Biography

Hans Land was born on August 25, 1861 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Stürme (1913), Das goldene Friedelchen (1916) and Der Richter (1917). He died in 1938 in Berlin, Germany.

In the 20s Hugo Landsberger also appeared as an actor in front of the camera.

Hugo Landsberger was married with the stage actress Lola Rameau.

The screenwriter and author Hugo Landsberger studied history and literature after he abandoned his commercial training.

He came to the film in 1913 when he filmed his own novel "Stürme" (1913). He was responsible both as a director and screenwriter. Afterwards he wrote other screenplays which often were based on his novels but he also wrote independent screenplays.

He began his professional career as an author for different newspapers and journals which he published under the pen name Hans Land. It followed numerous novels, among them "Die am Wege sterben" (1889), "Stiefkinder der Gesellschaft" (1889), "Die heilige Ehe" (1893), "Die Richterin" (1893; "Die Tugendhafte" (1895), Der Liebeskäfig" (1925), "Der Fechter von Capua" (1927) and "Kampf um Eva" (1930).