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| Leopold Verch
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. The Verch family produced no less than three Leopold Verch, who, as costume designers, were among the most important costume distributors in German-speaking theater from the end of the 19th century. With the company "Verch & Flothow" they supplied countless theaters with costumes, uniforms, jewelry and replica weapons. The Leopold Verchs also created costumes for films, for the first time for the monumental eight-part film "Die Herrin der Welt" (19) by director Joe May with his wife Mia May in the leading role. In the 1920s, the Leopold Verchs provided costumes for numerous major film productions, including "Hamlet" (21), "Die Gezeichneten" (22), "Don Juan" (22), "Friedrich Schiller" (23), "Der Orlow" (29) and "Die Garde-Diva" (29). The last costume designs for film were created in the 1930s, including for "The Flute Concerto at Sans-souci" (30), "Her Highness Commands" (31), "Rasputin, Demon of Women" (32), "Trenck" (32), "The Rebel" (32) and "The Tsar's Courier" (36). Some of Leopold Verch's costumes and utensils were also used in Hollywood productions, including the hat of Captain Bligh, portrayed by Charles Laughton in the film "The Mutiny on the Bounty" (35). After that, they devoted themselves exclusively to the theater again, where they remained demonstrably active until the 1940s. Only for the movie "Jud Süss" (40) they realized the costume designs of Ludwig Hornsteiner. Due to the great experience in the field of costumes for the theater, the company "Verch & Flothow" published already in 1900 the "Musterbuch der Firma Verch & Flothow in Berlin für Theater-Kostüme und Zubehör". It is not known from which of the three Leopold Verchs the drawing shown on the left originates. The oldest Leopold (Emil August) Verch was born in 1845 and presumably died in 1923. He was also a collector of historical costumes, among others one of the original headdresses of Napoleon Bonaparte was in his collection. Another Leopold Verch was born around 1878 and died in 1944. The third Leopold (August Albert Max) Verch was born in 1882 and died in 1951 and was the son of Leopold Verch who was born in 1845. In his estate the Napoleon hat came to light and was sold at Bonhams for £ 200'250.
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