Hugo Haas - Brno, Czech Republic
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N 49° 11.532 E 016° 38.685
33U E 619835 N 5450124
Gravestone of Hugo Haas in Brno
Waymark Code: WMJXYH
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/14/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member cache_test_dummies
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Depicted gravestone of Hugo Haas is located in Brno at Jewish Cemetery.

Inscription // Nápis
Ceský herec // (Czech actor)
Hugo Haas // (Hugo Haas)
1901 - 1968 // (1901 - 1968)

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Hugo Haas...

...se narodil v rodine židovského obchodníka s obuví. Jeho starší bratr Pavel Haas byl hudební skladatel. Studoval zpev na brnenské konzervatori (mj. také fonetiku u Leoše Janácka). Po absolvování získal v roce 1920 angažmá v Národním divadle v Brne. Pozdeji pusobil též v Ostrave (sezóna 1923/1924). V roce 1924 odešel do Prahy, do Divadla komedie. Odtud jej angažoval Jaroslav Kvapil v roce 1924 do Divadla na Vinohradech. Zde pusobil až do roku 1929. V roce 1930 se stal clenem souboru cinohry Národního divadla v Praze, kde pusobil až do roku 1939. V ND hrál napr.v inscenacích Karla Hugo Hilara, J. Frejky a K. Dostala (vynikající Sokrates v Nezvalových Milencích z kiosku). Jeho poslední rolí v Národním divadle byla v roce 1939 postava reditele Busmana v Capkove R.U.R.

Za první republiky se proslul hlavne svými filmovými rolemi (napr. Velbloud uchem jehly, Kvocna, Jedenácté prikázání, Dum na predmestí, Poslední muž, Kde se žebrá, Život je pes, Mravnost nade vše). Radu filmu také režíroval - nejznámejší je jeho vlastní adaptace Capkovy divadelní hry Bílé nemoci z roku 1937, kde i sám hrál.

V roce 1939 dostal výpoved z divadla z rasových duvodu a v dubnu uprchl s manželkou Bibi pres Francii, Španelsko a Portugalsko do USA. Bratra Pavla, významného hudebního skladatele, jeho rodinu, své rodice i malého syna Ivana museli nechat v protektorátu. Otec Zikmund i bratr Pavel zahynuli behem války v koncentracním tábore.

Do roku 1942 hrál divadlo v anglickém jazyce (spolupráce s Erwinem Piscatorem a Bertoltem Brechtem, napr. role Galilea), vyucoval v herecké škole Actor´s Laboratory. Prosadil se v i v Hollywoodu nejen jako herec, ale i jako scenárista, režisér a producent. Koncem padesátých let se vrátil do Evropy. Po krátkém pobytu v Itálii se roku 1961 usadil ve Vídni, kde obcas úcinkoval v televizi. S výjimkou krátké návštevy pri oslavách výrocí Národního divadla v roce 1963 už se do vlasti nevrátil.

Zemrel ve Vídni 1. prosince 1968 a je pochován na židovském hrbitove v Brne vedle své matky.

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Hugo Haas...

...was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1962, as well as directing 20 films between 1933 and 1962.

He was born in Brno, Moravia (now in the Czech Republic), and died in Vienna, Austria from complications of asthma. His brother Pavel Haas (1899–1944) was a noted composer.

Haas began acting as a character actor in American films during the mid-1940s. In 1951 he launched a successful if unacclaimed career as a film director in Hollywood with a string of B movie melodramas, usually starring blonde actresses in the role of a predatory mantrap. Haas usually cast himself as the male lead in the films although the female role almost always dominated the storyline and was usually exclusively promoted on film posters.

Cleo Moore starred in seven films for Haas, becoming a well-known film star in that era. Other blondes who starred in Haas' films were Beverly Michaels and Carol Morris. The Haas pictures generally received poor reviews but were for the most part commercially successful, and on occasion featured such well-known names as Eleanor Parker, John Agar, Vince Edwards, Joan Blondell, Agnes Moorehead, Julie London, Corinne Griffith, and Marie Windsor. Haas' final film, Paradise Alley was rejected by the major studios and sat unreleased for over three years, finally surfacing in a limited run in 1962.

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Date of birth: 02/18/1901

Date of death: 12/01/1968

Area of notoriety: Entertainment

Marker Type: Headstone

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Above

Fee required?: No

Web site: [Web Link]

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