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Otto Wallburg


Foto: Siegmund Labisch (1863-1942)

1889 - 1944

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The actor Otto Wallburg began at the "Deutsches Theater" in Berlin when he was 20 years old. Before he adopted his stage name his real name was Otto Maximilian Wasserzug. In 1926 he was obligated by the legendary theater producer Max Reinhardt. In the same year Wallburg appeared for the first time in a film with the tilte "Die keusche Susanne" (26).

Soon he became established as a popular actor and he appeared with nearly all stars in those days - normally in supporting roles.

At the beginning of his career he was employed as youthful heroes, but when he put on weight after World War I he thought his actor career has ended. Therefore turned to stage direction. But his fears were unfounded. Soon they developed his comical talent and he was staged as the funny fat person.

In the 20's he appeared in movies like "Der Himmel auf Erden" (27), "Grand Hotel" (27), "Der rote Kreis" (28) and "Kolonne X" (29).

The 30's still offered Wallburg interesting parts. Because of his speech he was also affectionate called "Der Blubberer".

The Nazi period gave him a hard time too. His application for integration within the Reichskulturkammer was refused. In 1934 he emigrated to Vienna where he found work at Joe Pasternak's Universal Production. 
In 1937 he emigrated to the Netherlands and one year later they withdrew the German nationality from him in a public announcement.

The security which Wallburg found in the Netherlands didn't take long. In 1940 the German Wehrmacht marched into the Netherlands. A life in the underground began for Otto Wallburg. He and his wife Ilse Rein could avoid an arrest wave in 1943 but fell victim to a denunciation and were arrested early in 1944. An eight-month lasting life of suffering began. The strong emaciated and diabetic Otto Wallburg was brought into KZ Westerborg, afterwards he was deported via KZ Theresienstadt to KZ Auschwitz. There he was killed at the end of 1944.
 

Other movies with Otto Wallburg:
Derby (26) Die Abenteuer eines Zahnmarkscheines (26) In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn! 26) Die leichte Isabell (27) Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs (27) Dr. Bessels Verwandlung (27) Mein Freund Harry (27) Die Vierte von rechts (28) Liebe im Kuhstall (28) Das letzte Souper (28) Der moderne Casanova (28) Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du (29) Das närrische Glück (29) Der lustige Witwer (29) Männer ohne Beruf (29) Der Narr seiner Liebe (29) Trust der Diebe (29) Sein bester Freund (29) Ehe in Not (29) Die Nacht gehört uns (29) Der Witwenball (30) Es gibt eine Frau, die Dich niemals vergisst (30) Es gibt noch Kavaliere (30) Heute Nacht - eventuell (30) Hokuspokus (30) Das Lied ist aus (30) Der Hampelmann (30) Seitensprünge (30) Die Königin der Nacht (30) Ihre Majestät die Liebe (30) ...und das ist die Hauptsache (31) Wenn die Soldaten... (31) Hilfe! Überfall! (31) Salto Mortale (31) Opernredoute (31) Das verlorene Paradies (31) Die Fraun, von der man spricht (31) Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst? (31) Der kleine Seitensprung (31) Bomben auf Monte Carlo (31) Der Kongress tanzt (31) Weekend im Paradies (31) Der Hochtourist (31) Lügen auf Rügen (31) Ronny (31) Yorck (31) Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag (32) Das Lied einer Nacht (32) Das schöne Abenteuer (32) Der schwarze Husar (32) Wie sag ich's meinem Mann? (32) Strich durch die Rechnung (32) Friederike (32) Der grosse Bluff (32) Marion, das gehört sich nicht (32) Wenn die Liebe Mode macht (32) Madame wünscht keine Kinder (32) Die kleine Schwindlerin (33) Die Regimentstochter (33) Sag' mir wer Du bist (33) Gruss und Kuss Veronika (33) Was Frauen träumen (33) Das hässliche Mädchen (33) Wege zur guten Ehe (33) Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen (33) Der Zarewitsch (33) Inge und die Millionen (33) Konjunkturritter (34) Peter (34) Ball im Savoy (34) Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (35) Kleine Mutti (35) Alles für die Firma (35) 4 1/2 Musketiere (35) Katharina - die Letzte (36) Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (36) Mircha/Bubi (36) Carrefour (38)


 
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