Hansi Knoteck was a singer, stage and film actress. Her great aunt was actress Katharina Schratt (1855-1940). She originally trained as a ballet dancer, then later studied at the Academy of Music and Art in Vienna. Her first engagement was in Mährisch-Ostrau, Marienbad and Leipzig. She first appeared in the cinema while living in Berlin, and ...
In 1940 she got married with the actor Viktor Staal, with whom she kept engaged till his death. During wartime the couple was a member of the German-Austrian Anti-Nazi underground.
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The actress Hansi Knoteck was a successful singer and actress who experienced the height of her career in the 30's.
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She was reputed to be a successful actress in movies with regional background before the war which had a favorable effect for her roles after the war. The movies with regional background experienced the height of its popularity in the 50's and the offers for Hansi Knoteck were more or less limited to this genre.
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Hansi Knoteck made a short comeback in the 70's with the movie "Der Jäger von Fall" (1974), after that she retired from the film business.
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After an education as a ballet dancer she studied at the Vienna Musik- and Kunst-Akademie. Finally followed first theater engagements in Marienbad and Leipzig. When she came to Berlin this marked the beginning of a successful film career.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
Friedls Mutter
Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld
1955
Frau Stricher, Kriegerswitwe
Der dunkle Stern
1955
Frau Casseno
The Beginning Was Sin
1954
Anna, Bäuerin
Heimatglocken
1952
Maria
Haus des Lebens
1952
Else Kuschitzky
Heimat, deine Sterne
1951
Resi
Grenzstation 58
1951
Anna Leitner
Die fidele Tankstelle
1950
Christl, Tochter des Lammwirtes
Frühlingsmelodie
1945
Eva Aderholz
Das war mein Leben
1944
Anna Weber
Die Erbin vom Rosenhof
1942
Stasi
Venus vor Gericht
1941
Charlotte Böller
Der laufende Berg
1941
Vroni
Im Schatten des Berges
1940
Margret Bründl
Das sündige Dorf
1940
Vevi
Forest Fever
1939
Beda
Homeland
1939
Monika Geißlinger
Prinzessin Sissy
1939
Hanna Hofer
King of the Edelweiss
1939
Veverl
Storms in May
1938
Dorle Weber
Brillanten
1937
Mimi Huygens
Silence of the Forest
1937
Lo Petri
When Women Keep Silent
1937
Charlott - seine Frau
Two Merry Adventurers
1937
Jane Berry
Pretty Miss Schragg
1937
Anna-Maria Schragg
Ride to Freedom
1937
Janka Koslowska
Incognito
1936
Friedel Reimer
Winter in the Woods
1936
Marianne von Soden
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
1935
Helga Christmann
The Saint and Her Fool
1935
Prinzessin Rosmarie
The Gypsy Baron
1935
Saffi
Fürst Woronzeff
1934
Woronzeffs Tochter Nadja
Schloß Hubertus
1934
Kitty, seine Tochter
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Saint and Her Fool
1935
performer: "Kommt der Frühling in's Land"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Blick zurück im Film
1970
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Leckerbissen
1948
Herself - filmszenen
Known for movies
Two Merry Adventurers (1937) as Jane Berry
The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935) as Helga Christmann
$16 Million
