Rudolf Bernauer

Berlin plaque at former residence site of Rudolf Bernauer in Berlin-Schöneberg.

Rudolf Bernauer (1880-1953) was an Austrian lyricist, librettist, screenwriter, film director, producer,[1] and actor.

He was born on 20 January 1880, in Vienna, Austria. He died on 27 November 1953, in London, England, UK.[1] He was father of German/British actress Agnes Bernelle (1923-1999). His name sometimes appears as aka Rudolf Bernnauer (double-n).[1]

His autobiography is "Theater meines Lebens. Erinnerungen" ("Theater of my life: Memories"), published in Berlin in 1955.

Life

He made his 1900 debut as an actor at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In 1907, he took over the Berlin Theater with Carl Meinhardt, then in 1911 to the Hebbel Theater and 1913, the comedy house. Finally, he was the owner of the theater at Nollendorfplatz.

Rudolf Bernauer wrote lyrics for the Berlin operettas: The love Augustin (1912), As once in May (1913), The mysterious history of the conductor Kreisler (1922), for which his own simultaneous stage ("Kreislerbühne") was developed, and Kreislers Eckfenster (1923).

His songs include: "Die Männer sind alle Verbrecher" ("The men are all criminals..."), "Untern Linden, untern Linden" ("Bottom Linden") and "Es war in Schöneberg im Monat Mai" ("It was in Schöneberg in the month of May"). In 1924, he gave up all of his stages.

In 1935, he emigrated (fled) to London. He had a large apartment at Viktoria-Luise-Platz 1, in Berlin-Schöneberg (Germany), but the whole building was destroyed during the war. On a new building at this address in 1998 a memorial plaque was dedicated to him.[2] The unveiling of the plaque was attended by his daughter, the actress Agnes Bernelle.[3]

He staged a total of two movies, but wrote screenplays and texts for some other films.

List of works

Works as lyricist

The earliest known work is as a lyricist:[1]

Works as writer

- The Chocolate Soldier (1950) TV episode (operetta)
- Gay Rosalinda (1950) TV episode (adaptation)
... aka A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (USA)
... aka Daddy Long Legs
... aka Duchacek Will Fix It (UK)
... aka Mademoiselle Docteur (UK)
... aka Forbidden Music (USA)
... aka A Song for You (International: English title)
... aka Der Glückszylinder - "The lucky cylinder (hat)"
... aka The Lucky Top Hat (USA)
... aka The Office Manager (USA: informal English title)
... aka His Highness Love (International: English title)
... aka Die Dame und der Chauffeur (Austria)
... aka Hirsekorn Butts In (USA: informal English title)
... aka Hirsekorns Brautfahrt (Austria)
... aka Her Majesty Love (USA)
... aka Money on the Street
... aka The Crazy Countess (USA)

Works as director

... aka Der Glückszylinder
... aka The Lucky Top Hat (USA)
... aka Die Dame und der Chauffeur (Austria)
... aka Hirsekorn Butts In (USA: informal English title)
... aka Hirsekorns Brautfahrt (Austria)

Works as producer

... aka Die Dame und der Chauffeur (Austria)
... aka Hirsekorn Butts In (USA: informal English title)
... aka Hirsekorns Brautfahrt (Austria)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rudolph Bernauer" (aka Rudolf Bernauer), IMDb, 2009, webpage: IMDb-76587.
  2. ↑ http://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/nc/gedenktafeln/person/alph/B/person/1457/
  3. ↑ http://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/fileadmin/inhalte/materialien/13_Tempelhof/viktoria_luise_platz_1_bernauer_mat_1.jpg

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