Gustav von Wangenheim

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Gustav von Wangenheim
Born
Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim

(1895-02-18)18 February 1895
Wiesbaden, Province of Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died5 August 1975(1975-08-05) (aged 80)
East Berlin, East Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1931; div. 1954)​
Children4, including Friedel

Gustav von Wangenheim (born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim; 18 February 1895 – 5 August 1975) was a German actor, screenwriter and director.

Biography

Early life

Wangenheim was born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim in Wiesbaden, Hesse, to parents Eduard Clemens Freiherr von Wangenheim and Minna Mengers. Both of his parents were performers; his father, who used the stage name Eduard von Winterstein, appeared in over 200 films between 1910 and 1960.[1] He briefly served in the Imperial German Army during World War I but was discharged in 1915 because of an eye injury.

Career

Wangenheim made his screen debut in 1914 in Passionels Tagebuch and went on to star in many silent features. Among his works were

Frau im Mond (as "Windegger"), and Karl Heinz Martin's Das Haus zum Mond. In 1921, Wangenheim was cast in what would prove to be his most enduring role, that of Thomas Hutter in F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu
.

A member of the

Nazi regime in 1933.[3]

Wangenheim fled

Trotskyites.[4]

Becker was executed and Neher died in the Gulag system after five years in prison.[5] Von Wangenheim's son later stated the accusations that his father denounced Neher and Becker were one-sided and inaccurate. Gustav von Wangenheim's son claimed his father, after being arrested by the NKVD and a lengthy interrogation, signed a statement that implicated Carola Neher as being "anti soviet" but had in fact explicitly refuted the accusation that Neher and her husband Anatol Becker had planned to murder Stalin.[6]

Wangenheim was a founding member of the National Committee for a Free Germany. After World War II, he returned to East Germany, where he worked for the DEFA as screenwriter and director.

Gustav von Wangenheim with Käthe Dorsch

Wangenheim was married to Inge von Wangenheim from 1931 to 1954. The couple had two sons, Friedel and Edi, and twin daughters, Elisabeth and Eleonora von Wangenheim. Wangenheim died in East Berlin on 5 August 1975 and was buried in the Friedrichsfelde cemetery in Berlin.

Filmography

References in popular culture

  • In the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, which depicted the production of Nosferatu, Eddie Izzard portrayed Wangenheim.
  • Footage of Wangenheim's performance as Hutter appears in the
    Queen
    video for "Under Pressure."

References

  1. ^ "Eduard von Winterstein". IMDb.
  2. ^ "In a Cold Crater". publishing.cdlib.org.
  3. ^ "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
  4. ISBN 9789053564332
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Reinhard Müller "Menschenfalle Moskau. Exil und stalinistische Verfolgung" Hamburg 2001 (in German)
  6. ^ Vgl. Friedel von Wangenheim: Mein Vater Gustav Frhr. v. Wangenheim und der Fall der Schauspielerin Carola Neher, in: Wangenheim Nachrichten Nr. 25 vom Dezember 1998.

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