Wilhelm Prager(1876-1955)
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
The son of an exchange broker, Wihelm Prager (born in Augsburg 1n 1876)
studies business before turning to theater, notably with
Max Reinhardt. In 1919, Prager debuts in
the UFA Shorts Department for which, until 1943, he will make over 150
films. He is mainly remembered for being the co-director of
Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur (1925),
whose alleged subject is "modern physical culture", but which mainly
exalts naturism. Besides this exception, most of Prager's short movies
are educational (Kulturfilme), about horses (his hobby-horse!),
customs, traditions and landscapes of Germany. Declared "Half-Jewish"
in 1939 by the Gestapo, Wilhelm Prager was nevertheless allowed to
remain a member of the Reichskammer, enabling him to work for four more
years until his retirement in 1943. He died twelve years later on
20-4-1955.
