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- Hans Joachim Schaufuß was born on December 28, 1918 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emil and the Detectives (1931), Der Bettelstudent (1936) and Annette in Paradise (1934). He died on October 27, 1941 in Oryol, USSR.
- Son of actor Hans Hermann Schaufuß, brother of actor Peter-Timm Schaufuß.
- From the mid-1930s he began to appear in more mature roles.
- The actor Hans-Joachim Schaufuss was a very popular child star at the beginning of the 30's. He attained huge popularity as "Gustav mit der Hupe" in the successful movie "Emil und die Detektive" (1931).
- In 1941 his life ended abruptly when he fell on the Eastern front - a much promising career found an early end.
- Schaufuß would be one of three young actors from Emil and the Detectives to be killed while serving in the military in World War II. Co-stars Rolf Wenkhaus would be killed in action at age 24 in January 1942 off the coast of Ireland with an aircrew that specialized in attacking Allied shipping and Hans Albrecht Löhr would be killed in action at age 21 in August 1942 on the Eastern Front.
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