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اروین پیسکاتور
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German theatre director (1893–1966)
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Erwin Piscator was a German theatrical and film director. Born in Greifenstein in 1893, he served in World War I. He was a member of the Communist Party of Germany. His professional activities included work in Paris and New York City. He was a student of Arthur Kutscher.
Piscator died in Starnberg in 1966 and was buried in Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery. His notable works include *Das politische Theater*, *American tragedy*, and *Sayoku gekijō*. He was associated with the Nazi book burnings. His students included Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, Elaine Stritch, and Harry Belafonte. He spoke German.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1966
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Das politische Theater
- Milḥamah ṿe-shalom
- American tragedy
- Sayoku gekijō
- Erwin Piscator
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self (archive footage)2002
- Ein Mann namens Pis1991
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Erwin Friedrich Max Piscator , ( 1893-12-17 ) 17 December 1893, Greifenstein-Ulm , German Empire
- Died
- 30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (aged 72), Starnberg , West Germany
- Education
- Gymnasium Philippinum (1907) LMU Munich
- Occupations
- Theatre director, producer
- Known for
- Founded the Dramatic Workshop at The New School for Social Research (1940).
- Notable work
- The Political Theatre (1929)
- Style
- Epic Theatre , Documentary theatre
- Spouse s
- Hildegard Jurczyk (m. 1919) , Maria Ley (m. 1937)
- Relatives
- Johannes Piscator
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Described at
About: Erwin Piscator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Starnberg
- Occupation
- film producer
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Arthur Kutscher
- Conflict
- World War I
- Official website
- www.erwin-piscator.de
- Image
- Piscator-Portrait.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings
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- Commons category
- Erwin Piscator
- date of birth
- 1893-00-00
- date of death
- 1966-00-00
- name in native language
- Erwin Piscator
- place of burial
- Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Erwin Piscator
- student
- Rod Steiger
- name in kana
- エルヴィン・ピスカトール
- P8168
- zotepine
- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Erwin_Piscator
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to اروین پیسکاتور, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana