- Ernst Bringolf was born on December 8, 1889 in Schaffhausen, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Meh' Glück als Verstand (1936), Arme Violetta (1920) and Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten - 2. Der Smaragd des Badjah von Panlanzur (1921). He died on April 3, 1954 in Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.
- RelativesElfriede Volker(Sibling)
- His career was interrupted by World War I and as a Swiss citizen he served for the Swiss Army in those years.
- In Switzerland he realised his only movie as a director with "Meh Glück als Verstand" (1935) with Fredy Scheim.
- He finished an education as a locksmith before he decided to take acting lessons. Afterwards he got first engagements at the theaters, among others in Munich and Hamburg.
- Ernst Bringolf left Germany with the rise of the National Socialist and went back to Switzerland where he continued to work at the theater and for the radio. For the radio he not only directed radio plays but also wrote some own plays.
- In 1922 he concentrated to he theater career again, beside it he also worked for the radio where he realised radio plays as a director.
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