General Info | TEI
| Name | Farkas, Karl |
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| 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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| 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
Event
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-04-30 | — | related >> participated in | highly successful performance of "Vienna at Night" |
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 | Robitschek, Kurt |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Wiener, Hugo |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Kraner, Cissy |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Wehle, Peter |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Heller, Fritz |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Marischka, Franz |
| — | — | related >> collaborated with | Waldbrunn, Ernst |
| 1968-11-04 | — | related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with | Torberg, Friedrich |
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 |
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| — | — | 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 |
Label
| Label | Start | End | Label type | ISO Code |
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| Farkas, Karl | — | — | Legacy name (merge) | deu |
