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G. W. Pabst

January 01, 1970

Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic.

G.W. Pabst
G. W. Pabst during production of the film L'Opéra de quat'sous (The Threepenny Opera) in 1931
Born
Georg Wilhelm Pabst

(1885-08-25)25 August 1885
Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died29 May 1967(1967-05-29) (aged 81)
Vienna, Austria
Resting placeZentralfriedhof
Years active1901–1957
Spouse
Gertrude Hennings
​
(m. 1924)​
ChildrenMichael Pabst (1941-2008)

Early years edit

Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today's Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic), the son of a railroad official. While growing up in Vienna, he studied drama at the Academy of Decorative Arts and initially began his career as a stage actor in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.[1][2] In 1910, Pabst traveled to the United States, where he worked as an actor and director at the German Theater in New York City.[1]

In 1914, he decided to become a director, and he returned to recruit actors in Europe.[3] Pabst was in France when World War I began, he was arrested and held as an enemy alien and interned in a prisoner-of-war camp near Brest.[4] While imprisoned, Pabst organised a theatre group at the camp and directed French-language plays.[4] Upon his release in 1919, he returned to Vienna, where he became director of the Neue Wiener Bühne, an avant-garde theatre.[1]

Career edit

Pabst began his career as a film director at the behest of Carl Froelich who hired Pabst as an assistant director. He directed his first film, The Treasure, in 1923.[2] He developed a talent for "discovering" and developing the talents of actresses, including Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen, Louise Brooks, and Leni Riefenstahl.[5]

Pabst's best known films concern the plight of women, including The Joyless Street (1925) with Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen, Secrets of a Soul (1926) with Lili Damita, The Loves of Jeanne Ney (1927) with Brigitte Helm, and Pandora's Box (1929) and Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) with American actress Louise Brooks. He also co-directed with Arnold Fanck a mountain film entitled The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) starring Leni Riefenstahl.

After the coming of sound, he made a trilogy of films that secured his reputation: Westfront 1918 (1930), The Threepenny Opera (1931) with Lotte Lenya (based on the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill musical), and Kameradschaft (1931). Pabst also filmed three versions of Pierre Benoit's novel L'Atlantide in 1932, in German, English, and French, titled Die Herrin von Atlantis, The Mistress of Atlantis, and L'Atlantide, respectively. In 1933, Pabst directed Don Quixote, once again in German, English, and French versions.

After making A Modern Hero (1934) in the USA and Street of Shadows (1937) in France, Pabst (who was planning to emigrate to the United States) was caught in France in 1939, when war was declared, whilst visiting his mother, and was forced to return to Nazi Germany. Under the auspices of propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels, Pabst made two films in Germany during this period: The Comedians (1941) and Paracelsus (1943).

Pabst directed four opera productions in Italy in 1953: La forza del destino for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence (conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos, the cast included Renata Tebaldi, Fedora Barbieri, Mario del Monaco, Aldo Protti, Cesare Siepi), and a few weeks later, for the Arena di Verona Festival, a spectacular Aïda, with Maria Callas in the title role (conducted by Tullio Serafin, with del Monaco), Il trovatore and again La forza del destino.[6]

He directed The Last Ten Days (1955), the first post-war German feature film to feature Adolf Hitler as a character.[5]

Death edit

On 29 May 1967, Pabst died in Vienna at the age of 81.[7] He was interred at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.[8]

Awards edit

Filmography edit

 
Grave of G.W. Pabst, his wife and son at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna

See also edit

References edit

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (September 2009). The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-857-45565-9.
  2. ^ a b Langham, Larry (2000). Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 0-786-40681-X.
  3. ^ "The Treasure (Der Schatz, 1923): GW Pabst's compelling debut excavates the root of all evil". Silent London. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b
    • "Georg Wilhelm Pabst". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
    • "Pabst, G.W." Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
    • "Film Notes - Pandora's Box". albany.edu. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Opening Pandora's Box". The Criterion Collection. 2006.
  6. ^ . time.com. 10 August 1953. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008.(Subscription required.)
  7. ^ "G. W. Pabst, Maker Of Films Abroad. Early Viennese Producer and Director Dies at 82". New York Times. Reuters. 31 May 1967. Retrieved 19 March 2010. G.W. Pabst, the Austrian film producer and director, died here last night. He was 82 years old.(Subscription required.)
  8. ^ Bahn, Paul G. (2014). The Archaeology of Hollywood: Traces of the Golden Age. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-759-12378-6.
  9. ^ "ASAC Dati: Premi". Retrieved 30 September 2014.

