O. E. Hasse

Otto Eduard Hasse(11 July 1903 – 12 September 1978) was a German film actor and director.

Otto Eduard Hasse
O. E. Hasse asMephistopheles
Born	(1903-07-11)11 July 1903 Obersitzko,Province of Posen,German Empire
Died	12 September 1978(1978-09-12)(aged 75) West Berlin,West Germany
Other names	O. E. Hasse
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1977

Biography

Hasse was born to Wilhelm Gustav Eduard Hasse, ablacksmith,and Valeria Hasse in the village ofObersitzko,Province of Posen,German Empireand gained his first stage experiences in high school atKolmar,together with his classmate Berta Drews. Hasse began to study law at theUniversity of Berlinbut abandoned this study after three semesters and changed over toMax Reinhardt's acting school at theDeutsches Theaterin Berlin, to receive an actor's education.

He first appeared at theatres inThale,Breslau,and from 1930 till 1939 at theKammerspieleinMunich,where he also worked as a stage director for the first time. In spring 1939, Hasse was sentenced to two months in prison in Munich for homosexuality in accordance withSection 175 of the German Criminal Code,which was considered a relatively lenient sentence at the time. His integrity, his confession and his artistic achievements were seen as mitigating factors. In 1939, he moved to theGerman TheatreinPragueand shortened his name toO.E.instead ofOtto Eduard.

In 1944, he was conscripted to theLuftwaffeand slightly wounded. After World War II Hasse became a famous German film actor, also internationally appearing in theAlfred HitchcockfilmI Confess(1953) withMontgomery CliftandAnne Baxter,and starring withClark GableandLana TurnerinBetrayed(1954).

In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the9th Berlin International Film Festival.

Hasse was the German dubbing voice ofCharles Laughton,Humphrey Bogart,Spencer TracyandClark Gable.Hasse died in West Berlin and is buried at theWaldfriedhof Dahlem.

Hasse was gay.His life partner for 30 years was entrepreneur Max Wiener, who worked as a manager at the Swiss media corporationRingierand was an early gay rights andAIDSadvocate.

Since 1981, theAcademy of Arts, Berlin,has awarded an O.E. Hasse Prize to benefit young actors.

Filmography

• The Last Laugh(1924) as Small Role (uncredited)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions(1932) as 2. Realtor
• Cruiser Emden(1932) as English Officer
• Must We Get Divorced?(1933) as A hairdresser
• Fräulein Hoffmans Erzählungen(1933)
• The Switched Bride(1934)
• Little Dorrit(1934)
• Peer Gynt(1934) as helmsman
• Knockout(1935)
• Ein ganzer Kerl(1935) as Manfred Bolle, Son
• The King's Prisoner(1935) as Von Zilchow
• The Unsuspecting Angel(1936) as Kornitzki
• The Bashful Casanova(1936) as Schnellhase, chief advertiser
• Die große und die kleine Welt(1936)
• Dinner Is Served(1936) as Francis, chauffeur
• So weit geht die Liebe nicht(1937) as hairdresser Hübner
• Three Wonderful Days(1939)
• Stukas(1941) as Senior doctor Dr. Gregorius
• Everything for Gloria(1941) as Dr. Heinz
• Illusion(1941) as Peter Wallbrecht
• Rembrandt(1942)
• Die Entlassung(1942) as Baron von Heyden
• Doctor Crippen(1942) as Prof. Morrison
• Gefährtin meines Sommers(1943) as Gerhard Morton, Angelika's betrothed
• The Eternal Tone(1943) as Impresario Grundmann
• Beloved Darling(1943) as Lawyer
• Der große Preis(1944) as inspector Wegener
• Der Täter ist unter uns(1944) as Dr. Kauper
• Come Back to Me(1944)
• Aufruhr der Herzen(1944) as Thomas Volderauer
• Philharmoniker(1944) as Urdol, concert agent
• The Berliner(1948) as the reactionary
• Anonymous Letters(1949) as Alexander Petershagen
• The Big Lift(1950) as Stieber
• The Orplid Mystery(1950) as editor in chief Dr. Mannheim
• Decision Before Dawn(1951) as Col. Oberst von Ecker
• The Sergeant's Daughter(1952) as cavalry captain Graf Ledenburg
• I Confess(1953) as Otto Keller
• The Last Waltz(1953) as Prince Paul
• When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights(1953) as Bruckner
• Lachkabinett(1953)
• Betrayed(1954) as Col. Helmuth Dietrich
• Canaris(1954) as Adm.Canaris
• Above Us the Waves(1955) as Captain of theTirpitz
• 08/15 – Part 2(1955) as Colonel von Plönnies
• 08/15 at Home(1955) as General von Plönnies
• Alibi(1955) as Peter Hansen
• Kitty and the Great Big World(1956) as Sir William Ashlin
• The Adventures of Arsène Lupin(1957) as emperorWilhelm II
• No Sun in Venice(1957) as Eric von Bergen
• The Last Ones Shall Be First(1957) as Ludwig Darrandt
• The Spies(1957) as Hugo Vogel
• The Glass Tower(1957) as Robert Fleming
• The Doctor of Stalingrad(1958) as Dr. Fritz Böhler, Staff surgeon
• The Muzzle(1958) as prosecutor Herbert von Treskow
• Solange das Herz schlägt(1958) as Dr. Hans Römer
• Mrs. Warren's Profession(1960) as Sir George Crofts
• The Nabob Affair(1960) as Le Nabab
• The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi(1961) as Florestan Mississippi
• Life Begins at Eight(1962) as Mac Thomas
• The Elusive Corporal(1962) as drunk passenger on the train
• Lulu(1962) as Dr. Schön
• Vice and Virtue(1963) as General von Bamberg
• The Secret of Dr. Mabuse(1964) as Prof. Larsen
• Three Rooms in Manhattan(1965) as Hourvitch
• State of Siege(1972) as Carlos Ducas
• The Peaceful Age(1975) as Simone
• Ice Age(1975) as Old Man
• Konkurs(TV-seriesThe Old Fox) (1977) as consul Karst

Awards

• 1951:Berliner Kunstpreis
• 1955: Berliner Senatspreis
• 1961: member ofBerlin Akademy of Arts
• 1964:Staatsschauspieler
• 1973: Ernst-Reuter-Plakette
• 1973:Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

External links

• O.E. Hasse at Internet Movie Database
• picture and CV of Hasse (German)
• picture of Hasse