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Egon Erwin Kisch(1885-1948)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Egon Erwin Kisch was born on 29 April 1885 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Tonka Sibenice (1930), Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl (1931) and Pasák holek (1930). He was married to Gisela Lyner. He died on 31 March 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
BornApril 29, 1885
DiedMarch 31, 1948(62)
BornApril 29, 1885
DiedMarch 31, 1948(62)
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Known for

Tonka Sibenice (1930)
Tonka Sibenice
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1930
Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl (1931)
Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl
  • Writer
  • 1931
Werner Fuetterer and Ly Corelli in Pasák holek (1930)
Pasák holek
  • Writer
  • 1930
Aféra plukovníka Rédla
  • Writer
  • 1931

Credits

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Writer

  • Racajda
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • short story "Nanebevstoupení Tonky Sibenice"
    • 1989
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • author
    • 1989
  • Lovec senzací (1989)
    Lovec senzací
    5.8
    • story (as E. E. Kisch)
    • 1989
  • Josef Laufer and Libuše Šafránková in Zurivý reportér (1987)
    Zurivý reportér
    5.4
    • story
    • 1987
  • Trziste senzací
    TV Mini Series
    • based on work by
    • 1985
  • Operabál 13. (1981)
    Operabál 13.
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Galgentoni
    TV Movie
    • report
    • 1972
  • Tonka Sibenice
    TV Movie
    • short story "Nanebevstoupení Tonky Sibenice"
    • 1967
  • A száguldó riporter elindul...
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Die Himmelfahrt der Galgentoni
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1965
  • Marktplatz der Sensationen
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Trziste senzací
    TV Movie
    • novel "Marktplatz der Sensationen"
    • 1961
  • Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl (1931)
    Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl
    • novel
    • 1931
  • Aféra plukovníka Rédla
    • novel
    • 1931
  • Ita Rina in Die Galgentonitonischka (1930)
    Die Galgentonitonischka
    7.8
    • novel
    • 1930

Actor

  • Streets of Algiers (1927)
    Streets of Algiers
    6.3
    • Bettler
    • 1927

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • E. E. Kisch
  • Born
    • April 29, 1885
    • Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • March 31, 1948
    • Prague, Czechoslovakia(stroke)
  • Spouse
    • Gisela LynerOctober 1938 - March 31, 1948 (his death)

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