347:
650:
171:
33:
521:
696:
973:
The appeal and success of some non-Jewish foreign actors among German audiences, however, was due at least in part to their foreignness. Such was the case with star actor
Alexander Moissi, whose German was tinged with an "Italian singsong, which fascinated
503:
was on the rise. ("Moisiu" is a common
Albanian name and rarely indicates Jewish ancestry.) Moissi strongly rebuked his critics in the German press challenging the Christian world to live up to its ideals and desist from persecuting the Jews noting that:
883:
555:, the main public high-school and the local theater are also named after him. The 60th anniversary of his death was remembered in Albania in 1995 with an "Artistic Year" dedicated to him; it was sponsored by the Aleksandër Moisiu Foundation.
730:
798:
498:
Although a
Christian, Moissi was often labeled as Jewish or of at least partial Jewish descent due to his name (which translates to "Moses") and his friendly relationship with fellow Jewish actors at a time when
575:(Berlin), where her husband also taught. They had a daughter, Beatrice Moissi, later Beate von Molo (born 1906 in Munich, died 1998). Alexander Moissi had another daughter with the actress Herta Hambach,
637:"Man of the South, always Man of the South. In order not to be frozen he takes the sun of his country whenever he goes. Whenever you are with him you'll learn something new about life in this world." –
849:
926:"As a Christian, states Moissi, he cannot stand by and see the virus of anti-semitism infect Christian people, nations, and states, robbing them of all semblance of humanity and justice."
956:; "In February, 'Too True' opened in Manheim with Alexander Moissi (not a Jew) in the leading role and was disrupted by Nazi shouts of 'Jew Moissi', 'Jew Shaw' until police intervened."
1217:
268:
With Kainz' encouragement and support, Moissi's career as one of the great
European stage actors of the early-20th century began. The following year took him to the
1177:
1192:
1197:
303:, now emphasizing his melodious speech, which despite first damning reviews finally made him a star. Moissi and the Reinhardt ensemble toured
1172:
251:, but was rejected due to his strong Italian accent and had to confine himself to non-speaking roles. It was his performance in Molière's
1127:
1187:
1162:
489:. Though primarily a stage actor, he appeared in ten film productions from 1910 to 1935, of which seven were silent, most notably in
1222:
1152:
1026:
1212:
937:
1065:
893:
859:
808:
774:
706:
1132:
537:
631:"I salute Aleksandër Moisiu to whom I am forever grateful, as one of the most brilliant interpreters of my characters." –
1167:
1053:
Theaterlexikon der
Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer
1157:
1142:
988:
740:
491:
1202:
403:
336:
1182:
951:
545:
1137:
965:
1147:
372:
619:"The voice and gestures of Moisiu presented us with something hitherto unseen on the European stage." –
1051:
658:
278:
485:
346:
625:"Hamlet is written for Moissi, and Moissi was uniquely born to interpret the Prince of Denmark." –
473:, and many others, were celebrated at the time, as were his voice and emotional range. Beside the
536:
he is highly venerated as a most important national actor. In his honor, the drama school of the
457:
381:
1207:
649:
299:
941:: "Although actor Alexander Moissi was not Jewish, many assumed he was because of his name..."
922:: "Alexander Moissi, Non-Jewish Actor, Indicts Christian World for its Persecution of the Jew"
764:
361:
219:
1122:
1117:
1090:
479:
422:
269:
1022:
506:
Where Jews are concerned
Christian morality, humaneness, and values are trampled underfoot
170:
8:
1007:
830:
Archiv der Erzdiözese Wien. Katholische
Kirchenbücher; Pfarre: Weinhaus; Signatur: 9164.
312:
294:
918:
321:. Traveling across Europe and the Americas, his most famous role was Fedya in Tolstoy's
1047:
1079:
1071:
1061:
1040:
889:
855:
804:
770:
736:
702:
588:
584:
377:
323:
183:
142:
137:
32:
632:
366:
352:
340:
308:
191:
1095:
1030:
992:
606:
580:
398:
147:
64:
198:; 2 April 1879 – 22 March 1935) was an Austrian stage actor of Albanian origin.
599:
576:
407:
393:
389:
304:
211:
127:
115:
567:
His first marriage was in 1910 to Maria Moissi (née Marie Urfus, born 1874 in
1111:
666:
595:
510:
The road of anti-semitism is a throwback to the dark days of the Middle Ages.
451:
328:
287:
157:
1083:
638:
500:
385:
153:
985:
620:
434:
430:
332:
317:
262:
247:
327:— performed more than 1400 times by him. In 1914, Moisiu acquired
1036:
241:, the 20-year-old Alexander settled with his mother and two sisters in
218:
in
Albania), who was a rich Albanian merchant of oil and wheat, and an
1060:] (in German). Vol. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1257–1258.
579:(1923–2023). Bettina later married the Jewish-American art collector
449:, Moissi was acclaimed for his 1906 performance of Oswald in Ibsen's
414:
552:
234:
215:
626:
529:
253:
223:
1075:
587:, is a billionaire financier and art collector, while the other,
568:
533:
466:
426:
245:. He began vocal studies and applied for a drama training at the
230:
207:
86:
60:
360:
In 1920, he played the leading part in the first performance of
548:
and the city theatre of Durrës were named "Aleksandër Moisiu".
