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| Hans Otto Löwenstein
1881 - 1931 |
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. The director Hans Otto Löwenstein, who began his career as an operetta tenor, came to film before the outbreak of World War I and he made his first films as a director with "Wie Ninette zu ihrem Ausgang kam" (13) and "König Menelaus im Kino" (13). He gave up his previously pursued career in the military in favor of the film. During World War I, he served in the army, but was soon responsible for setting up field cinemas there and thus ended up back in film. Still during the war he shot other movies as a director like "Der Glücksschneider" (16) and "Das Geheimnis des Waldes" (17) and after the end of the war "Der letzte Knopf" (19). In the 20's Hans Otto Löwenstein advanced to a busy film director and already in 1918 he founded the Astoria-Film together with Leo Fuchs which took an important position in the Austrian film business in the 20's. In addition to feature films, this company also produced early animated films. Other companies such as "Ottol-Filmgesellschaft" and "Apollo-Filmgesellschaft" followed. As a director, he made films in those years such as "The Novel of Comtesse Ruth" (20), "The Key to Power" (21), "The Dead Hand" (21), "Burning Land" (21), "Kings of Humor" (22), "Heaven Full of Violins" (23), "Modern Marriages" (24), "Colonel Redl" (25), "Leibfiaker Bratfisch" (25), "Der Feldherrnhügel" (26), "Das Leben des Beethoven" (27), "Madame wagt einen Seitensprung" (27), "Kaiserjäger" (28), "Glück bei Frauen" (28), "Dienstmann Nr. 13" (28), "Franz Lehar" (29) and "Der Monte Christo von Prag" (29). Besides Hans Otto Löwenstein also wrote several scripts for his own movies like "König Menelaus im Kino" (13), "Moderne Ehen" (24), "Oberst Redl" (25), "Madame wagt einen Seitensprung" (27), "Kaiserjäger" (28), "Franz Lehar" (29) and "Der Monte Christo von Prag" (29). He also acted in some movies as an actor in front of the camera. These include "König Menelaus im Kino" (13), "Kaiserjäger" (28) and "Franz Lehar" (29). It is assumed that Hans Otto Löwenstein shot about 400 movies, but many titles can't be traced anymore. On May 8, 1931 he died as a result of a kidney shrinkage at the age of 49.
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