Johannes Riemann

Eugen Johannes Riemann ( born May 31, 1888 in Berlin, † September 30 1959 in Konstanz ) was a German actor who was seen since 1916 in over 90 film roles. From 1934 led Riemann in the film also directed and collaborated on screenplays with.

Life

After originally musical interests Johannes Riemann took acting lessons with Anne of Strantz - Führing and Alexander Strakosch. In 1908 he receives his first engagement, namely the Hebbel Theater in Berlin. Further stations of his theatrical career are Teplitz, Merano and Marienbad, the Berliner Volksbühne and the Court Theatre in Weimar. Max Reinhardt took him about 1916 to the German Theatre in Berlin.

The focus of his film work lies approximately between 1916 and 1945. His first role was in the movie this loosened chains. In Nazi state, he became a member of the NSDAP. In 1939 he received the title of "state actors ". During the Second World War, he joined a trip to occupied Poland at the end March 1944 as part of a troop entertainment event for concentration camp staff at a colorful evening at the Auschwitz concentration camp on.

After the Second World War, he was back on stage more often.

Filmography

Awards

• State actors in 1939