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Conrad Wiene
1878 - 1934 |
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. The director and screenwriter Conrad Wiene was born as Conrad Wiener in Vienna. He began his career as a stage actor in Dresden. It followed engagements at different theaters in Germany and Austria, among them Gera, Lübeck, Hannover, Vienna and finally Berlin where he appeared at the Schillertheater. Conrad Wiene joined the film business in 1912 and he made his debut as a movie actor with "Die Waffen der Jugend" (13). The movie was directed by his brother, the later becoming famous director Robert Wiene. Conrad Wiene became fascinated by the work of a movie director as well and in the next years he realised numerous silent movies, among them "Der Evangelimann" (14), "Der Mann im Spiegel" (16), "Irrende Liebe" (17), "Der Stärkere" (18), "Das Haus ohne Lachen" (18), "Der Umweg zur Ehe" (19) and "Die Spinne" (19). He continued his career as a movie director in the 20s. To his well-known works of those years belong "Die Kette" (20), "Der Herzog von Rochester" (21), "Zapfenstreich" (25), "Unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit" (27), "Heut' spielt der Strauss" (28) and "Die Jugend am Scheideweg" (29). His last cinematical works as a movie director came at the beginning of the 30s into being with "Das Schicksal einer schönen Frau" (31), "Durchlaucht amüsiert sich" (32) and "Johann Strauss, k.u.k. Hofkapellmeister" (32). As a Jew he was no longer able to work in Germany and he returned to his home city Vienna. From there he had to flee again in 1934, afterwards his path of life is unknown. Other movies from Conrad Wiene (Director): Das Leben ein Traum (16) Das verschnupfte Miezerl (17) Veilchen Nr. 4 (17) Dem Frieden entgegen (17) Frank Boyers Diener (18) Der vorsichtige Kapitalist (18) Der letzte Erbe von Lassa (18) Am Tor des Lebens/Am Tor des Todes (18) Zwei Welten (19) Die Hindernisehe (19) Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (20) Die Macht der Finsternis (24) Das Testament des Joe Sivers (24) Der krasse Fuchs (26) Trude, die Sechzehnjährige (26) Ich hatt' einen Kameraden (26) Die vierte von rechts (29) Eros in Ketten (29) Eine Dirne ist ermordet worden (30) So lang' noch ein Walzer vom Strauss erklingt (31) Writer: Die Dame mit der Maske (16) Irrende Liebe (17) Dem Frieden entgegen (17) Der Stärkere (18) Der letzte Erbe von Lassa (18) Am Tor des Lebens/Am Tor des Todes (18) Das Haus ohne Lachen (19) Die _Spinne und ihre Opfer (19) Zwei Welten (19) Zapfenstreich (25) Der krasse Fuchs (26) Trude, die Sechzehnjährige (26) Eros in Ketten (29) Durchlaucht amüsiert sich (32) Cinematographer: Der Evangelimann (14) |
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