Biography
Karl Paryla (1905–1996) was an Austrian theater actor and director, and later a film maker as well. A lifelong, dedicated communist, his career in the Austrian theater was first interrupted by the Second World War, and then strained by Cold War politics. In the 1950s he began working in East Germany, where he performed as an actor and directed plays and films. An actor trained in the school of Constantin Stanislavski, he is praised for the realism he brought to his performances especially in Johann Nestroy's plays and for his ability to organize large ensembles dynamically on the stage. He is remembered also for his work ethic and his fervent belief in the emancipatory power of the theater. Paryla was born to working-class parents; his father was an instrument maker, and a lower officer and civil servant in the administration of Austria-Hungary. Born Catholic, he dropped his religious affiliation in 1922. He trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and began a career as an actor with the Raimund Theater in Vienna (some of his siblings, including Emil Stöhr, also had theatrical careers) in 1924 and by 1926 was working in theaters in Germany, where he also became involved with communist workers' organizations. He was fired in Darmstadt in 1933 for political reasons and fled to Vienna, where he found work with the Theater in der Josefstadt. After the Anschluss he emigrated to Switzerland.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 41
TV Shows 3
self 1
Director 1
Wassa Schelesnowa (1984)
Armut (1976)
Totstellen (1975)
Okay S.I.R. (1973)
Defraudanten (1973)
Sankt Peters Regenschirm (1971)
Der Hauptmann (1971)
Schöne Geschichten mit Mama und Papa (1966)
Familie Schimek (1966)
Die Tänzerin Fanny Elßler (1966)
Cigalon (1965)
Platons Gastmahl (1965)
An der schönen blauen Donau (1965)
Auftritt Frank Wedekind (1964)
Professor Bernhardi (1964)
Die Teepuppe (1964)
Tartuffe (1964)
Kean (1963)
Der Arzt am Scheideweg (1963)
The Dream of Captain Loy (1961)
Zu viele Köche (1961)
Mich dürstet (1956)
Gasparone (1955)
Der Komödiant von Wien (1954)
Die Unbesiegbaren (1953)
Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter (1950)
Nanon (1938)
Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (1937)
Burg Theatre (1936)
Der zerbrochene Krug (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-08-12
Deathday1996-07-14 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceWien, Österreich
CitizenshipsAustria
Also Known AsКарл Парила
AwardsOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, National Prize of East Germany
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