Boleslaw Barlog

Boleslaw Stanislaus Barlog was a German stage, film, and opera director primarily known for his work in reviving the theatrical life of Berlin after World War II. From 1951 until 1972 he served as the intendant of the Staatliche Schauspielbhnen Berlin , the municipal theatre company of West Berlin that at its height employed over 80 actors and operated three theatrical venuesSchiller Theater, Schiller Theater Werkstatt, and Schlosspark Theater.

Barlog was born in Breslau . He was the son of a lawyer who later relocated the family to Berlin where Barlog received his secondary school education and initially worked as bookseller. He then began working as an assistant director to Karlheinz Martin and Heinz Hilpert at the Volksbhne theatre in Berlin. He lost his job there in 1933 after the Nazi Party took control of Germany, and worked in casual jobs for several years before obtaining a position as an assistant director for the German film company Universum Film AG. By the 1940s, he was directing his own films at Universum and at Terra Film.

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