Wolf Albach-Retty
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Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider
named Romy Schneider
.
Albach-Retty was the son of actress Rosa Albach-Retty
and K. u. K. officer Karl Albach. He trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and at the age of twenty played his first role at the Vienna Burgtheater
.
He was a young man when he first appeared in a silent film
role in 1927
. During the Third Reich
, he made romance film
s and musical
s. In 1936 he married Magda Schneider
and temporarily took up German citizenship
.
After World War II
, his acting career soured as his past successes were no longer remembered and he was only able to find supporting acting roles in films. He returned to the Burgtheater and starred in, among other things, Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler
. By that time he was into his second marriage to actress Trude Marlen. His body is buried in Vienna's Central Cemetery
.
Magda Schneider
Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut...
named Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
.
Albach-Retty was the son of actress Rosa Albach-Retty
Rosa Albach-Retty
Rosa Albach-Retty was an Austrian movie and stage actress. Her birth name was Rosa Clara Franziska Helene Retty....
and K. u. K. officer Karl Albach. He trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and at the age of twenty played his first role at the Vienna Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
.
He was a young man when he first appeared in a silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
role in 1927
1927 in film
-Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...
. During the Third Reich
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
, he made romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
s and musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
s. In 1936 he married Magda Schneider
Magda Schneider
Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut...
and temporarily took up German citizenship
German nationality law
German citizenship is based primarily on the principle of jus sanguinis. In other words one usually acquires German citizenship if a parent is a German citizen, irrespective of place of birth....
.
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, his acting career soured as his past successes were no longer remembered and he was only able to find supporting acting roles in films. He returned to the Burgtheater and starred in, among other things, Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler
Dr. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist.- Biography :Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian-Jewish laryngologist Johann Schnitzler and Luise Markbreiter , was born in Praterstraße 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian...
. By that time he was into his second marriage to actress Trude Marlen. His body is buried in Vienna's Central Cemetery
Zentralfriedhof
The Zentralfriedhof is one of the largest cemeteries in the world, largest by number of interred in Europe and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries.-Name and location:...
.
Filmography
- 1927: Das grobe Hemd
- 1927: Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
- 1928: Ein Wiener Musikantenmädel
- 1928: Liebe im Mai
- 1929: Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
- 1930: Der Onkel aus Sumatra
- 1930: General Babka
- 1931: Wiener Zauberklänge
- 1931: Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag
- 1932: Mädchen zum Heiraten
- 1932: The Black HussarDer schwarze HusarDer schwarze Husar is a 1932 German comedy action film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians, Wolf Albach-Retty and Ursula Grabley...
- 1932: Das schöne Abenteuer
- 1932: ...und es leuchtet die Puszta
- 1933: Kind, ich freu' mich auf dein Kommen
- 1933: Liebe muss verstanden sein
- 1934: G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald
- 1934: Einmal eine große Dame sein
- 1934: Frühjahrsparade
- 1934: Die Katz' im Sack
- 1935: Der Vogelhändler
- 1935: Winternachtstraum
- 1935: Grossreinemachen
- 1935: Sylvia und ihr Chauffeur
- 1936: Rendezvous in Wien
- 1936: Die Puppenfee
- 1936: Geheimnis eines alten Hauses
- 1937: Liebling der Matrosen
- 1937: Die glücklichste Ehe der Welt
- 1937: Millionäre/Ich möcht' so gern mit Dir allein sein
- 1938: Frühlingsluft
- 1938: Der Hampelmann
- 1939: Hotel Sacher
- 1939: Liebe streng verboten
- 1939: Heimatland
- 1939: Mutterliebe
- 1939: Das Glück wohnt nebenan
- 1940: Falstaff in Wien
- 1940: Sieben Jahre Pech
- 1940: Wie konntest Du, Veronika
- 1941: So gefällst Du mir
- 1941: Tanz mit dem Kaiser
- 1942: Maske in BlauMaske in BlauMaske in Blau is a grand operetta in two parts with music by Fred Raymond to a libretto by Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn. The work had its premiere under Werner Schmidt-Boelke on 27 September 1937 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin...
- 1942: Sieben Jahre Glück
- 1942: Alles aus Liebe
- 1942: Die heimliche Gräfin
- 1942: Zwei glückliche Menschen
- 1942: Abenteuer im Grandhotel
- 1943: Der weiße Traum
- 1943: Reisebekanntschaft
- 1943: Romantische Brautfahrt
- 1943: Hundstage
- 1944: Ein Mann wie Maximilian
- 1945: Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
- 1948: Alles Lüge
- 1949: Ein bezaubernder Schwindler
- 1949: Gefährliche Gäste
- 1949: Grossstadtnacht
- 1950: Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
- 1950: Zwei in einem Anzug
- 1950: Czardas der Herzen
- 1951: Weh' dem, der liebt
- 1951: Unschuld in tausend Nöten/Das Mädel aus der Konfektion
- 1951: Verklungenes Wien
- 1951: Zwei in einem Auto/Du bist die Schönste für mich
- 1952: Der Mann in der Wanne
- 1952: Ideale Frau gesucht
- 1952: Der Obersteiger
- 1953: Die tolle Lola
- 1953: Der Vogelhändler
- 1954: Die süssesten Früchte
- 1954: Schule für Eheglück
- 1954: Die sieben Kleider der Katrin
- 1955: Seine Tochter ist der Peter
- 1955: Ihr Leibregiment
- 1956: K.u.K. Feldmarschall
- 1956: Ein Herz und eine Seele/...und wer küsst mich?
- 1956: Die Stimme der Sehnsucht
- 1956: Verlobung am Wolfgangsee
- 1957: Dort in der Wachau
- 1957: Wetterleuchten um Maria
- 1957: Der Kaiser und das Wäschermädel
- 1958: Gefährdete Mädchen
- 1958: Man ist nur zweimal jung
- 1958: Immer die Radfahrer
- 1958: Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik
- 1959: Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe
- 1959: Peter, das Zirkuskind/Auf allen Strassen
- 1959: Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar
- 1959: Hubertusjagd
- 1960: Frauen in Teufels Hand
- 1960: Hohe Tannen
- 1961: Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien
- 1961: Autofahrer unterwegs/Auf den Strassen einer Stadt
- 1962: Die Post geht ab
- 1962: Die Försterchristel
- 1963: Bergwind/Sturm am Wilden Kaiser
- 1964: Die große Kür
- 1964: Die Kinder
- 1964: Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald
- 1965: Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler
- 1966: Leinen aus Irland
Further reading
- Oliver Rathkolb: Führertreu und gottbegnadet: Künstlereliten im Dritten Reich. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Wien, 1991, ISBN 3-215-07490-7, pp. 235–236 (* footnote 674, p. 285, source: AdR, Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur. Karton 12. Sammelakten 1946. ZI. 12 B.K./46).
- Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, ISBN 3-100-39326-0, p. 12.
External links
- Find a grave photo and grave of Wolf Albach-Retty at Central CemeteryZentralfriedhofThe Zentralfriedhof is one of the largest cemeteries in the world, largest by number of interred in Europe and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries.-Name and location:...
- Photos of Wolf Albach-Retty