Lore Frisch
German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 47/426. Photo: DEFA-Neufeld. Late 1950s.
Lore Frisch (1925-1962) was a German film actress of the 1950s and early 1960s, who in the 1950s starred in the popular DEFA films Der Ochse von Kulm (1955), Zar und Zimmermann (1956), and Meine Frau macht Musik (1958). When her married lover abandoned her, she committed suicide.
Lore Frisch was born 4 May 1925 in Schwindegg, Bavaria, as Eleonora Frisch, daughter of a painter from Bad Reichenhall. She took ballet lessons during her school days. During the Second World War, she worked as a nurse, and when stationed in Ost Friesland, she joined the Wanderfrühne Ostfriesische Kammerspiele Leer. Lore Frisch initially worked there as a prompter, tailor, and stage painter. Later she also took on theater roles. In 1948 she had appearances in Ingolstadt and at Munich theaters. She received acting lessons from Martin Hellberg and worked temporarily as a broadcaster, stenographer, and nurse. In the early 1950s, Lore Frisch appeared in three Heimat films, shot in Bavaria.
Martin Hellberg, who had moved to the GDR in 1949, brought her to DEFA in 1954, where she had a prolific career. At the DEFA dubbing studios, Frisch also met European stars such as Giovanna Ralli and Marina Vlady. In the film comedy Der Ochse von Kulm (Hellberg, 1955), she played the wife of a Bavarian farmer who rebels against the American occupying powers. In 1956 she made her most successful film Zar und Zimmermann (Hans Müller), which also ran in the BRD. Zar und Zimmermann deals with a period piece musical comedy about czar Peter I (Bert Fortell), who incognito as Peter Michailow, works in the Dutch Republic in the little town of Saardam [a pun on the real village of Zaandam where the real Peter I stayed], learning to build ships. He trades places with a fellow Russian carpenter, Peter Iwanow (Günther Haack), to escape foreign ambassadors and the pushy, greedy mayor Van Bett (Willy Kleinau). While the French ambassador has recognized the czar, the English ambassador and the mayor think Iwanow is the czar, creating all kinds of misunderstandings. Meanwhile, both Peters are in love with Marie (Frisch), who cannot decide which one she'll go for, and even Marie is fooled by the fake czar.
In 1958 Frisch had great success as the leading actress in the revue film Meine Frau macht Musik (Hans Heinrich). In this film, she played a housewife who steadfastly goes her way as a singer. She also embodied combative, self-confident women, especially as a women's rights activist in Nur eine Frau (Carl Balhaus, 1958). In contrast, in the satire Das Kleid (Konrad Petzold, 1961), an adaptation of the fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes, she was an opportunistic Minister of Clothing. Due to the obvious parallels to everyday life in the GDR, the film only premiered in 1991.
Lore Frisch, who had been living in West-Berlin, moved to the GDR in 1959, hoping to get more big parts at DEFA, but she only got smaller ones. She occasionally also appeared at theaters. When her lover, the actor Alexander Hegarth, who was married, went back to his wife in Western Germany, Frisch was so devastated that she committed suicide and died in Potsdam on 6. Juli 1962.
Sources: 215072.homepagemodules.de/t521386f11775326-Der-Synchronop..., Wikipedia (German), and IMDb.
Lore Frisch
German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 47/426. Photo: DEFA-Neufeld. Late 1950s.
Lore Frisch (1925-1962) was a German film actress of the 1950s and early 1960s, who in the 1950s starred in the popular DEFA films Der Ochse von Kulm (1955), Zar und Zimmermann (1956), and Meine Frau macht Musik (1958). When her married lover abandoned her, she committed suicide.
Lore Frisch was born 4 May 1925 in Schwindegg, Bavaria, as Eleonora Frisch, daughter of a painter from Bad Reichenhall. She took ballet lessons during her school days. During the Second World War, she worked as a nurse, and when stationed in Ost Friesland, she joined the Wanderfrühne Ostfriesische Kammerspiele Leer. Lore Frisch initially worked there as a prompter, tailor, and stage painter. Later she also took on theater roles. In 1948 she had appearances in Ingolstadt and at Munich theaters. She received acting lessons from Martin Hellberg and worked temporarily as a broadcaster, stenographer, and nurse. In the early 1950s, Lore Frisch appeared in three Heimat films, shot in Bavaria.
Martin Hellberg, who had moved to the GDR in 1949, brought her to DEFA in 1954, where she had a prolific career. At the DEFA dubbing studios, Frisch also met European stars such as Giovanna Ralli and Marina Vlady. In the film comedy Der Ochse von Kulm (Hellberg, 1955), she played the wife of a Bavarian farmer who rebels against the American occupying powers. In 1956 she made her most successful film Zar und Zimmermann (Hans Müller), which also ran in the BRD. Zar und Zimmermann deals with a period piece musical comedy about czar Peter I (Bert Fortell), who incognito as Peter Michailow, works in the Dutch Republic in the little town of Saardam [a pun on the real village of Zaandam where the real Peter I stayed], learning to build ships. He trades places with a fellow Russian carpenter, Peter Iwanow (Günther Haack), to escape foreign ambassadors and the pushy, greedy mayor Van Bett (Willy Kleinau). While the French ambassador has recognized the czar, the English ambassador and the mayor think Iwanow is the czar, creating all kinds of misunderstandings. Meanwhile, both Peters are in love with Marie (Frisch), who cannot decide which one she'll go for, and even Marie is fooled by the fake czar.
In 1958 Frisch had great success as the leading actress in the revue film Meine Frau macht Musik (Hans Heinrich). In this film, she played a housewife who steadfastly goes her way as a singer. She also embodied combative, self-confident women, especially as a women's rights activist in Nur eine Frau (Carl Balhaus, 1958). In contrast, in the satire Das Kleid (Konrad Petzold, 1961), an adaptation of the fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes, she was an opportunistic Minister of Clothing. Due to the obvious parallels to everyday life in the GDR, the film only premiered in 1991.
Lore Frisch, who had been living in West-Berlin, moved to the GDR in 1959, hoping to get more big parts at DEFA, but she only got smaller ones. She occasionally also appeared at theaters. When her lover, the actor Alexander Hegarth, who was married, went back to his wife in Western Germany, Frisch was so devastated that she committed suicide and died in Potsdam on 6. Juli 1962.
Sources: 215072.homepagemodules.de/t521386f11775326-Der-Synchronop..., Wikipedia (German), and IMDb.