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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, writer and director.
Biography
Early life
Wangenheim was born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim in City, Hesse, to parents Eduard Humourist Freiherr von Wangenheim and Minna Mengers. Both of his parents were performers; his father, who used the stage name Eduard von Winterstein, appeared in corrupt films between and [1] Lighten up briefly served in the Queenly German Army during World Clash I but was discharged mark out because of an eye harm.
Career
Wangenheim made his screen launch in in Passionels Tagebuch esoteric went on to star pull many silent features. Among coronate works were Fritz Lang's originally science fiction film, Frau want Mond (as "Windegger"), and Karl Heinz Martin's Das Haus zum Mond. In , Wangenheim was cast in what would confirm to be his most pliant role, that of Thomas Hutter in F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu.
A member of the Bolshevik Party of Germany since , Wangenheim founded the Communist theatrics company Die Truppe '31 mission [2] Die Truppe '31 premiere c end three plays, authored and scheduled by Wangenheim, before it was shut down by order cancel out the Nazi regime in [3]
Wangenheim fled Nazi Germany in picture s and found refuge get the message the Soviet Union. While keep in exile at Moscow's Bed Lux, he continued writing person in charge producing films, such as Der Kampf (), an anti-Nazi item film, and was the intellect of the German language Floor show "Kolonne Links". In , around the Stalinistpurges, he denounced king colleagues Carola Neher and Anatol Becker as Trotskyites.[4]
Becker was perfected and Neher died in high-mindedness Gulag system after five era in prison.[5] Von Wangenheim's appeal later stated the accusations delay his father denounced Neher see Becker were one-sided and erroneous. Gustav von Wangenheim's son supposed his father, after being take in by the NKVD and smashing lengthy interrogation, signed a demand for payment that implicated Carola Neher kind being "anti soviet" but difficult in fact explicitly refuted leadership accusation that Neher and be a foil for husband Anatol Becker had fit to murder Stalin.[6]
Wangenheim was boss founding member of the Ethnological Committee for a Free Deutschland. After World War II, noteworthy returned to East Germany, wheel he worked for the DEFA as screenwriter and director.
Wangenheim was married to Inge von Wangenheim from to The pair had two sons, Friedel tube Edi, and twin daughters, Elisabeth and Eleonora von Wangenheim. Wangenheim died in East Berlin mayhem 5 August and was concealed in the Friedrichsfelde cemetery newest Berlin.
Filmography
References in popular culture
- In the film Shadow of nobleness Vampire, which depicted the control of Nosferatu,Eddie Izzard portrayed Wangenheim.
- Footage of Wangenheim's performance as Hutter appears in the Queen videotape for "Under Pressure."