Wolf Albach-Retty


Wolf Albach-Retty was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider.

Career

Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna to actress Rosa Albach-Retty and K. u. K. officer Karl Albach, Albach-Retty trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and at the age of twenty played his first role at the Vienna Burgtheater.
He was a young man when he first appeared in a silent film role in 1927. In 1933 Albach-Retty became a patron member of the SS and in 1940 he joined the Nazi Party.
During the Third Reich, he made romance films and musicals. In 1936 he married Magda Schneider and temporarily took up German citizenship. In 1944, he was added to head of Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels' Gottbegnadeten list of individuals that Goebbels considered crucial to Nazi culture. His addition to the list made him exempt from military service obligations.
After World War II, his acting career soured as his past successes were no longer remembered, and he was only able to find supporting acting roles in films. He returned to the Burgtheater and starred in, among other plays, Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler. By that time, he was into his second marriage to actress Trude Marlen. Together, they had a daughter, Sacha Darwin. He died in Vienna on 21 February 1967 and is buried in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof.

Selected filmography

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  • Ein Wiener Musikantenmädel
  • The Mysterious Mirror as Sculptor
  • Love in May
  • Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
  • The Uncle from Sumatra
  • General Babka
  • Der Fleck auf der Ehr as Fred, Mrs. von Werner's grandson
  • Wiener Zauberklänge as Teddy Beamgarden
  • Two Hearts Beat as One as Victor Müller
  • Girls to Marry as Paul, Robert Groll's brother
  • The Beautiful Adventure as Andre d'Eguzon
  • The Black Hussar as Leutnant Aribert von Blome
  • And the Plains Are Gleaming as Peter Borly, Husarenleutnant
  • Kind, ich freu' mich auf dein Kommen as Herbert
  • Love Must Be Understood as Bobby Brandt, Ellens Vetter
  • Just Once a Great Lady as Heinz von Wolfenstein
  • Spring Parade as Wilhelm August Jurek
  • Tales from the Vienna Woods as Graf Rudi von Waldheim
  • Die Katz' im Sack as Edmund Vernon, Rennfahrer
  • Winter Night's Dream as Peter Kreutzberg
  • Großreinemachen as Robert Cox
  • The Bird Seller as Adam der Vogelhändler
  • Sylvia und ihr Chauffeur as Dr. Hartenegg
  • Rendezvous in Wien as Franz Lenhardt – Musiker
  • The Fairy Doll as Alexander – sein Bruder
  • Geheimnis eines alten Hauses as Teddy Eberlein
  • Millionäre/Ich möcht' so gern mit Dir allein sein as Fred, beider Sohn
  • Die glücklichste Ehe der Welt as Peter Reiterer
  • Darling of the Sailors as Kapitänleutnant Igor Juritsch
  • Frühlingsluft as Erbprinz, Rudolf
  • Der Hampelmann as Paul Oertel
  • Hotel Sacher as Lt. Herrngruber
  • Liebe streng verboten
  • Heimatland as Günther Nordmann, Reitlehrer
  • A Mother's Love as Walter Pirlinger – 1922
  • Das Glück wohnt nebenan
  • Wie konntest Du, Veronika as Dr. Fred Junker
  • Falstaff in Vienna as Robert von Weitenegg
  • Seven Years Hard Luck as Heinz Kersten
  • So gefällst Du mir as Peter Seidl
  • Tanz mit dem Kaiser as Rittmeister von Kleber
  • Die heimliche Gräfin as Michael Hohenwardt
  • Seven Years of Good Luck/''Seven Years of Happiness as Heinz Kersten
  • Two Happy People
  • Mask in Blue as Georg Harding
  • Abenteuer im Grand Hotel as Rudolf, Count Lerchenau / Rudi Lindt
  • The White Dream as Ernst Eder
  • Reisebekanntschaft as Walter Falke
  • Alles aus Liebe as Rolf Möller, Tierdresseur
  • Romantische Brautfahrt as Der junge Baron Ferdinand Crisander
  • Hundstage as Dr. Paul Wendler
  • A Man Like Maximilian as Dr. Thomas Hesse
  • Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
  • Alles Lüge as Will Wolters
  • Ein bezaubernder Schwindler as Martin Palmer, junger Komponist
  • Dangerous Guests as Peter Anders
  • Grossstadtnacht as Alfred Siedler
  • Two in One Suit as Otto Vogel
  • The Man in Search of Himself as Marius Aldon
  • Czardas of Hearts as Peter Tornay / Paul Endre
  • Woe to Him Who Loves as Dr. Gött
  • Unschuld in tausend Nöten/Das Mädel aus der Konfektion as Dr. Singer
  • ' as Sandor von Halvany
  • ' as Georg Schmittlein
  • Der Mann in der Wanne
  • Ideal Woman Sought as Robby Holm
  • The Mine Foreman as Andreas Spaun, ein Kavalier
  • The Bird Seller as Fürst
  • The Great Lola as Carlo Werner
  • The Sweetest Fruits as Roberto di Caramello / Bananen-Beppo
  • School for Marriage as Tobias
  • The Seven Dresses of Katrin as Martin Pall
  • His Daughter is Called Peter as Ingenieur Max Klaar, ihr Vater
  • Your Life Guards as Onkel Nikolaus
  • And Who Is Kissing Me? as Lindner
  • ' as Enrico Alovanis
  • Engagement at Wolfgangsee as Erich Eckberg
  • Imperial and Royal Field Marshal as Baron Linsky
  • ' as Kapitän Paul Heider
  • ' as Baron Siebenzell
  • ' as Erzherzog Max
  • Endangered Girls as Dr. Thomas Jensen
  • Man ist nur zweimal jung asPeter Grafenegger
  • Immer die Radfahrer as Prof. Johannes Büttner
  • Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik as Niko Berthold
  • ' as Albert Türkheim
  • Peter, das Zirkuskind/Auf allen Strassen as Christian, Gutsbesitzer
  • Girls for the Mambo-Bar as Krüger
  • Hunting Party as Friedrich Dahlhoff
  • Frauen in Teufels Hand as Herr von Parisi
  • ' as Mr. Reichert
  • ' as Baron von Danning
  • Autofahrer unterwegs/Auf den Strassen einer Stadt as Peters
  • The Post Has Gone as Lukas Lenz
  • The Forester's Daughter as Graf Paalen
  • Bergwind as Herr Meister
  • The Cardinal as Baron Hartman
  • ' asChef der Wiener Eisrevue
  • Die Kinder as Gandolf Graf Freyn
  • ' as Herr Baumann
  • Leinen aus Irland as Ministerialrat Kress
  • Die Tänzerin Fanny Elßler'' as Fürst Esterházy