Hermann Blaß (transliterated as Hermann Blass; 1888–1941) was an Austrian film actor and singer.
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Blaß was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the
Nazi Party
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to power in 1933. He then left Austria following its
annexation by Germany in 1938 and went to the United States, where he died in 1941.
Selected filmography
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War in Peace'' (1925)
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Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930)
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The Singing City
''The Singing City'' (German: ''Die singende Stadt'') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Brigitte Helm and Walter Janssen.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff.
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'' (1930)
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The Copper'' (1930)
* ''
A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930)
* ''
The Road to Dishonour
''The Road to Dishonour'' (German: ''Der Weg zur Schande'') is a 1930 British-German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anna May Wong, Francis Lederer and Georg H. Schnell.Grange p.330 It was made at Elstree Studios as part of a ...
'' (1930)
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The Stolen Face'' (1930)
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Lieutenant, Were You Once a Hussar?'' (1930)
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Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna'' (1931)
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The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931)
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The Opera Ball
''The Opera Ball'' (german: Opernredoute) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Iván Petrovich, Liane Haid and Georg Alexander.Grange p. 369 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...
'' (1931)
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The Little Escapade'' (1931)
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Circus Life
''Circus Life'' (Austrian title, ''Zirkus Leben'', German: ''Schatten der Manege'') is a 1931 German mystery drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Liane Haid, Oscar Marion and Trude Berliner. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berli ...
'' (1931)
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Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932)
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Once There Was a Waltz'' (1932)
* ''
Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932)
* ''
When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932)
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Trenck'' (1932)
* ''
Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932)
* ''
Modern Dowry'' (1932)
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The Leap into the Void
''The Leap into the Void'' (German: ''Der Sprung ins Nichts'') is a 1932 American drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Cilly Feindt, Aribert Mog and Sigurd Lohde.Horak p.113
It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris as the German ...
'' (1932)
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Scandal in Budapest'' (1933)
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Jumping into the Abyss'' (1933)
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Ball at the Savoy
''Ball im Savoy'' (''Ball at the Savoy'') is a jazz operetta in three acts and a prelude by Paul Abraham to a libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda.
It premiered on 23 December 1932 at the Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin. However, ...
'' (1935)
References
Bibliography
* Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 1969.
External links
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1888 births
1941 deaths
Austrian male film actors
Austrian male silent film actors
20th-century Austrian male actors
Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United States after the Anschluss
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