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Hugo Döblin


Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1876 - 1960

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The actor Hugo Döblin first finished a so-called bourgeois education as a businessman but the acting fascinated him in his younger days already.
Because acting was not a serious profession he took acting lesson secretly by Josef Kainz and Paul Pauli from 1891. This risk was worthwhile in more ways than one. Hugo Döblin not only became a demanded actor on stage and in movies but also got married with the daughter of Paul Pauli in 1901.

Hugo Döblin began his acting career at the Stadttheater Celle in 1896 and only one year later he went to Berlin where he soon became established on stage and he appeared at important theaters like the "Reinhardt-Bühnen" and at "Das Deutsche Theater".

He was also able to gain a foohold in the filmbusiness soon and he made his movie debut with "Der Stolz der Firma" (14). In the next years followed "Des Goldes Fluch" (17), "Es werde Licht! 3. Teil" (18), "Jettchen Geberts Geschichte" (18), "Unheimliche Geschichten" (19) and "Der Eid des Stephan Huller" (19).

The 20s marked the height of his career. Besides numerous other support roles in silent movies he was also very successful as a cabaret artist. Among others he appeared at "Café Grössenwahn" and "Die Wespen".

Hugo Döblin impersonated role in many well-known silent movies of the 20s, among them "Der Reigen" (20), "Die Bestie im Menschen" (20), "Danton" (21), "Lady Hamilton" (21), "Die Gezeichneten" (22), "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" (22), "Lucrezia Borgia" (22), "Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs" (22), "Ein Glas Wasser" (23), "Nanon" (24), "Das Mädchen mit der Protektion" (25), "Die Vorbestraften" (27), "Dr. Bessels Verwandlung" (27), "Moral" (28), "Luther" (28) and "Der rote Kreis" (29).

When the sound film arose in the 30s he had a positive attitude to it and he even founded the first sound film school in Berlin.
He could also continue his film career in few more movies like "Va Banque" (30), "Der weisse Teufel" (30), "Der Raub der Mona Lisa" (31) and "Ein blonder Traum" (32).

But as a Jew he was no longer able to work in Germany in the arising National Socialism and he was excluded from the Reichstheaterkammer. Therefore he emigrated via Prague and Vienna to Switzerland where he worked again as a acting teacher. Beside it he wrote lines and appeared on stage from 1944 again.
Hugo Döblin acted a last time in front of the camera when he was engaged for the Swiss production "Matto regiert" (46)


Other movies with Hugo Döblin:
O, dass sie ewig grünen bliebe (16) Henriette Jacoby (18) Die Herrenschneiderin (19) Die Austernkur (19) Die Dame im Pelz (19) Der Terministenklub  (19) Gentlemen-Gauner (20) Mann, Weib und Energie (20) Im Fasching der Sinne (20) Das Kussverbot (20) Herztrumpf (20) Die Siegerin (20) Das Haus zum Mond (21) Brennendes Land (21) Seefahrt ist Not! (21) Das gestohlene Millionenrezept (21) Das Geheimnis der sechs Speilkarten (21) Hans im Glück (21) Die schwarze Schachdame (22) Ihr Kammerdiener (22) Tingeltangel (22) Sie und die Drei (22) Der Graf von Charolais (22) Der bekannte Unbekannte (22) Von morgens bis Mitternacht (22) Der falsche Dimitri (22) Herzog Ferrantes Ende (22) Der grosse Wurf (22) Die Fledermaus (23) Der allmächtige Dollar (23) Scheine des Todes (23) Ein Web, ein Tier, ein Diamant (23) Das Spiel der Liebe (24) Colibri (24) Königsliebchen (24) Soll und Haben (24) Wege der Liebe (24) Die Puppenkönigin (25) Die Frau von vierzig Jahren (25) Das Fräulein vom Amt (25) Eine Minute vor Zwölf (25) An der schönen blauen Donau (26) Bara en danserska (26) Die glühende Gasse (27) Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd (27) Meine Tante – deine Tante (27) Die Lorelei (27) Frühere Verhältnisse (27) Ich war zu Heidelberg Student (27) Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer (27) Rätsel einer Nacht (27) Ramper, der Tiermensch (27) Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden (27) Die Glocke von St. Marein (27) Schenk  mir das Leben (28) Die Dame und ihr Chauffeur (28) Polnische Wirtschaft (28) Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter (28) Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt (29) Die Frau im Talar (29) Alte Kleider (29) Wellen der Leidenschaft (30) Er oder ich (30) Um eine Nasenlänge (31) Ein Auto und kein Geld (32) Ein Lied, ein Kuss, ein Mädel (32)

 
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