Heinz Hilpert
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s Actor , screenwriter , director
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- Birth Place
- 1 March 1890 Berlin , German Empire
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich.
After training as a primary school teacher in Berlin, Hilpert studied German, philosophy and art history at the Friedrich Wilhelm University and began working as an actor at the Berliner Volksbühne in 1919 playing in the film Brothers. Max Reinhardt brought him to the Deutsches Theater Berlin in 1926 and made him his senior director. There he staged the premiere of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick on March 5, 1931, achieving one of his greatest successes. In the same year he staged the premiere of Tales from the Vienna Woods. After his brief return to the Volksbühne in 1932 as director, the National Socialists made him director of the Deutsches Theater in 1934 and thus the direct successor to Max Reinhardt, who had been driven into exile. He remained director until the Berlin theaters closed on September 1, 1944.
In 1935, Joseph Goebbels appointed him a member of the Reich Cultural Senate. After the annexation of Austria, Hilpert was also director of the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1938 to 1945. During the Nazi era, Hilpert stood up for the persecuted and was able to maintain a certain artistic freedom in his theaters. Hilpert also occasionally worked as an actor and director for films.
After training as a primary school teacher in Berlin, Hilpert studied German, philosophy and art history at the Friedrich Wilhelm University and began working as an actor at the Berliner Volksbühne in 1919 playing in the film Brothers. Max Reinhardt brought him to the Deutsches Theater Berlin in 1926 and made him his senior director. There he staged the premiere of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick on March 5, 1931, achieving one of his greatest successes. In the same year he staged the premiere of Tales from the Vienna Woods. After his brief return to the Volksbühne in 1932 as director, the National Socialists made him director of the Deutsches Theater in 1934 and thus the direct successor to Max Reinhardt, who had been driven into exile. He remained director until the Berlin theaters closed on September 1, 1944.
In 1935, Joseph Goebbels appointed him a member of the Reich Cultural Senate. After the annexation of Austria, Hilpert was also director of the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1938 to 1945. During the Nazi era, Hilpert stood up for the persecuted and was able to maintain a certain artistic freedom in his theaters. Hilpert also occasionally worked as an actor and director for films.
Life & Career Details
Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich.
After training as a primary school teacher in Berlin, Hilpert studied German, philosophy and art history at the Friedrich Wilhelm University and began working as an actor at the Berliner Volksbühne in 1919 playing in the film Brothers. Max Reinhardt brought him to the Deutsches Theater Berlin in 1926 and made him his senior director. There he staged the premiere of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick on March 5, 1931, achieving one of his greatest successes. In the same year he staged the premiere of Tales from the Vienna Woods. After his brief return to the Volksbühne in 1932 as director, the National Socialists made him director of the Deutsches Theater in 1934 and thus the direct successor to Max Reinhardt, who had been driven into exile. He remained director until the Berlin theaters closed on September 1, 1944.
In 1935, Joseph Goebbels appointed him a member of the Reich Cultural Senate. After the annexation of Austria, Hilpert was also director of the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1938 to 1945. During the Nazi era, Hilpert stood up for the persecuted and was able to maintain a certain artistic freedom in his theaters. Hilpert also occasionally worked as an actor and director for films.
After training as a primary school teacher in Berlin, Hilpert studied German, philosophy and art history at the Friedrich Wilhelm University and began working as an actor at the Berliner Volksbühne in 1919 playing in the film Brothers. Max Reinhardt brought him to the Deutsches Theater Berlin in 1926 and made him his senior director. There he staged the premiere of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick on March 5, 1931, achieving one of his greatest successes. In the same year he staged the premiere of Tales from the Vienna Woods. After his brief return to the Volksbühne in 1932 as director, the National Socialists made him director of the Deutsches Theater in 1934 and thus the direct successor to Max Reinhardt, who had been driven into exile. He remained director until the Berlin theaters closed on September 1, 1944.
In 1935, Joseph Goebbels appointed him a member of the Reich Cultural Senate. After the annexation of Austria, Hilpert was also director of the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1938 to 1945. During the Nazi era, Hilpert stood up for the persecuted and was able to maintain a certain artistic freedom in his theaters. Hilpert also occasionally worked as an actor and director for films.
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