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| Leonard Haskel
1872 - 1923 |
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. The actor Leonard Haskel (also Leonhard Haskel) began his artistic career as a director and dramatic adviser at the theater where he was active in Berlin from 1898. He soon became also fascinated by the acting and he played both character roles and comical roles. He went on tour through Germany with his own company. He got in touch with the still very new film business in 1907 when he appeared in the so-called Tonbilder "Abends nach Neune" (07) and "Lumpenguste und Schmierenkarl" (07). But it lasted nearly ten years before he appeared in front of the camera regularly. Leonard Steckel became one of the most busy movie actors in the early 20s. To his movies of the 10s belong "Ein Blatt Papier" (17), "Katinka" (18), "Europa postlagernd" (18), "Das Buch Esther" (19), "Das Geheimnis der Amerika-Docks" (19) and "Der letzte Untertan" (19). His engagements remained normally limited to support roles in the 20s but he was able to take part in numerous popular movies of that time. To his well-known works of those years belong "Katharina die Grosse" (20), "Die Kwannon von Okadera" (20), "Judith Trachtenberg" (20), "Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens" (21), "Marizza, genannt die Schmuggler-Madonna" (22), "Der brennende Acker" (22), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Lola Montez" (22) and "Die Strasse" (23). Leonard Haskel died unexpected in 1923 at the age of only 51. There were several movies which were released after his death like "Der Sprung ins Leben" (24), "Der geheime Agent" (24) and "Gehetzte Menschen" (24). Besides the acting Leonard Haskel was also active as an author. He not only wrote screenplays but also the lobretto for "Die Kinopuppe" from Walter Brommes. Furthermore he also realised the movies "Max als Juxgraf" (19) and "Max als Lumpenbaron" (19) as a director.
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