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Gustav von Wangenheim
German actor (–)
Gustav von Wangenheim (born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim; 18 February &#; 5 August ) was a German actor, screenwriter and director.
Biography
Early 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 films between and [1] He briefly served in the Imperial German Army during World War I but was discharged in because of an eye injury.
Career
Wangenheim made his screen debut in in Passionels Tagebuch and went on to star in many silent features.
Greta schroeder Horst Reinecke, Schausp. Wangenheim died in East Berlin on 5 August and was buried in the Friedrichsfelde cemetery in Berlin. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, in to parents who were both actors. 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.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 , Wangenheim was cast in what would prove to be his most enduring role, that of Thomas Hutter in F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu.
A member of the Communist Party of Germany since , Wangenheim founded the Communist theatre company Die Truppe '31 in [2] Die Truppe '31 produced three plays, authored and directed by Wangenheim, before it was shut down by order of the Nazi regime in [3]
Wangenheim fled Nazi Germany in the s and found refuge in the Soviet Union.
While living in exile at Moscow's Hotel Lux, he continued writing and producing films, such as Der Kampf (), an anti-Nazi protest film, and was the head of the German language Cabaret "Kolonne Links".
Gustav von wangenheim biography Wangenheim was married to Inge von Wangenheim from to In he founded the travelling worker's theatre group "Die Barbusse-Troupe" and between and he was the leader "Truppe " that originated from a communist cell in the Artist Colony in Berlin. Chefdramaturg d. Auch W.In , during the Stalinistpurges, 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.
Wangenheim was married to Inge von Wangenheim from to The couple had two sons, Friedel and Edi, and twin daughters, Elisabeth and Eleonora von Wangenheim. Wangenheim died in East Berlin on 5 August and was buried in the Friedrichsfelde cemetery in Berlin.
Filmography
References in popular culture
- In the 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."