persons Viertel, Berthold

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Name Viertel, Berthold
Alternative Names
ID 604
Gender male
Lifespan 1885-06-28 - 1953-09-24
Professions writer, translator, film director, theater director, librettist, director, essayist, Dramaturg, screenwriter
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    Notes Viertel was a very versatile theater director and dramaturge, who worked as a director in many theaters first in Germany (Dresden and Berlin) and from 1927 in Hollywood, where he worked as a film director for Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. He frequently changed his abode from the West to the East Coast of the United States. From 1918 to 1947 he was married to Salka Viertel, who invited writers and artists to her “Salon” in Hollywood. He received American citizenship in 1942 but returned after WW2 to Austria, where he staged many plays, often using his translations of plays, for instance, by Tennessee Williams.
    References Prager, Katharina. "Berthold Viertel. Eine Biografie der Wiener Moderne." Böhlau, 2018. See also: Kaiser, Konstantin. "Berthold Viertel (1885-1953)." Österreichische Literatur im Exil, 2002. His literary remains are held at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1894 1903 attended Amerlinggymnasium
    attended Volksschule Zieglergasse
    founding member of Aurora Verlag
    regularly visited Café Central (Wien)
    1934 1936 worked for/at Gaumont British Picture Corporation (London)
    1950 directed plays at Akademietheater Wien
    worked for/at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
    1923 founding member of Die Truppe
    1912 1914 worked for/at Freie Volksbühne Wien
    1928 1931 worked for/at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Hollywood

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    1918 1947 related >> in a relationship with >> married to Viertel, Salka
    related >> acquainted with Altenberg, Peter
    related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Kraus, Karl
    related >> collaborated with Kraus, Karl
    1934 1934 related >> collaborated with Toch, Ernst
    related >> acquainted with Reinhardt, Max
    1949 related >> in a relationship with >> married to Neumann-Viertel, Elisabeth
    related >> related to >> parent of Viertel, Peter
    related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with >> had intensive personal correspondence with Viertel, Salka
    related >> friendship with Polgar, Alfred

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    1885-06-28 related >> born in Mariahilfer Straße 96, 1070 Vienna
    1953-09-24 related >> died in Maria Enzersdorf
    1948 1948-12 related >> stayed in Zurich
    1948-12-04 1953 related >> stayed in Vienna
    1933 1933 related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work Berlin
    1932 1934 related >> stayed in United Kingdom
    1934 1938 related >> stayed in France
    1939-05 1943 related >> stayed in New York, NY
    1943 1944 related >> stayed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
    1944 1947-09 related >> stayed in New York, NY

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1946 related >> wrote >> author of Der Lebenslauf
    1913 related >> wrote >> author of Die Spur

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    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Viertel, Berthold Legacy name (merge) deu
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