Hans Billian
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1918 — Present
Film producer, Film director, writer
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1918
- Age
- 107
- Birth Place
- Breslau, Province of Silesia
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Hans Billian
Born 15 April 1918
Breslau, Province of Silesia
Died 18 December 2007 (aged 89)
Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany
Occupations Film producer, Film director, writer
Hans Billian (born Hans Joachim Hubert Backe, 15 April 1918 in Breslau (today, Wrocław, Poland) – 18 December 2007 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor noted for the "sex comedies" he directed in the 1970s. He was also credited as Hans Billan, Phillip Halliday, and Christian Kessler.
Billian originally wanted to become an opera singer but due to the deterioration of his voice during his nine years in military service he had to abandon this plan. After World War II, he settled in West Germany and started to work as an actor at theatres in Hamburg and Wolfenbüttel. He later began to work also as a director's assistant.
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Hans Billian
Born 15 April 1918
Breslau, Province of Silesia
Died 18 December 2007 (aged 89)
Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany
Occupations Film producer, Film director, writer
Hans Billian (born Hans Joachim Hubert Backe, 15 April 1918 in Breslau (today, Wrocław, Poland) – 18 December 2007 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor noted for the "sex comedies" he directed in the 1970s. He was also credited as Hans Billan, Phillip Halliday, and Christian Kessler.
Billian originally wanted to become an opera singer but due to the deterioration of his voice during his nine years in military service he had to abandon this plan. After World War II, he settled in West Germany and started to work as an actor at theatres in Hamburg and Wolfenbüttel. He later began to work also as a director's assistant.
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