Gustav von Wangenheim



















Gustav von Wangenheim
Gustav von wangenheim.jpg
Born
Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim


(1895-02-18)18 February 1895

Wiesbaden, German Empire
Died 5 August 1975(1975-08-05) (aged 80)

East Berlin, East Germany
Spouse(s) Inge von Wangenheim (née Franke), 1931–1954

Gustav von Wangenheim (born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim; 18 February 1895 – 5 August 1975) was a German nobleman, actor, screenwriter and director.




Contents






  • 1 Life


  • 2 Filmography


  • 3 References in popular culture


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Life


Wangenheim was born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim in Wiesbaden, Hesse, to parents Eduard Clemens Freiherr von Wangenheim and Minna Mengers. Both of his parents were performers; his father, who used the stage name Eduard von Winterstein, appeared in over 200 films between 1910 and 1960.[1]


Wangenheim made his screen debut in 1914 in Passionels Tagebuch and went on to star in many silent features. Among his works were Fritz Lang's early science fiction film, Frau im Mond (as "Windegger"), and Karl Heinz Martin's Das Haus zum Mond. In 1921, Wangenheim was cast in what would prove to be his most enduring role, that of Thomas Hutter (Jonathan Harker) in F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu.


A member of the Communist Party of Germany since 1921, Wangenheim founded the Communist theatre company Die Truppe '31 in 1931.[2] Die Truppe '31 produced three plays, authored and directed by Wangenheim, before it was shut down by order of the Nazi regime in 1933.[3]


Wangenheim fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and found refuge in the Soviet Union. While living in exile at Moscow's Hotel Lux, he continued writing and producing movies, such as Der Kampf (1936), an anti-Nazi protest film, and was the head of the German language Cabaret "Kolonne Links". In 1936, during the Stalinist purges, he denounced his colleagues Carola Neher and Anatol Becker as Trotskyites.[4]


Becker was executed and Neher died in the Gulag system after five years in prison.[5] Von Wangenheim's son later stated the accusations that his father denounced Neher and Becker were one-sided and inaccurate. Gustav von Wangenheim's son claimed his father, after being arrested by the NKVD and a lengthy interrogation, signed a statement that implicated Carola Neher as being "anti soviet" but had in fact explicitly refuted the accusation that Neher and her husband Anatol Becker had planned to murder Stalin.[6]


Wangenheim was a founding member of the National Committee for a Free Germany. After World War II, he returned to East Germany, where he worked for the DEFA as screenwriter and director.




Gustav von Wangenheim with Käthe Dorsch


Wangenheim was married to Inge von Wangenheim, née Franke, from 1931 to 1954, when the marriage was annulled. The couple had one son, Friedel von Wangenheim, and 2 daughters, the twins Elisabeth and Eleonora von Wangenheim. Wangenheim died in East Berlin on August 5, 1975 and is buried in the Friedrichsfelde cemetery in Berlin.



Filmography



  • 1914: Passionels Tagebuch

  • 1916: Homunculus. 3. Teil: Die Liebestragödie des Homunculus

  • 1916: Das Leid der Liebe

  • 1917: The Coquette

  • 1918: Ferdinand Lassalle

  • 1919/1920: Romeo and Juliet in the Snow

  • 1919: Kitsch. Tragödie einer Intrigantin

  • 1919: Die Welteroberer

  • 1920: Kohlhiesel's Daughters

  • 1920: Der Tempel der Liebe

  • 1921: The House on the Moon

  • 1921: Nosferatu

  • 1922/1923: The Stone Rider

  • 1922: The Pilgrimage of Love

  • 1922: The Fire Ship

  • 1923: Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination

  • 1928/1929: Woman in the Moon

  • 1931: Danton

  • 1936: Der Kampf (director/writer)

  • 1948: Und wieder 48 (director/writer)

  • 1949: Hoegler's Mission (director/writer)

  • 1953/1954: Gefährliche Fracht (director)

  • 1955: Heimliche Ehen (director/writer)

  • 1955/1956: Lied über dem Tal (director)



References in popular culture



  • In the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, which depicted the production of Nosferatu, Eddie Izzard portrayed Wangenheim.

  • Footage of Wangenheim's performance as Hutter appears in the Queen video for "Under Pressure."



References





  1. ^ Eduard von Winterstein


  2. ^ In a Cold Crater


  3. ^ Stefan Wolpe: Biography and Much More from Answers.com


  4. ^ Hans Schoots, Living Dangerously - A Biography of Joris Ivens


  5. ^ Reinhard Müller "Menschenfalle Moskau. Exil und stalinistische Verfolgung" Hamburg 2001 (in German)


  6. ^ Vgl. Friedel von Wangenheim: Mein Vater Gustav Frhr. v. Wangenheim und der Fall der Schauspielerin Carola Neher, in: Wangenheim Nachrichten Nr. 25 vom Dezember 1998.




External links








  • Gustav von Wangenheim on IMDb

  • Official Homepage of Gustav von Wangenheim

  • Official Homepage of his father, Eduard von Winterstein









-

Popular posts from this blog

Shashamane

Image
city in Oromia, Ethiopia Shashamane ሻሸመኔ (in Amharic) , Shashemane (in Oromo) Shashe city Main Street Shashamane Shashamane Location within Ethiopia Coordinates: 7°12′N 38°36′E  /  7.200°N 38.600°E  / 7.200; 38.600 Country Ethiopia Region Oromia Zone Mirab Arsi Population (2012)  • Total 122,046 Time zone UTC+3 (EAT) Climate Cwb Shashamane (or Shashemene , Oromo) is a town and a separate woreda in West Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The town lies on the Trans-African Highway 4 Cairo-Cape Town, about 150 miles (240 km) from the capital of Addis Ababa. It has a latitude of 7° 12' north and a longitude of 38° 36' east. The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 100,454, of whom 50,654 were men and 49,800 were women. A plurality of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 43.44% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 31.15% of the population said
Read more

Carrot

Image
Root vegetable, usually orange in color This article is about the cultivated vegetable. For other uses, see Carrot (disambiguation). Carrot Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade : Angiosperms Clade : Eudicots Clade : Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Daucus Species: D. carota Subspecies: D. c. subsp. sativus Trinomial name Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G. Martens The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus ) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. [1] Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota , native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The domestic carrot ha
Read more

Deprivation index

Image
Deprivation indices are a measure of the level of deprivation in an area. Examples include: Indices of deprivation 2004 (ID2004) Indices of deprivation 2007 (ID2007) Underprivileged area score Carstairs index Department of Environment Index v t e Indices of Deprivation National (general deprivation) Carstairs index Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD2000) Indices of deprivation 2004 (ID2004) Indices of deprivation 2007 (ID2007) Indices of deprivation 2010 (ID2010) National (subject specific deprivation) Underprivileged area score Department of Environment Index This economics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This sociology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here
Read more