Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner was a German actor, film director and theatre director.
Beginnings
He was born in Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of the Munich Kammerspiele, in acting and directing.Nazi era
In 1936, Liebeneiner became a member of the Prussian State Theater in Berlin and in 1938, he became artistic director of the German Film Academy Babelsberg.In 1941, he directed the film Ich klage an in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. The film was about voluntary euthanasia of a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, but was intended to support the T4 euthanasia program. He received a doctorate in the years from 1942 to 1945 while working for Universum Film AG, the largest German film studio at that time.
Post war
In 1947, Liebeneiner directed the debut of Wolfgang Borchert's play Draußen vor der Tür in the Hamburg Kammerspiele. In 1956 he was successful with the film The Trapp Family.He died on 28 November 1987, aged 82, in Vienna after a long illness.
Personal life
Liebeneiner was married twice: first, from 1934 to the actress Ruth Hellberg, then from 1944 to the actress Hilde Krahl, with whom he had his daughter Johanna Liebeneiner, also an actress.Selected filmography
Actor
The Other Side Happy Days in Aranjuez Farewell Waltz Music in the Blood Asew Liebelei A Love Story Enjoy Yourselves What Am I Without You A Night on the Danube Every Day Isn't Sunday Artist Love His Late Excellency The Blonde Carmen- ''Friedemann Bach''
Director
FilmThe Model Husband Don't Promise Me Anything You and I Yvette Target in the Clouds The Leghorn Hat Bismarck Ich klage an Die Entlassung Melody of a Great City Love '47 My Niece Susanne Abundance of Life When a Woman Loves The Blue Star of the South Gateway to Peace 1. April 2000 The Dancing Heart The Stronger Woman The Beautiful Miller Love is Forever On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight I Was an Ugly Girl Leave on Word of Honour The Trapp Family Winter in the Woods Queen Louise Goodbye, Franziska Immer wenn der Tag beginnt The Trapp Family in America Taiga Sebastian Kneipp My Daughter Patricia Jacqueline Ingeborg I'm Marrying the Director A Woman for Life Final Accord The Last Chapter Schweik's Awkward Years The World Revolves Around You When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills ' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron HandTelevisionTreasure Island — Ein Schloß in Schweden — Ein ehrenwerter Herr —
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