Hubert Moest (December 3, 1877 to December 5, 1953) was a German film director, writer, producer, and actor.
Early life and career
Moest was the son of the sculptor Richard Moest. He attended high school in Cologne, an art school and worked as a painter. In 1895, he began performing as an actor and opera singer on stages in
Bad Godesberg
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,
Hagen
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and other cities of West Germany. He came to Berlin in 1912 and was part of the theater at
Nollendorfplatz
Nollendorfplatz (colloquially called ''Nolle'' or ''Nolli'') is a square in the central Schöneberg district of Berlin, Germany.
History
The place was named on November 27 1864 after the village of ''Nollendorf'' () near Petrovice in the prese ...
. In the same year he was also active as a theater director. In 1913 he married actress
Hedda Vernon
Hedda Vernon (born Hedwig Klara Kemp; 27 October 1888 – 1961) was a German actress, screenwriter, and film producer. She was a prominent star of the early Weimar Republic, and had her own film production company.
Early life
Hedwig Klara Kemp wa ...
.
He began acting in 1914 and was part of many
comedy film
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s. His first film as a director was ''
Selbstgerichtet oder Die Gelbe Fratze'' in which his wife Hedda Vernon was the lead actress.
He served in the army during
World War I
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. He founded a film production company Moest-Film GmbH. In January 1922
Waldemar von Briger acquired most of the shares of the company and hence Moest resigned from the company and created Moest-Produktions GmbH. In April, 1922 after the failure of his film project he founded Aladin-Film Co. AG.
In 1923, he married
Jewish
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Elly Charlotte Liepmann and after
Adolf Hitler
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imposed restrictions on Jews, Moest led a very difficult life and worked as an assistant in the company Elekta-Film in
Prague
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.
Filmography
This is the selected filmography of Hubert Moest
Director
* ''
Selbstgerichtet oder Die Gelbe Fratze'' (1914)
* ''Maria Niemand und ihre zwölf Väter'' (1915)
* ''
The Knitting Needles'' (1916)
* ''
His Coquettish Wife
''His Coquettish Wife'' (German: ''Seine kokette Frau'') is a 1916 German silent film directed by Hubert Moest and starring Hedda Vernon, Erich Kaiser-Titz and Reinhold Schünzel.Bock & Bergfelder p.433
Cast
* Hedda Vernon
* Erich Kaiser-Titz
* R ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Prisoner of Dahomey'' (1918)
* ''
The Bracelet'' (1918)
* ''
During My Apprenticeship
''During My Apprenticeship'' () is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Hubert Moest and starring Hedda Vernon, Reinhold Schünzel, and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It is based on the nineteenth century novel '' From My Farming Days'' by Fritz ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Blonde Poison'' (1919)
[
* '']The Women House of Brescia
''The Women House of Brescia'' () is a 1920 German-language silent film directed by Hubert Moest. The film's alternative name was ''The House of Pillory''. The film was considered highly controversial for the depiction of prostitution. The film ...
'' (1920)Lady Godiva
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She is mainly remembere ...
'' (1921)[
* '' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (1925)
]
Actor
* ''Menschen und Masken
''People and Masks'' () is a 1913 German silent film directed by Harry Piel and featuring Max Auzinger,
Hubert Moest, Hedda Vernon, and Ludwig Trautmann in the lead roles. A sequel was also released in the same year, '' People and Masks Part 2''.
...
'' (1913)
* ''Die Millionenmine'' (1914)
* ''Die Narbe am Knie'' (1918)
* ''Der Hampelmann'' (1919)
* ''Lepain, der König der Verbrecher - 4. Teil'' (1920)
* ''Lepain, der König der Verbrecher - 3. Teil'' (1920)
Producer
* ''Ut mine stromtid'' (1919)
* ''Die Jungfrau von Kynast'' (1921)
* ''Die reine Sünderin'' (1921)
References
External links
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1877 births
1953 deaths
German male film actors
German male silent film actors
20th-century German male actors
Film people from Cologne
Male actors from Cologne