Background
Hans Albers was born in Hamburg on 22 September 1892.
Hans Albers was born in Hamburg on 22 September 1892.
Hans Albers began his career as an apprentice in business before turning to acting in the circus and variety. On active service during World War I, Albers was wounded and after the war resumed his acting career in Berlin in operettas, later in plays - first in comic parts, then in character acting. He had outstanding success and started filming, being one of the first actors to appear in talking movies. After 1927 Albers began to establish himself as one of the most prominent film actors and producers in the German cinema. During the Third Reich he was one of the best-loved actors among the public, frequently embodying the spirit of virile heroism, idealism and self-sacrifice. After World War II, Albers continued to make films, right up until his death.
Flüchtinge
(The story was set in the Far East among a group of German...)
1933Carl Peters
(An idealized Nazi version of the anti-British German colo...)
1941Munchhausen
(The work was one of Albers’s most seductive performances....)
1943Wasser für Camtoga
(Albers played a role of the alcoholic engineer-hero. A fi...)
1939Gynt
(Filmed by Fritz Wendhausen.)
1934Gold
1937Und über uns der Himmel
1947Der Letzte Mann
1955Das Herz von St Pauli
1957Kein Engel ist so rein
1960