Hans Albers wurde als Sohn des Schlachtermeisters Philipp Albers (genannt „Schöner Wilhelm“) und dessen Frau Johanna Dorothea, geborene Rathjen, in der Langen Reihe 71 in Hamburg-St. Georg als jüngstes von sechs Kindern geboren. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. As a case in point, McDonald's used such an image in an American television ad campaign in 1986. In 1938 she went into exile in Switzerland (later London). 7 with actress Ilse Werner. This was promoted by his increasing alcoholism during the 1950s. The sailing ship Padua for the outdoor scenes of the film has survived under Soviet and Russian flag until this day as Kruzenshtern. 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After World War II, well-funded Albers avoided the financial plight and professional banning many actors faced on account of his association with Hansi Burg. Some of the scenes are said to have been shot in Prague because of bomb damage to Hamburg. Eine sehr schöne Aufnahme vom "blonden Hans".aus dem Film"Wasser für Canitoga" Teil: Die Verbrecher-GmbH, Die Kronjuwelen des Herzogs von Rochester, Liebe und Leben, 1. Travel back in time to check out the early roles of some of Hollywood's heavy hitters. Burg returned to Germany and Albers in 1946. Their relationship started in 1925. Eventually he found an opening with respectful wisdom-with-age type character parts with some public acclaim, but with these never again enjoyed the huge stardom of the 1930s and early 1940s. Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. The relationship ended only when he died in 1960. [2], After roles in over one hundred silent films, Albers starred in the first German talkie Die Nacht gehört uns (The Night Belongs to Us) in 1929. Eine Filmographie. Herausgegeben von Hilmar Hoffmann und Walter Schobert in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Institut für Filmkunde, Wiesbaden. While Albers himself never showed public support for the Nazi regime, he became the most popular actor under Nazi rule. Hans Albers, Soundtrack: Soul Kitchen. Teil - Die Macht der Liebe, Söhne der Nacht, 1. Today he is probably better known for his music than his films; many of his songs remain familiar to young German people even today. Albers himself shot to fame in 1930 with the movie The Copper and constantly enhanced his star status with similar daredevil roles in the 1930s. Soon thereafter, Albers played big-mouthed strong man Mazeppa alongside Marlene Dietrich in her star-making classic Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). As the ultimate sign of his popularity, the Nazis even silently accepted his relationship with Hansi Burg for a long time. He was probably at his best when teamed-up with fellow German movie legend Heinz Rühmann, as in Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931) and Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war (1937). After his release from the Hospital in Wiesbaden where he had been treated, he performed in the local Residenztheater in comedies, antics and operettas. Biografie. He was seriously interested in acting by his late teens and took acting classes without the knowledge of his parents. Albers' songs were often peppered with expressions in Low German, which is spoken in Northern Germany. Life companion was the actress Hansi Burg. [2], Hans Albers collapsed during a theater performance with massive internal bleeding[3] and died three months later on 24 July 1960 at a sanatorium in Kempfenhausen near Lake Starnberg at the age of 68. Also in 1943, Albers starred in another classic German film Große Freiheit Nr. Eberhard Spieß: Hans Albers. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Many of Albers' songs from his movies became huge hits and some even remain popular to this day. In 1938 she went into exile in Switzerland (later London). Hans Albers was born in Hamburg, the son of a butcher, and grew up in the district of St. … Albers' name will forever be closely associated with his hometown of Hamburg, in particular the district of St. Pauli where there is a square named Hans-Albers-Platz in his honour. In 1943, Albers was paid a huge sum of money to star in UFA's big-budgeted anniversary picture Münchhausen but was careful not to give the impression that he was endorsing the National Socialist regime, which was indeed never asked of him. Plus, see what some of your favorite '90s stars look like now. They separated in 1935 due to the pressure of the German Nazi government. Hans-Albers-Platz, one block south of the Reeperbahn, features a statue of Albers, created by the German artist Jörg Immendorff. One of his signature songs is Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins, ("On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight") which has become one of the best-known songs about Hamburg and also an unofficial anthem of the St. Pauli district where the Reeperbahn itself is located. Teil - Die Seele des Kindes, Die 52. Life companion was the actress Hansi Burg. [2] After the war Albers moved to Berlin, where he found work as a comedic actor in various Weimar-Era Berlin theatres. The actor nevertheless, avoided an overly close association in public. Their relationship started in 1925. But Albers finally gave in to the pressure. [2], When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Albers and his Jewish girlfriend Hansi Burg moved to Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. Shortly after this she married the Norwegian Erich Blydt. Looking for some great streaming picks? By the early 1950s, his age finally showed and his powerful presence and freshness was almost gone. Sendung: Sven Regener und Ulrike Sterblich, Dance with Death: The Ufa-Star Sybille Schmitz. Burg returned to Germany and Albers in 1946. Many of Albers' songs were humorous tales of drunken, womanizing sailors on shore-leave, with double entendres such as "It hurts the first time, but with time, you get used to it" in reference to a girl falling in love for the first time. It was also in Berlin that Albers began a long-term relationship with Jewish actress Hansi Burg (1898–1975). Shortly after this she married the Norwegian Erich Blydt. His breakthrough performance was that of a waiter in the play Verbrecher (Criminals). Outside of Northern Europe, Albers remains virtually unknown; however the image of an older man in a seaman's cap and raincoat playing accordion and singing remains familiar internationally.