Hans Albers
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Hans Albers was a renowned German actor who rose to fame in the 1930s and 40s. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he showed an early passion for acting and started his career in 1911. His career was temporarily suspended due to military duties during World War I, but he soon returned to the film scene. By 1929, he had appeared in more than 100 silent films and the first German talkie film, ‘The Night Belongs To Us’. His stardom grew with each movie and he was noted for his exceptional acting skills and realistic performances. He was also remembered for his singing talent and his controversial romantic relationship with Jewish actress Hansi Burg.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day September 22, 1891
Birth Place Hamburg, Germany, German
Age 128 YEARS OLD
Died On 24 July 1960(1960-07-24) (aged 68)\nStarnberg, West Germany
Birth Sign Libra
Occupation Actor, singer
Years active 1918–1960

💰 Net worth: $100,000 (2024)

Hans Albers, a well-known actor in German cinema, is estimated to have a net worth of $100,000 in 2024. Albers gained fame and popularity for his exceptional performances and captivating screen presence, often portraying charismatic and memorable characters. With a career spanning several decades, his contributions to the film industry have earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. Despite his success, Albers maintained a humble and down-to-earth personality throughout his career, making him a beloved figure in the German entertainment industry.

Biography/Timeline

1915

Hans Albers was born in Hamburg, the son of a butcher, and grew up in the district of St. Georg. He was seriously interested in acting by his late teens and took acting classes without the knowledge of his parents. In 1915 Albers was drafted to serve in the German Army in World War I, but was wounded early on. After his release from the Hospital in Wiesbaden where he had been treated, he performed in the local Residenztheater in comedies, antics and operettas. After the war Albers moved to Berlin, where he found work as a comedic actor in various Weimar-Era Berlin theatres. His breakthrough performance was that of a waiter in the play Verbrecher (Criminals). It was also in Berlin that Albers began a long-term relationship with half-Jewish Actress Hansi Burg (1898–1975). The relationship ended only when he died in 1960.

1929

After roles in over one hundred silent films, Albers starred in the first German talkie Die Nacht gehört uns (The Night Belongs to Us) in 1929. Soon thereafter, Albers played big-mouthed strong man Mazeppa alongside Marlene Dietrich in her star-making classic Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). Albers himself shot to fame in 1930 with the movie The Copper and constantly enhanced his star status with similar Daredevil roles in the 1930s. He was probably at his best when teamed-up with fellow German movie legend Heinz Rühmann, as in Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931) and Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war (1937). Many of Albers' songs from his movies became huge hits and some even remain popular to this day.

1930

After World War II, well-funded Albers avoided the financial plight and professional banning many actors faced on account of his association with Hansi Burg. Nevertheless, German "heroes" were considered undesirable by the occupation government that wanted to promote their own. This accounted for a major break in his career and made him hard to cast. Eventually he found an opening with respectful wisdom-with-age type character parts with some public acclaim, but with these never again enjoyed the huge stardom of the 1930s and early 1940s. By the early 1950s, his age finally showed and his powerful presence and freshness was almost gone. This was promoted by his increasing alcoholism during the 1950s. Yet he remained active in movies until the very end.

1933

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Albers and his Jewish girlfriend Hansi Burg moved to Starnberger See in Bavaria. While Albers himself never showed public support for the Nazi regime, he became the most popular actor under Nazi rule. The actor nevertheless, avoided an overly close association in public. As the ultimate sign of his popularity, the Nazis even silently accepted his relationship with Hansi Burg for a long time. But Albers finally gave in to the pressure. Hansi Burg went to Switzerland and then to Great Britain in 1939, but they secretly remained a couple with him even managing to send her financial support. They were reunited after the war, when she returned to Germany in a British uniform.

1943

In 1943, Albers was paid a huge sum of money to star in UFA's big-budgeted anniversary picture Münchhausen but was careful not to give the impression that he was endorsing the National Socialist regime, which was indeed, never asked of him. Also in 1943, Albers starred in another classic German film Große Freiheit Nr. 7 with Actress Ilse Werner. Some of the scenes are said to have been shot in Prague because of bomb damage to Hamburg. The sailing ship Padua for the outdoor scenes of the film has survived under Soviet and Russian flag until this day as Kruzenshtern.

1960

At the age of 68, Hans Albers collapsed during a theater performance with severe internal bleeding and died three months later on 24 July 1960 in a sanatorium in Kempfenhausen near lake Starnberg. He was cremated and buried at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in his birthplace Hamburg.

1986

Outside of Northern Europe, however, Albers remains virtually unknown, although the image of an older man in a seaman's cap and raincoat playing accordion and singing may be recognised by many outside of Germany, even if they don't know that this image is based on Hans Albers. As a case in point, McDonald's used such an image in an American television ad campaign in 1986. In reality, Albers had no experience on the water, this being restricted to a one-day trip to Heligoland.

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