Karl Etlinger
Karl Etlinger ( born October 16, 1879 in Vienna, Austria - Hungary, † May 8, 1946 in Berlin- Wilmersdorf ) was an Austrian actor and theater director who was primarily seen in batch roles.
Life
Etlinger, who was regarded as a specialist in the Austro- folk pieces by Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund, acting lessons received at Josef Lewinsky in Vienna. He made his debut in 1898 in Wesel. After that he played, among others, in Lahr, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and from 1911 to 1920 in Vienna at the Residenz Theater and at the Volksbühne. Etlinger developed in 1917 a new translation of the rarely-performed Shakespeare play Pericles at Tyre, which appeared in 1918 in the print.
He had in the 1920s as an actor successes at Berlin theaters, Staatstheater under Leopold Jessner, German as a collective actor theater, which he headed next to Karl Heinz Martin, Alexander Granach and Henry George, at Max Reinhardt's stage and the Saltsburg stages.
Etllinger already started in the early 1910s when silent film. One of his earliest films heard The Conversion of Dr. Wundt (1914 ). He played until 1945 in many well-known films supporting roles. Larger roles he had as a shoemaker Knieriem in the filming of Nestroys The evil spirit Lumpacivagabundus (1922 ), as a bookbinder Strong in Phantom ( 1922) and as Director General Rosenow in The Joyless Street (1925 ).
At the beginning of the sound film era 1930/31 he worked in Hollywood in films by Jacques Feyder and William Dieterle. In German sound film you could see him, among other things in the following movies: scandal Eva (1930 ), The Mask Falls ( 1930), bombs on Monte Carlo ( 1931), The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932 ), The Witcher (1932 ) Frau am Steuer (1939 ), Quax, the Crash pilot ( 1941) and the Feuerzangenbowle (1944).
Etlinger was also the last years of his life at various stages in Berlin, especially the People's Stage, the theater at the Admiral Palace, at the Komische Oper, at the Hebbel Theatre and the State Theatre. He was married to a Jewess, but was allowed, which was rarely granted, continue to work fully with a special permit.
Etlinger was buried in Berlin at the cemetery military road in Berlin's Westend.