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Oskar Karlweis is a Actor Autrichien born on 10 june 1894 at Hinterbrühl (Austria)

Oskar Karlweis

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Nationality Austria
Birth 10 june 1894 at Hinterbrühl (Austria)
Death 24 october 1956 (at 62 years) at New York City (USA)

Oskar Karlweis (né le 10 juin 1894 à Hinterbrühl, mort le 24 janvier 1956 à New York) est un acteur autrichien.

Biography

Le fils de l'écrivain Carl Karlweis obtient un diplôme en droit avant de se lancer dans le métier d'acteur. Il est engagé en 1912 au Théâtre de la Ville de Vienne (Wiener Stadttheater) durant huit années, avec une interruption à cause de la Première Guerre mondiale. En 1919, Max Reinhardt le fait venir avec lui au Theater in der Josefstadt et jouer sur des scènes de Munich. Il est à la première en 1921 de L'Homme difficile de Hugo von Hofmannsthal dans le rôle de Stani Bühl. En 1923, il fait un retour à Vienne au Kammerspiele et au Carltheater . En 1927, il va à Berlin au Deutsches Theater et d'autres scènes. Il fait la connaissance de Marlène Dietrich, alors inconnue. Lui est un comédien populaire qui sait aussi chanter et danser comme dans le rôle du Prince Orlofsky dans l'opérette Die Fledermaus.

Entre 1930 et 1933, il travaille pour le cinéma. Son plus grand rôle est Kurt dans Le Chemin du paradis où, aux côtés de Willy Fritsch et Heinz Rühmann, il tente de séduire Lilian Harvey.

Lors de l'arrivée du nazisme au pouvoir en Allemagne, Oskar Karlweis, d'origine juive, revient à Vienne, au Theater in der Josefstadt. Après l'Anschluss, il émigre en Suisse puis à Paris avec Karl Farkas avec qui il joue. En 1940, il fuit avec Friedrich Torberg en Espagne et au Portugal pour les États-Unis.

Il doit apprendre l'anglais. Avec Farkas, Hermann Leopoldi et Paul Hörbiger, il joue pour les Allemands en exil. Dans la pièce Jakobowsky und der Oberst (Jakobowsky et le colonel) de Franz Werfel qui met en scène cette fuite des Juifs, il triomphe à Broadway.

En 1948, Karlweis retourne à Vienne et à Berlin, retrouve le succès et continue en même temps à travailler aux États-Unis. Il épouse la productrice de films Ninon Tallon. Il meurt en 1956 d'une crise cardiaque et est enterré auprès de son père au cimetière évangélique de Matzleinsdorf.

Usually with

Franz Schulz
Franz Schulz
(3 films)
Tibor Halmay
Tibor Halmay
(3 films)
S.Z. Sakall
S.Z. Sakall
(3 films)
Walter Reisch
Walter Reisch
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Oskar Karlweis (13 films)

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Meet Me in Las Vegas, 1h52
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Henreid, Jim Backus, Lena Horne
Roles Lotzi
Rating60% 3.046223.046223.046223.046223.04622
Le film se déroule à l'intérieur et aux alentours de l'hôtel Sands à Las Vegas; un joueur découvre que tout ce qu'il a à faire pour gagner à la roulette est de prendre la main d'une danseuse.
The Juggler, 1h24
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Circus films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joseph Walsh, Alf Kjellin, Charles Lane
Roles Willy Schmidt
Rating64% 3.245933.245933.245933.245933.24593
After World War II, a German named Hans Müller (Kirk Douglas) is one of a shipload of Jewish refugees who debark at Haifa in 1949. Like many other concentration camp survivors, Hans has psychological problems, including survivor guilt. At one point, he mistakes a woman and some children for his murdered family.
5 Fingers
5 Fingers (1952)
, 1h48
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oskar Karlweis, Herbert Berghof
Roles L. C. Moyzisch
Rating75% 3.7973753.7973753.7973753.7973753.797375
In neutral Turkey in 1944, German ambassador Franz von Papen (John Wengraf) and his British counterpart Sir Frederic Taylor (Walter Hampden) attend a reception and encounter Countess Anna Staviska (Danielle Darrieux), who is a Frenchwoman and the widow of a Polish count. Now destitute, the countess volunteers to become a spy for a fee, but she is turned down.
Anything Can Happen, 1h47
Directed by George Seaton, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors José Ferrer, Kim Hunter, Kurt Kasznar, Eugenie Leontovich, Oskar Karlweis, Oscar Beregi, Sr.
Roles Uncle Besso
Rating61% 3.0960653.0960653.0960653.0960653.096065
The film follows Papashvily from his arrival and initial interview on Ellis Island, through his early jobs on New York's bustling Lower East Side. His friend, Nuri (Kurt Kasznar), who had arrived in New York earlier and speaks English, leads the way, telling Giorgi that he'll help him get an outdoor job with plenty of fresh air. Instead, they find themselves carrying buckets and pouring hot tar on rooftops.
St. Benny the Dip, 1h20
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Freddie Bartholomew, Oskar Karlweis
Roles Mr. Kovacs
Rating57% 2.8558952.8558952.8558952.8558952.855895
Benny (Dick Haymes), Monk (Lionel Stander) and Matthew (Roland Young) are three small-time crooks trying to escape a police dragnet in New York City. After hiding in a church and taking minister's suits and dog collars, they emerge, dressed as priests, and find shelter in an abandoned Bowery mission. When beat cops mistake them for real ministers sent to restore the soup kitchen, they're forced to go along with repairs, holding services and feeding the poor. They have to decide whether to stay, steal the mission money and run, or... change their lives. As with Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, when the bishop he has robbed lets him go, it's the first time they've been treated with respect and had a chance to do good work. The question is whether the police detectives or junior priests will turn them in before they even have a chance.
The Three from the Filling Station, 1h38
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Heinz Rühmann, Oskar Karlweis, Fritz Kampers, Olga Tschechowa
Roles Kurt
Rating64% 3.244173.244173.244173.244173.24417
Completely broke, the three friends Willy, Kurt and Hans strand on a country road when they run out of fuel. They sell their car to acquire a nearby filling station. Taking turns at serving as petrol attendants the three independently of one another fall in love with the handsome and well-off customer Lilian, anxiously hiding their romance with each other. However, the young women only reciprocates Willy's feelings and invites him and his friends to a luxury restaurant in order to establish clarity. When Willy learns about his luck, he immediately renunciates his victory out of deference to his friends.
Two Hearts in Waltz Time
Directed by Géza von Bolváry
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Walter Janssen, Willi Forst, Oskar Karlweis, S.Z. Sakall, Paul Hörbiger, Gretl Theimer
Roles Nicky Mahler - Librettist
Rating66% 3.32823.32823.32823.32823.3282
Nicki and Vicki, two librettists who also happen to be brothers, are presently in collaboration with composer Toni. All too aware of Toni's amorous escapades, Nicki and Vicki try to keep the existence of their pretty sister Hedi a secret. Suffering from an acute case of writers' block (he has yet to find an inspiration for his next production), Toni throws a huge party, which is boycotted by his friends and associates so that he'll keep his mind on his work. The only guest who does show up is uninvited — and surprise, that guest is sweet little Hedi, who turns out to be inspiration enough for ten operettas.