Julius Aussenberg
Julius Außenberg, (or Aussenberg) (born April 1, 1887 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died August 22, 1955 in Vienna, Austria), was an Austrian Movie Producer, Finance Manager und Filmmanager.
Biography
Aussenberg was trained in business, but changed careers to the Film industry. Shortly after World War I, he quickly rose up the ladder and in 1924 became the European representative of the Hollywood production company Fox. In 1926 Assenberg accompanied F. W. Murnau to Hollywood to shoot, where Murnau was directing the Fox Film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Back in Germany the following year, he was responsible for producing Walter Ruttmann's famous Berlin Documentary Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis
Aussenberg became Head Producer at Deutsche Lichtspiel-syndikat production company. At the same time, he worked on his own production company Atlantis-Film, and he was a partner in Joe Mays May-Film A.G., and in 1930 he took part in Alexander Korda's London-Film as its General Representative for Europe und Overseas. When Adolf Hitlers assumed power, Julius Aussenberg had just planned the production of two films with Elisabeth Bergner which were never filmed. In 1933, the same year, the Jewish film manager and his partner Ossi Oswalda fled from Germany and settled in Czechoslovakia, where he produced few films.
Julius Aussenbergs stepson was the director Thomas Fantl.
Producer Jan Fantl is Julius Aussenbergs step grandson
Filmography
- 1926: Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheins
- 1926: Madame Wants No Children
- 1926: Der Sohn der Hagar
- 1927: Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis
- 1934: Volha v plamenech
- 1934: Hudba srdci
- 1935: Her Highness Dances the Waltz
- 1936: Na'e jedenáctka
Literature
- Kay Weniger: Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben …. Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Eine Gesamtübersicht. S. 79, ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8