Hermann Blass

Hermann Blass
Born	29 March 1888 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	18 September 1941 New York, New York, United States
Other names	Hermann Blaß
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1923-1940 (film)

Hermann Blass (1888–1941) was an Austrian film actor and singer.^[1] The Jewish Blass was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. He then left Austria following its annexation by Germany in 1938 and went to the United States where he died in 1941.

Selected filmography

• The Singing City (1930)
• A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
• Lieutenant, Were You Once a Hussar? (1930)
• Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna (1931)
• The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931)
• The Opera Ball (1931)
• The Little Escapade (1931)
• Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
• Once There Was a Waltz (1932)
• Two Hearts Beat as One (1932)
• When Love Sets the Fashion (1932)
• Trenck (1932)
• The Leap into the Void (1932)
• Scandal in Budapest (1933)

References

1. Eisner p.351

Bibliography

• Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. University of California Press, 1969.

External links

• Hermann Blass at the Internet Movie Database