Karl Paryla
Austrian actor and filmmaker (1905-1996) · Austria · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Karl Paryla (1905-1996) was an Austrian theater actor and director, and later a film maker as well. A lifelong, dedicated communist, his career in the Austrian theater was first interrupted by the Second World War, and then strained by Cold War politics.
Karl Paryla is read about 14 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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TotstellenFilm, 19751973Okay S.I.R.Series, Janopot1971Der HauptmannFilm, Christian Reissenböck1969Der Kaufmann von VenedigFilm, Tubal1965An der schönen blauen DonauFilm, Polizist Brumburi1963Das Mädl aus der VorstadtFilm, Schnoferl1961
Zu viele KöcheSeries, Marko Vukow
The Dream of Captain LoyFilm, 1961Col. Markarov1955
GasparoneFilm, Director, Writer1953
Die UnbesiegbarenFilm, August Bebel1950
Semmelweis - Retter der MütterFilm, Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis1938
NanonFilm, Louis XIV1936
Burg TheatreFilm, junger Schauspieler1934Der zerbrochene KrugFilm, Rupprecht1905Born12 August 1905People around Karl
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Leopold Lindtberg Directed Dantons Tod and Der sterbende Schwan
Therese Giehse Also in Das Puppenspiel vom Doktor Faust
Wolfgang Langhoff Also in Dantons Tod
Anne-Marie Blanc Also in Das Puppenspiel vom Doktor Faust
Maria Becker Also in Dantons Tod
Leonard Steckel Directed Das Puppenspiel vom Doktor Faust
Lukas Ammann Also in Der sterbende Schwan and Der TurmRobert Freitag Also in Der sterbende Schwan and Der Turm
Hans Jaray Also in Fräulein Lilli (1936)Paul Burkhard Wrote Das Puppenspiel vom Doktor Faust
Erwin Kalser Also in Die Macht der Finsternis
Luise Fleck Directed The Priest from Kirchfeld (1937)
Willi Forst Directed Burgtheater (1936)
Max Neufeld Directed Fräulein Lilli (1936)
Hans Behrendt Directed Fräulein Lilli (1936)
Senta Wengraf Also in Gasparone, Die Teepuppe and Defraudanten
Otto Tausig Also in Kean and Professor Bernhardi
Olga Chekhova Also in Burgtheater and Burg Theatre
Franciska Gaal Also in Fräulein Lilli and Miss Lilli
Karl Hartl Directed The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)
Josefine Dora Also in Burgtheater and Burg Theatre
Bert Fortell Also in Gasparone and Die Teepuppe
Horst Drinda Also in Semmelweis - Retter der Mütter (1950)
Angelika Hauff Also in Semmelweis - Retter der Mütter (1950)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 3
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
In the 1950s he began working in East Germany, where he performed as an actor and directed plays and films. An actor trained in the school of Constantin Stanislavski, he is praised for the realism he brought to his performances especially in Johann Nestroy's plays and for his ability to organize large ensembles dynamically on the stage. He is remembered also for his work ethic and his fervent belief in the emancipatory power of the theater.
