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Hans Klering (8 November 1906 – 30 October 1988) was a German actor, director, voice actor, graphic designer and author. He joined the Communist Party and went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, returning to Germany in 1945. In 1946, he became a co-founder of DEFA, the East German state-owned film studio, as well as one of its directors and board members.
"Links wo das Herz ist", see footnote 39
Justus Liebig University Giessen (October 27–28, 1997). Retrieved November 29, 2011 After the war, he returned to Germany in 1945. In 1946, he became one of the founders of the DEFA film studio. A former graphic designer, Klering designed DEFA's logo. Until 1950, he was a director and member of its board of directors. After 1950, he played small roles in numerous DEFA films. In 1969, he played Mitch Chandler, a supporting role in the DEFA film ''Tödlicher Irrtum'' ("Deadly Error"), one of its "Indian films" produced as an East German version of West Germany's
Hans Klering (8 November 1906 – 30 October 1988) was a German actor, director, voice actor, graphic designer and author. He joined the Communist Party and went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, returning to Germany in 1945. In 1946, he became a co-founder of DEFA, the East German state-owned film studio, as well as one of its directors and board members.
Biographical details
Born Hans Karl Scharnagl in Berlin, he apprenticed himself from 1921 to 1924, but at the end, was unemployed. Later, he worked on the docks and as a sign painter. In 1926, he joined theCommunist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, , KPD ) was a major political party in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West German ...
. He was a member of several agitprop theater groups in Cologne and Berlin, including the ''Rote Raketen'' (Red Rocket), ''Blaue Blusen'' ( Blue Blouse), and the Left Column. As the political situation in Germany worsened, Klering fled to Moscow in 1931, where he continued to work with the Left Column. He was later arrested as part of the so-called Hitler Youth Conspiracy.Thomas Phelps"Links wo das Herz ist", see footnote 39
Justus Liebig University Giessen (October 27–28, 1997). Retrieved November 29, 2011 After the war, he returned to Germany in 1945. In 1946, he became one of the founders of the DEFA film studio. A former graphic designer, Klering designed DEFA's logo. Until 1950, he was a director and member of its board of directors. After 1950, he played small roles in numerous DEFA films. In 1969, he played Mitch Chandler, a supporting role in the DEFA film ''Tödlicher Irrtum'' ("Deadly Error"), one of its "Indian films" produced as an East German version of West Germany's
Karl May films
Karl May film adaptations are films based on stories and characters by German author Karl May (1842–1912). The characters Old Shatterhand, Winnetou, and Kara Ben Nemsi are very famous in Central Europe.
In most of the film versions the novels we ...
.
Klering died in East Berlin
East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...
in 1988.
Selected filmography
* '' Okraina'' (1933) * ''Bogdan Khmelnitskiy
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
'' (1941)
* '' The Unvanquished'' (1945)
* '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948)
* '' The Last Year'' (1951)
* '' The Call of the Sea'' (1951)
* ''Swelling Melodies
''Swelling Melodies'' (german: Rauschende Melodien) is a 1955 East German musical film directed by E.W. Fiedler and starring Erich Arnold, Jarmila Ksírová and Sonja Schöner. It is an adaptation of the operetta ''Die Fledermaus'' by Johann St ...
'' (1955)
* '' Polonia-Express'' (1957)
* '' My Wife Makes Music'' (1958)
* '' The Dress'' (1961)
* '' Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra'' (1960)
* '' Reserviert für den Tod'' (1963)
* '' Hands Up, Or I'll Shoot'' (1966/2009)
* '' The Heathens of Kummerow'' (1967)
* ''Mohr und die Raben von London
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Places
* Mohr, Fars, a city in Iran
* Mohr County, an administrative subdivision of Iran
* Mohr Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran
Science and math
* Mohr's circle, two-dimensional graphical representation o ...
'' (1968)
* ''Husaren in Berlin
''Husaren in Berlin'' is a 1971 East German film directed by Erwin Stranka.
Plot summary
Cast
*Manfred Krug as Andreas Hatik von Futak
* Evelyn Opoczynski as Andrea
*István Iglódi
*Rolf Herricht as Augustin
*Gábor Agárdi
* Antol Farka ...
'' (1971)
References
External links
* 1906 births 1988 deaths Male actors from Berlin Communist Party of Germany politicians German male film actors Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub