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O. E. Hasse


Copyright: Praesens Film AG
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung P. Gassmann

1903 - 1978

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The actor O.E. Hasse is well known today in the frist place for his role in the movie "Canaris" (54), but his filmography shows a whole string of interesting movies in which he took part in Germany, France and the USA.

He began his acting career at the beginning of the 20's at a layman theater and intensified his acting intention with the attendance at Max Reinhardt's acting school.

He already took for the first time part in the film classic "Der letzte Mann" (24), directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, even if only as an extra. It took eight more years till he was able to gain a foothold in the film business. 
In the meantime he earned his money with engagements an different theaters in Germany. 
From 1932 followed regular role offers in movies in which he was engaged for support roles till the end of the war. To his well-known movies of the 30's and 50's belong "Peter Voss, der Millionendieb" (32), "Peer Gynt" (34), "Der schüchterne Casanova" (36), "Stukas" (41), "Illusionen" (41), "Rembrandt" (42), "Dr. Crippen an Bord" (42) and "Der Täter ist unter uns" (44).

O.E. Hasse was called up to the Wehrmacht in 1944 and was luckily assigned to the Hauptfilmstelle of the Reichsluftwaffe.
After the war began the great career of O.E. Hasse. At the beginning he took part in the German productions "Berliner Ballade" (48) and "Anonyme Briefe" (49), after that he went to the USA at the invitation of the State Department. In the USA he appeared in the movies "The Big Lift" (50), "Decision Before Dawn" (50), in Alfred Hitchcock's "I Confess" (53) and as the antagonist of Clark Gable in "Betrayed" (54).

He became an international star and appeared successful in Germany and France in the following years. To his well-known movies of the 50's and 60's belong together with "Canaris" the movies "Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein" (57), "Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin - Arsène Lupin-Der Millionendieb" (57), "Les espions - Spione am Werk" (57), "Der Arzt von Stalingrad" (57), "Der Maulkorb" (58), "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi" (61) and "Geliebter Lügner" (63).
In the 70's followed only few more appearances, so in "Der unsichtbare Aufstand" (72), "Eiszeit" (74) and "Sanfter Schrecken" (76).
 

Other movies with O. E. Hasse:
Kreuzer Emden (32) Muss man sich gleich scheiden lassen? (32) Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (33) Die vertauschte Braut (34) Der verhexte Scheinwerfer (34) Knock-out (35) Ein ganzer Kerl (35) Der Gefangene des Königs (35) Der ahnungslose Engel (35) Die grosse und die kleine Welt (36) Diener lassen bitten (36) So weit geht die Liebe nicht (37) Drei wunderschöne Tage (38) Alles for Gloria (41) Die Entlassung (42) Gefährtin meines Somers (43) Der ewige Klang (43) Geliebter Schatz (43) Der grosse Preis (44) Komm zu mir zurück (44) Aufruhr der Herzen (44) Philharmoniker (44) Epilog (50) Der grosse Zapfenstreich (52) Der letzte Walzer (53) Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt (53) Above Us the Sea - X-Boote greifen an (55) 08/15 - II. Teil (55) 08/15 in der Heimat (55) Alibi (55) Sait-on jamais... - Spuren in die Vergangenheit (56) Kitty und die grosse Welt (56) Ernst Reuter (56) Les espions - Spione am Werk (57) Der gläserne Turm (57) Solange das Herz schlägt (58) Der Kaiser von Amerika (59) Frau Warrens Gewerbe (59) Majestäten (60) Au voleur - Affäre Nabob/Haltet den Dieb (60) Das Leben beginnt um 8 (61) Le caporal épinglé - Der Korporal in der Schlinge (62) Le vice et la virtue - Laster und Tugend (62) Lulu (62) Mein Vater hatte recht (63) Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse (64) Rameaus Neffe (64) Trois chambres à Manhattan - Drei Zimmer in Manhattan (65) Caesar und Cleopatra (69) L'età della pace - Zeit des Friedens (74) Die Geisel (75) Serie "Der Alte: Konkurs" (77)


 
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