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The actor Otto Wallburg began at the "Deutsches Theater" in Berlin
when he was 20 years old. Before he adopted his stage name his real name
was Otto Maximilian Wasserzug. In 1926 he was obligated by the legendary
theater producer Max Reinhardt. In the same year Wallburg appeared for
the first time in a film with the tilte "Die keusche Susanne" (26).
 Soon he became established as a popular actor and he appeared with nearly
all stars in those days - normally in supporting roles.
At the beginning of his career he was employed as youthful heroes, but
when he put on weight after World War I he thought his actor career has
ended. Therefore turned to stage direction. But his fears were unfounded.
Soon they developed his comical talent and he was staged as the funny fat
person.
In the 20's he appeared in movies like "Der Himmel auf Erden" (27),
"Grand Hotel" (27), "Der rote Kreis" (28) and "Kolonne X" (29).
The 30's still offered Wallburg interesting parts. Because of his speech
he was also affectionate called "Der Blubberer".
The Nazi period gave him a hard time too. His application for integration
within the Reichskulturkammer was refused. In 1934 he emigrated to Vienna
where he found work at Joe Pasternak's Universal Production.
In 1937 he emigrated to the Netherlands and one year later they withdrew
the German nationality from him in a public announcement.
The security which Wallburg found in the Netherlands didn't take long.
In 1940 the German Wehrmacht marched into the Netherlands. A life in the
underground began for Otto Wallburg. He and his wife Ilse Rein could avoid
an arrest wave in 1943 but fell victim to a denunciation and were arrested
early in 1944. An eight-month lasting life of suffering began. The strong
emaciated and diabetic Otto Wallburg was brought into KZ Westerborg, afterwards
he was deported via KZ Theresienstadt to KZ Auschwitz. There he was killed
at the end of 1944.
Other movies with Otto Wallburg:
Derby (26) Die Abenteuer eines Zahnmarkscheines (26)
In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn! 26) Die leichte Isabell (27) Die
Geliebte des Gouverneurs (27) Dr. Bessels Verwandlung (27) Mein Freund
Harry (27) Die Vierte von rechts (28) Liebe im Kuhstall (28) Das letzte
Souper (28) Der moderne Casanova (28) Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du
(29) Das närrische Glück (29) Der lustige Witwer (29) Männer
ohne Beruf (29) Der Narr seiner Liebe (29) Trust der Diebe (29) Sein bester
Freund (29) Ehe in Not (29) Die Nacht gehört uns (29) Der Witwenball
(30) Es gibt eine Frau, die Dich niemals vergisst (30) Es gibt noch Kavaliere
(30) Heute Nacht - eventuell (30) Hokuspokus (30) Das Lied ist aus (30)
Der Hampelmann (30) Seitensprünge (30) Die Königin der Nacht
(30) Ihre Majestät die Liebe (30) ...und das ist die Hauptsache (31)
Wenn die Soldaten... (31) Hilfe! Überfall! (31) Salto Mortale (31)
Opernredoute (31) Das verlorene Paradies (31) Die Fraun, von der man spricht
(31) Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst? (31) Der kleine Seitensprung (31) Bomben
auf Monte Carlo (31) Der Kongress tanzt (31) Weekend im Paradies (31) Der
Hochtourist (31) Lügen auf Rügen (31) Ronny (31) Yorck (31) Zwei
Herzen und ein Schlag (32) Das Lied einer Nacht (32) Das schöne Abenteuer
(32) Der schwarze Husar (32) Wie sag ich's meinem Mann? (32) Strich durch
die Rechnung (32) Friederike (32) Der grosse Bluff (32) Marion, das gehört
sich nicht (32) Wenn die Liebe Mode macht (32) Madame wünscht keine
Kinder (32) Die kleine Schwindlerin (33) Die Regimentstochter (33) Sag'
mir wer Du bist (33) Gruss und Kuss Veronika (33) Was Frauen träumen
(33) Das hässliche Mädchen (33) Wege zur guten Ehe (33) Kind,
ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen (33) Der Zarewitsch (33) Inge und die Millionen
(33) Konjunkturritter (34) Peter (34) Ball im Savoy (34) Bretter, die die
Welt bedeuten (35) Kleine Mutti (35) Alles für die Firma (35) 4 1/2
Musketiere (35) Katharina - die Letzte (36) Heut' ist der schönste
Tag in meinem Leben (36) Mircha/Bubi (36) Carrefour (38) |
