Axel von Ambesser

Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich, better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director.
Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburg Kammerspiele, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.

Works

Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg, play, 1946Begegnung im Herbst, play, 1967

Selected filmography

ActorThe King's Prisoner - TanzmeisterA Hopeless Case - VerehrerSalonwagen E 417 - Ursulas Bräutigam WernerDie unheimlichen Wünsche - Jouet, LuftschifferEine kleine Nachtmusik - Baron EgonRitorno Traummusik - Maestro HuttenThe Heart of a Queen - Prinz Henry DarnleyAnnelie - GeorgTanz mit dem Kaiser - Kaiser Joseph II.Women Are No Angels - Richard AndenCarnival of Love - Pianist FrankDie kluge Marianne - BaldiDer Mann, dem man den Namen stahl - Fridolin BeidermannDas Mädchen Juanita - Robert HenselingThe Adventures of Fridolin - Fridolin BiedermannVerspieltes Leben - Stefan MarbachVerlobte Leute - Hans Schmidt, der MalerThree Girls Spinning - Professor HartwigDreaming Days - Herr BergerKommen Sie am Ersten - Kommentator Der Mann in der Wanne Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt - KommentatorDancing Stars - Sir Thomas Gregorian' - Direktor BrandDie Freundin meines Mannes - Mann im FlugzeugAdorable Arabella - Lord FleetwoodThe Good Soldier Schweik - Narrator Gustav Adolf's Page - WallensteinIt Can't Always Be Caviar - Narrator Breakfast in Bed - Narrator

' - Thomas AndermattI Learned It from Father - Regisseur / Himself - Narrator Who Wants to Sleep? - Ronald' - Wilhelm Busch

Director

' — ' — Her First Date —
' The Crammer '
' — Adorable Arabella — The Good Soldier Schweik — '
' He Can't Stop Doing It — Kohlhiesel's Daughters — Breakfast in Bed — I Learned It from Father Marry Me, Cherie — Who Wants to Sleep? — Die schöne Helena —