Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German
actress
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who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the
Nazi era including ''
Quax the Crash Pilot
''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (german: Quax, der Bruchpilot) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt and Lothar Firmans. It is also sometimes translated as ''Quax the Test Pilot''.Chapman p. 19 ...
'' (1941).
[Reimer p. 97]
Selected filmography
* ''
Trouble Backstairs'' (1935)
* ''
City of Anatol'' (1936)
* ''
Orders Are Orders'' (1936)
* ''
The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1936)
* ''
When Women Keep Silent'' (1937)
* ''
The Coral Princess
''The Coral Princess'' (german: Die Korallenprinzessin or alternatively An der schönen Adria ) is a 1937 German-Yugoslav comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Iván Petrovich, Hilde Sessak and Ita Rina.Bock & Bergfelder p. 536
The ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Water for Canitoga'' (1939)
* ''
The Curtain Falls'' (1939)
* ''
Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree'' (1940)
* ''
Kleider machen Leute'' (1940)
* ''
A Man Astray
''A Man Astray'' (German: ''Ein Mann auf Abwegen'') is a 1940 German comedy adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele and Hilde Weissner.Hull p.222 The film is an adaptation of the 1938 novel ''Percy au ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Quax the Crash Pilot
''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (german: Quax, der Bruchpilot) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt and Lothar Firmans. It is also sometimes translated as ''Quax the Test Pilot''.Chapman p. 19 ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Alarm
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Alphabetical musical instruments
Etymology
The word ''alarm'' comes from t ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941)
* ''
Luisa Sanfelice
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'' (1942)
* ''
Paracelsus
Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
H ...
'' (1943)
* ''
A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943)
* ''
Orient Express
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'' (1944)
* ''
Die Feuerzangenbowle
''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (''The Fire Tongs Bowl'', ''The Punch Bowl'') is a German novel, later adapted into several films, which tells the story of a famous writer going undercover as a pupil at a small town gymnasium after his friends tell him ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Who Drove the Grey Ford?'' (1950)
* ''
The Woman from Last Night'' (1950)
* ''
Not Without Gisela
''Not Without Gisela'' (german: link=no, Es geht nicht ohne Gisela) is a 1951 West German musical comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Peter Mosbacher, Eva Ingeborg Scholz and Hilde Sessak.Bliersbach p. 49 It was shot at the Spanda ...
'' (1951)
* ''
When the Evening Bells Ring'' (1951)
* ''
Story of a Young Couple'' (1952)
* ''
The Man Between'' (1953)
* ''
The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954)
* ''
The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954)
* ''
Sergeant Borck
''Sergeant Borck'' (german: Oberwachtmeister Borck) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Annemarie Düringer and Ingrid Andree.Goble p. 891 It is a remake of the 1935 film '' Sergeant Sch ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Before God and Man'' (1955)
* ''
Iron Gustav'' (1958)
* ''
We Cellar Children'' (1960)
* ''
Jeder stirbt für sich allein'' (1962)
* ''
Der Hexer'' (1964)
* ''
The Hunchback of Soho'' (1966)
* ''
Long Legs, Long Fingers'' (1966)
* ''
The Gorilla of Soho'' (1968)
* ''
Grete Minde'' (1977)
References
External links
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Bibliography
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1915 births
2003 deaths
German film actresses
German television actresses
20th-century German actresses
Actresses from Berlin
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