrence Grant, Morton Lowry, Raymond Hackett, Max Schreck
Roles Hutter (edited from "Nosferatu")
Rating50% 2.5110352.5110352.5110352.5110352.511035
The film starts with a man (Morton Lowry) reading the novel Dracula . The narrator says that they are presenting their own formula for cheap entertainment, a nightmare. They say to eat a real lobster, not the kind they send to congress, have milk, and work up a chill. The man falls asleep.
Danton
Danton (1931)
, 1h32
Directed by Hans Behrendt
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Werner Schott
Roles Desmoulin
Rating68% 3.406663.406663.406663.406663.40666
Les révolutionnaires discutent du sort du roi Louis XVI. Le groupe autour de Georges Jacques Danton plaide pour l'exécution. Le roi est traduit en justice et il est exécuté. Il y a d'autres procès contre des nobles et des condamnations à la peine capitale sont prononcées. Lorsque Danton se rend dans une prison, il tombe amoureux de la prisonnière Louise Gély. Maintenant, Danton entre en conflit avec son adversaire Robespierre. Robespierre réussit à amener Danton au banc des accusés, à le condamner à mort et le passer sous la guillotine.
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon (1929)
, 2h36
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera, Sur la Lune
Actors Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fritz Rasp, Margarete Kupfer
Roles Hans Windegger
Rating72% 3.646013.646013.646013.646013.64601
The film is a melodrama with scientific speculation. Helius (Willy Fritsch) is an entrepreneur with an interest in space travel. He seeks out Professor Mannfeldt (Klaus Pohl), a visionary who has written a treatise on the likelihood of finding gold on the moon, only to be ridiculed by his peers. Helius recognizes the value of Mannfeldt's work, but a gang of evil businessmen have also taken an interest in Mannfeldt's theories.
Warning Shadows
Warning Shadows (1923)
, 1h28
Directed by Arthur Robison
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Alexander Granach, Max Gülstorff, Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Eugen Rex
Roles Her Lover
Rating65% 3.294693.294693.294693.294693.29469
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, four of her suitors attend the 19th century German manor. A shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision of what might happen if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Nosferatu
Nosferatu (1922)
, 1h34
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin German
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach, Wolfgang Heinz, Georg H. Schnell
Roles Hutter
Rating78% 3.9480353.9480353.9480353.9480353.948035
Thomas Hutter lives in the fictitious German city of Wisborg. His employer, Knock, sends Hutter to Transylvania to visit a new client named Count Orlok. Hutter entrusts his loving wife Ellen to his good friend Harding and Harding's sister Annie, before embarking on his long journey. Nearing his destination in the Carpathian mountains, Hutter stops at an inn for dinner. The locals become frightened by the mere mention of Orlok's name and discourage him from traveling to his castle at night, warning of a werewolf on the prowl. The next morning, Hutter takes a coach to a high mountain pass, but the coachmen decline to take him any further than the bridge as nightfall is approaching. A black-swathed coach appears after Hutter crosses the bridge and the coachman gestures for him to climb aboard. Hutter is welcomed at a castle by Count Orlok. When Hutter is eating dinner and accidentally cuts his thumb, Orlok tries to suck the blood out, but his repulsed guest pulls his hand away.
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
, 1h3
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Gustav von Wangenheim, Jakob Tiedtke, Willy Prager
Roles Paul Seppl
Rating64% 3.234223.234223.234223.234223.23422
In Bavaria, a sweet-natured young woman Gretel wants to get married but her father refuses to allow the match until her elder sister Liesel has married first. As Liesel is notorious for her bad-tempered personality this is no easy challenge.

Director

Hoegler's Mission
Hoegler's Mission (1950)
, 1h33
Directed by Gustav von Wangenheim
Genres Drama
Actors Fritz Tillmann, Alice Treff, Arno Paulsen, Eduard von Winterstein, Reinhard Kolldehoff

Högler, the former director of a steel plant now in East Germany, is a rich and ruthless capitalist residing in West Germany. He wishes to lay his hands on the new technical innovations that were developed by Dr. Thelen, who now runs the factory after it has been nationalized. Högler tries to besmirch Thelen by organizing sabotage in the factory, threatening to kill innocent workers to destroy the scientist's reputation. Two trade union activists - the West German Maria and the East German Fritz - who know each other since they have both fought in the wartime anti-Fascist resistance, unite to thwart the capitalist's plans.

Scriptwriter

Hoegler's Mission
Hoegler's Mission (1950)
, 1h33
Directed by Gustav von Wangenheim
Genres Drama
Actors Fritz Tillmann, Alice Treff, Arno Paulsen, Eduard von Winterstein, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Roles Writer

Högler, the former director of a steel plant now in East Germany, is a rich and ruthless capitalist residing in West Germany. He wishes to lay his hands on the new technical innovations that were developed by Dr. Thelen, who now runs the factory after it has been nationalized. Högler tries to besmirch Thelen by organizing sabotage in the factory, threatening to kill innocent workers to destroy the scientist's reputation. Two trade union activists - the West German Maria and the East German Fritz - who know each other since they have both fought in the wartime anti-Fascist resistance, unite to thwart the capitalist's plans.