Further reading

  • Amengual, Barthélémy. G.W. Pabst. Paris, Seghers, 1966
  • Atwell, Lee. G.W. Pabst. Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1977
  • Baxter, John. "G.W. Pabst" in International Directory of Films and Filmmakers. Chicago, 1990. pp. 376–378
  • Groppali, Enrico. Georg W. Pabst. Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1983
  • Jacobsen, Wolfgang (ed.) G.W. Pabst. Berlin, Argen, 1997
  • Kagelmann, Andre and Keiner, Reinhold. "Lässig beginnt der Tod, Mensch und Tier zu ernten: Überlegungen zu Ernst Johannsens Roman Vier von der Infanterie und G. W. Pabsts Film Westfront 1918" in Johannsen, Eric; Kassell (ed.) Vier von der Infanterie. Ihre letzen Tage an der Westfront 1918. Media Net-Edition, 2014. S. 80-113. ISBN 978-3-939988-23-6
  • Kracauer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film. Princeton, Princeton university press, 1947
  • Mitry, Jean. Histoire du cinéma: Art et industrie (5 volumes) Paris, Editions Universitaires – J.P. Delarge, 1967–1980
  • Rentschler, Eric (ed.) The Films of G.W. Pabst. An extraterritorial cinema. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1990
  • Pabst, Georg Wilhelm. "Servitude et grandeur de Hollywood" in Le rôle intellectuel du cinéma, Paris, SDN-Institut International de Coopération Intellectuelle, 1937. pp. 251–255
  • Van den Berghe, Marc. La mémoire impossible. Westfront 1918 de G.W. Pabst. Grande Guerre, soldats, automates. Le film et sa problématique vus par la 'Petite Illustration' (1931), Bruxelles, 200

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
  • G. W. Pabst at IMDb
  • "The Other Eye", Filmessay on G.W.Pabst, by Hannah Heer & Werner Schmiedel (A/USA 1991/92)


