persons Farkas, Karl

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Name Farkas, Karl
Alternative Names
ID 1337
Gender male
Lifespan 1893-10-28 - 1971-05-16
Professions comedian (Q245068), writer, librettist, director, screenwriter, actor
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  • Return From Exile
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  • Lackner, Herbert. Rückkehr in die fremde Heimat Die vertriebenen Dichter und Denker und die ernüchternde Nachkriegs-Wirklichkeit. Wien: Ueberreuter Verlag, 2021.
  • Uri(s) https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/2_24
    https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/1337/
    https://d-nb.info/gnd/118686135
    Notes Karl Farkas had to eventually flee to the US without his wife and son as his son had a disability which resulted in him not being allowed to enter the US. His sisters Elisabeth and Katharina as well as his nephew Felix died during the Nazi regime. After his return to Austria he did not talk about his Jewish identity and had to work with Nazi collaborators, such as Marika Rökk, Paula Wessely and Willy Forst out of financial necessity. While he was speaking German with a strong Jiddish accent until 1938, by 1945 this had completely disappeared.
    References Schreckenberger, Helga. "Gelungene Heimkehr? Der Fall Karl Farkas." in: Return from Exile, 2017, 119-133. Lackner, Herbert. Rückkehr in die fremde Heimat Die vertriebenen Dichter und Denker und die ernüchternde Nachkriegs-Wirklichkeit. Berlin: Ueberreuter Verlag, 2021. Markus, Georg, ed. Das grosse Karl Farkas Buch: Sein Leben, seine besten Texte, Conférencen und Doppelconférencen. Wien: Amalthea Verlag, 1993.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1927 1938 was art director at Kabarett Simpl
    1930 worked for/at Radio-Verkehrs-AG (RAVAG)
    1939 1939 worked for/at Nelson-Revue
    1946-07-22 stayed at Hotel Krantz, Vienna
    1950 1971 was art director at Kabarett Simpl
    1957 worked for/at Österreichischer Rundfunk
    studied at Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna)
    wrote for Der Aufbau

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> collaborated with Grünbaum, Fritz
    1924 related >> in a relationship with >> married to Farkas, Anna
    related >> collaborated with Wiener, Hugo
    related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Torberg, Friedrich
    related >> acquainted with Matejka, Viktor
    1938 related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Stolz, Robert
    1938 related >> acquainted with Benatzky, Ralph
    1938 related >> acquainted with Kálmán, Emmerich
    1938 related >> acquainted with Lehár, Franz
    related >> collaborated with Stolz, Robert

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    related >> born in Grünentorgasse 12, 1090 Vienna
    related >> died in Vienna
    1938-03-17 related >> emigrated to Brno
    1938 related >> emigrated to Paris
    1941-01 related >> emigrated to >> emigrated via the Pyrenees and Lisbon to United States of America
    1946-07-22 related >> returned to Vienna
    1939 related >> stayed in >> was interned in a camp for enemy aliens in France
    1946 related >> lived at Neustiftgasse 67, 1070 Vienna

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    related >> wrote >> author of Bilanz des Monats
    related >> wrote >> author of Metro Grünbaum-Farkas höchste Wochenschau
    related >> wrote >> author of Farkas entdeckt Amerika
    1946 related >> wrote >> author of Abschied von New York
    related >> translator of "The Merry Widow"
    related >> wrote >> wrote the text for Schicksal mit Musik
    related >> appears/appeared in Schicksal mit Musik
    related >> wrote >> author of Dienst am Kunden
    related >> appears/appeared in Funk-Kabarett
    1924 related >> wrote >> author of Alles per Radio

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    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Farkas, Karl Legacy name (merge) deu

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