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Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.〔http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/78468〕 ==Life and work== Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ''Welteislehre'' cosmological concept, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the ''gymnasium'' (grammar or high school) at St. Paul's Abbey in Carinthia. Having obtained his ''Matura'' degree, he served in a mountain artillery regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, discharged in 1918 with the rank of an ''Oberleutnant''. After the war, Paul Hörbiger took drama lessons and began his acting career in 1919 at the city theatre of Reichenberg (Liberec). From 1920 he performed at the New German Theatre in Prague. His fame grew when in 1926 he was employed by director Max Reinhardt at the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, reaching a high point with his appointment at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1940. He also appeared at the 1943 Salzburg Festival, performing in the role as Papgeno in Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute''. From 1928 he appeared in more than 250 films, mostly lightweight comedies of the ''Wiener Film'' genre popular among German and Austrian audiences during the 1930s and 40s. In 1936 he established his own filming company ''Algefa'' jointly with director E. W. Emo. In 1938 he, like many other celebreties, openly acclaimed the Austrian ''Anschluss'' to Nazi Germany and smoothly continued his career, also appearing in propaganda films like ''Wunschkonzert'' or ''Die grosse Liebe'' which earned him an entry on Goebbels' ''Gottbegnadeten list''. On the other hand, Hörbiger inconspicuously met with opposition circles around Theo Lingen and Oskar Sima and in the late days of World War II he was even arrested for treason by the Nazi authorities. After the war he quickly resumed his career, playing the murdered porter in Carol Reed's British film classic ''The Third Man'' (1949). From 1947–49 he was also chairman of the First Vienna FC football club. Paul Hörbiger remained one of the most popular German-speaking film actors of the 1950s and 1960s, starring in numerous ''Heimatfilm'' and ''Wiener Film'' productions. He again performed as the warm-hearted Viennese type and ''Heurigen'' singer, often together with Hans Moser and director Franz Antel. In his later years he again concentrated on theatre acting at the Burgtheater, where he last premiered in 1979 with Elias Canetti's ''Komödie der Eitelkeit''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Hörbiger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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