Martin Hellberg

Martin Hellberg was a German actor, director and writer.

Martin Hellberg was born in 1905 in Dresden as a son of a pastor. From 1922 to 1924 Martin Hellberg studied at the Dresdner Konservatorium. He was a pupil of the director Georg Kiesau. From 1924 until 1933 he worked at the Staatlichen Schauspielhaus Dresden . However, he was fired by the Nazis in 1933. He first worked as a freelance and then became a senior director in Freiburg i. Br. Then the Narzis forbid him to appear on stage again. In 1935 Hellberg made first appearance as an film actor in Die blonde Carmen. In 1952 followed his debut as a director in The Condemned Village. He received the International Peace Prize for this film. In 1958 he was the director and writer of the movie Emilia Galotti. In 1959 he directed and wrote Kabale und Liebe, in which he also appeared as an actor. In 1962 he was the director and an actor in the film Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglck. In 1964 he wrote and directed the movie Viel Lrm um nichts. In 1981 he appeared as Professor Reinhardt in t

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