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Georg Wilhelm Pabst 25 August 1885 29 May 1967 was an Austrian film director and screenwriter He started as an actor and theater director before becoming one of the most influential German language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic G W PabstG W Pabst during production of the film L Opera de quat sous The Threepenny Opera in 1931BornGeorg Wilhelm Pabst 1885 08 25 25 August 1885Raudnitz Bohemia Austria Hungary now Czech Republic Died29 May 1967 1967 05 29 aged 81 Vienna AustriaResting placeZentralfriedhofYears active1901 1957SpouseGertrude Hennings m 1924 wbr ChildrenMichael Pabst 1941 2008 Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Death 4 Awards 5 Filmography 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly years editPabst was born in Raudnitz Bohemia Austria Hungary today s Roudnice nad Labem Czech Republic the son of a railroad official While growing up in Vienna he studied drama at the Academy of Decorative Arts and initially began his career as a stage actor in Switzerland Austria and Germany 1 2 In 1910 Pabst traveled to the United States where he worked as an actor and director at the German Theater in New York City 1 In 1914 he decided to become a director and he returned to recruit actors in Europe 3 Pabst was in France when World War I began he was arrested and held as an enemy alien and interned in a prisoner of war camp near Brest 4 While imprisoned Pabst organised a theatre group at the camp and directed French language plays 4 Upon his release in 1919 he returned to Vienna where he became director of the Neue Wiener Buhne an avant garde theatre 1 Career editPabst began his career as a film director at the behest of Carl Froelich who hired Pabst as an assistant director He directed his first film The Treasure in 1923 2 He developed a talent for discovering and developing the talents of actresses including Greta Garbo Asta Nielsen Louise Brooks and Leni Riefenstahl 5 Pabst s best known films concern the plight of women including The Joyless Street 1925 with Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen Secrets of a Soul 1926 with Lili Damita The Loves of Jeanne Ney 1927 with Brigitte Helm and Pandora s Box 1929 and Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 with American actress Louise Brooks He also co directed with Arnold Fanck a mountain film entitled The White Hell of Pitz Palu 1929 starring Leni Riefenstahl After the coming of sound he made a trilogy of films that secured his reputation Westfront 1918 1930 The Threepenny Opera 1931 with Lotte Lenya based on the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill musical and Kameradschaft 1931 Pabst also filmed three versions of Pierre Benoit s novel L Atlantide in 1932 in German English and French titled Die Herrin von Atlantis The Mistress of Atlantis and L Atlantide respectively In 1933 Pabst directed Don Quixote once again in German English and French versions After making A Modern Hero 1934 in the USA and Street of Shadows 1937 in France Pabst who was planning to emigrate to the United States was caught in France in 1939 when war was declared whilst visiting his mother and was forced to return to Nazi Germany Under the auspices of propaganda minister Josef Goebbels Pabst made two films in Germany during this period The Comedians 1941 and Paracelsus 1943 Pabst directed four opera productions in Italy in 1953 La forza del destino for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos the cast included Renata Tebaldi Fedora Barbieri Mario del Monaco Aldo Protti Cesare Siepi and a few weeks later for the Arena di Verona Festival a spectacular Aida with Maria Callas in the title role conducted by Tullio Serafin with del Monaco Il trovatore and again La forza del destino 6 He directed The Last Ten Days 1955 the first post war German feature film to feature Adolf Hitler as a character 5 Death editOn 29 May 1967 Pabst died in Vienna at the age of 81 7 He was interred at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna 8 Awards edit1941 Venice Film Festival Gold Medal of the Biennale for Best Director for his film The Comedians 9 Filmography edit nbsp Grave of G W Pabst his wife and son at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna The Treasure 1923 Countess Donelli 1924 Joyless Street 1925 Secrets of a Soul 1926 One Does Not Play with Love 1926 The Love of Jeanne Ney 1927 The Devious Path 1928 Pandora s Box 1929 Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 The White Hell of Pitz Palu dir Arnold Fanck 1929 Westfront 1918 1930 Scandalous Eva 1930 Morals at Midnight dir Marc Sorkin 1930 The Threepenny Opera 1931 two versions German and French Kameradschaft 1931 L Atlantide 1932 three versions German French and English Don Quixote 1933 three versions German French and English High and Low 1933 Cette nuit la 1933 A Modern Hero 1934 Street of Shadows 1937 The Shanghai Drama 1938 Girls in Distress 1939 The Comedians 1941 Paracelsus 1943 Der Fall Molander 1945 The Trial 1948 Mysterious Shadows 1949 Duel with Death 1949 Call Over the Air dir Georg C Klaren 1951 Voice of Silence 1953 Cose da pazzi 1953 The Confession of Ina Kahr 1954 The Last Ten Days 1955 Jackboot Mutiny 1955 Ballerina 1956 Through the Forests and Through the Trees 1956 See also editMax Deutsch composerReferences editNotes a b c Bock Hans Michael Bergfelder Tim September 2009 The Concise Cinegraph An Encyclopedia of German Cinema Berghahn Books p 355 ISBN 978 0 857 45565 9 a b Langham Larry 2000 Destination Hollywood The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking McFarland p 80 ISBN 0 786 40681 X The Treasure Der Schatz 1923 GW Pabst s compelling debut excavates the root of all evil Silent London 26 March 2018 Retrieved 11 July 2022 a b Georg Wilhelm Pabst Encyclopedia com Retrieved 11 July 2022 Pabst G W Encyclopedia com Retrieved 11 July 2022 Film Notes Pandora s Box albany edu Retrieved 11 July 2022 a b Opening Pandora s Box The Criterion Collection 2006 Music Pabst s Blue Ribbon time com 10 August 1953 Archived from the original on 28 May 2008 Subscription required G W Pabst Maker Of Films Abroad Early Viennese Producer and Director Dies at 82 New York Times Reuters 31 May 1967 Retrieved 19 March 2010 G W Pabst the Austrian film producer and director died here last night He was 82 years old Subscription required Bahn Paul G 2014 The Archaeology of Hollywood Traces of the Golden Age Rowman amp Littlefield p 236 ISBN 978 0 759 12378 6 ASAC Dati Premi Retrieved 30 September 2014 Further reading Amengual Barthelemy G W Pabst Paris Seghers 1966 Atwell Lee G W Pabst Boston Twayne Publishers 1977 Baxter John G W Pabst in International Directory of Films and Filmmakers Chicago 1990 pp 376 378 Groppali Enrico Georg W Pabst Firenze La Nuova Italia 1983 Jacobsen Wolfgang ed G W Pabst Berlin Argen 1997 Kagelmann Andre and Keiner Reinhold Lassig beginnt der Tod Mensch und Tier zu ernten Uberlegungen zu Ernst Johannsens Roman Vier von der Infanterie und G W Pabsts Film Westfront 1918 in Johannsen Eric Kassell ed Vier von der Infanterie Ihre letzen Tage an der Westfront 1918 Media Net Edition 2014 S 80 113 ISBN 978 3 939988 23 6 Kracauer Siegfried From Caligari to Hitler A Psychological History of the German Film Princeton Princeton university press 1947 Mitry Jean Histoire du cinema Art et industrie 5 volumes Paris Editions Universitaires J P Delarge 1967 1980 Rentschler Eric ed The Films of G W Pabst An extraterritorial cinema New Brunswick Rutgers University Press 1990 Pabst Georg Wilhelm Servitude et grandeur de Hollywood in Le role intellectuel du cinema Paris SDN Institut International de Cooperation Intellectuelle 1937 pp 251 255 Van den Berghe Marc La memoire impossible Westfront 1918 de G W Pabst Grande Guerre soldats automates Le film et sa problematique vus par la Petite Illustration 1931 Bruxelles 200External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georg Wilhelm Pabst G W Pabst at IMDb The Other Eye Filmessay on G W Pabst by Hannah Heer amp Werner Schmiedel A USA 1991 92 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G W Pabst amp oldid 1217908851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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