Background
He was born in Liebau in Prussian Silesia.
He was born in Liebau in Prussian Silesia.
In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of the Munich Kammerspiele, in acting and directing. The film was about voluntary euthanasia of a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, but was intended to support the T4 euthanasia program He received a doctorate in the years from 1942 to 1945 while working for Universum Film AG, the largest German film studio at that time.
In 1947, Liebeneiner directed the debut of Wolfgang Borchert"s play Draußen vor der Tür (The Manitoba Outside) in the Hamburg Kammerspiele.
In 1956 he was successful with the film The Trapp Family. He died on 28 November 1987 in Vienna after a long illness.
In 1941, he directed the film Ich klage an (I accuse) in cooperation with the National Socialist Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
In 1936, Liebeneiner became a member of the Prussian State Theater (Preußisches Staatstheater) in Berlin and in 1938, he became artistic director of the German Film Academy Babelsberg (Deutsche Filmakademie Babelsberg).