541:
520:
462:
446:
418:
283:
273:
242:
82:
470:
1045:
261:
1899/1900 season, which stunned the renowned
Austrian actor
939:
Becoming
Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars
532:
and Vienna, where also a monument was unveiled in 2005. In
238:
571:, Bohemia, died 1943 in Berlin). In 1913 she founded the
286:, where he became a protégé of the influential director
836:
Cottage-Sanatorium für Nerven- und Stoffwechselkranke
297:
he performed in Reinhardt's staging of Shakespeare's
528:
Streets are named after Alexander Moissi in Berlin,
222:
mother, Amalia de Rada, from Trieste, daughter of a
969:(edited by Jeanette R. Malkin & Freddie Rokem)
380:. However, Moissi did not keep up with the German
1109:
1003:
1001:
461:. His interpretations in the leading roles of
152:Claudia von Auersperg (great-granddaughter)
832:Sterbebuch der Pfarre Weinhaus vom Jahre 1935
1218:People of the German Revolution of 1918–1919
967:Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre
953:Bernad Shaw's Letters to Siegfried Trebitsch
998:
1008:German Knowledge Entry on Alexander Moissi
924:, ufdc.ufl.edu, 4 December 1931 (page 5);
914:
912:
356:, Deutsches Theater, Berlin, December 1911
276:and in 1903 he joined the ensemble of the
31:
396:. He finally left Germany after the Nazi
1193:German military personnel of World War I
648:
519:
345:
18:Albanian-born Austrian actor (1879–1935)
909:
735:(in German). Argon Verlag. p. 42.
728:
644:
1198:German prisoners of war in World War I
1110:
995:, uamd.edu.al; accessed 21 June 2015.
881:
847:
796:
769:. Scarecrow Press. pp. 309–310.
762:
694:
690:
688:
686:
684:
388:movement initiated by directors like
331:citizenship to become a volunteer in
315:for his interpretation of Sophocles'
113:Maria Moissi (née Marie Urfus) (div.)
1178:Austrian people of Arbëreshë descent
986:Aleksandër Moisiu University, Durrës
583:in 1959. One of their two children,
229:After an international childhood in
1173:Austrian people of Albanian descent
13:
681:
455:and in the premiere of Wedekind's
350:Moissi as Prince Kalaf in Gozzi's
14:
1234:
1128:20th-century Austrian male actors
1058:Theater Dictionary of Switzerland
1016:
1188:Deaths from pneumonia in Austria
1163:Austrian male silent film actors
888:. Scarecrow Press. p. 310.
885:Historical Dictionary of Albania
854:. Scarecrow Press. p. 310.
851:Historical Dictionary of Albania
803:. Scarecrow Press. p. 310.
800:Historical Dictionary of Albania
766:Historical Dictionary of Albania
701:. Scarecrow Press. p. 309.
698:Historical Dictionary of Albania
558:
524:Moissi's grave, Morcote cemetery
425:and his ashes are buried at the
169:
1223:Naturalized citizens of Germany
1153:Austrian expatriates in Germany
1091:Photographs of Alexander Moissi
979:
959:
945:
882:Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010).
848:Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010).
797:Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010).
763:Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010).
695:Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010).
594:His second marriage was to the
930:
875:
841:
824:
790:
756:
722:
201:
1:
1213:People from Austrian Littoral
674:
477:, he performed at the Vienna
307:in 1911 and was acclaimed in
210:to Moisi Moisiu from Kavaye,
551:In his father's hometown of
337:German Revolution of 1918–19
7:
1133:Actors from Austria-Hungary
1023:Spirit of Albania biography
609:is Moissi's great-grandson.
10:
1239:
1168:Austrian male stage actors
1050:. In Andreas Kotte (ed.).
659:The Night of Queen Isabeau
563:Moissi was married twice:
265:, playing the lead role.
1158:Austrian male film actors
1046:Thomas Blubacher (2005).
834:, No. 59. He died at the
729:Schaper, Rüdiger (2000).
613:
573:Maria Moissi drama school
538:Academy of Music and Arts
515:
486:Theater in der Josefstadt
413:Alexander Moissi died of
168:
163:
133:
121:
109:
101:
93:
71:
42:
37:Alexander Moissi ca. 1920
30:
23:
1143:Male actors from Trieste
402:in 1933 and was offered
373:The Somonyng of Everyman
311:by critic and dramatist
1203:Male actors from Vienna
1029:27 October 2009 at the
440:
1183:Burials in Switzerland
838:, Sternwartestrasse 74
653:
591:, is an art historian.
525:
357:
300:The Merchant of Venice
195:
187:
652:
523:
492:The Student of Prague
429:cemetery overlooking
421:. He was cremated at
362:Hugo von Hofmannsthal
349:
991:12 July 2014 at the
645:Selected filmography
423:Feuerhalle Simmering
417:on 22 March 1935 in
406:citizenship by King
1148:Austrian Christians
339:joined the Marxist
313:Anatoly Lunacharsky
295:Rudolph Schildkraut
248:k.k. Hofburgtheater
206:Moissi was born in
1138:Actors from Kavajë
1048:"Alexander Moissi"
654:
526:
358:
270:New German Theatre
1067:978-3-0340-0715-3
895:978-0-8108-6188-6
861:978-0-8108-6188-6
810:978-0-8108-6188-6
776:978-0-8108-6188-6
708:978-0-8108-6188-6
585:Nicolas Berggruen
475:Deutsches Theater
378:Salzburg Festival
335:, and during the
324:The Living Corpse
279:Deutsches Theater
196:Alessandro Moissi
188:Aleksandër Moisiu
177:
176:
143:Olivier Berggruen
138:Nicolas Berggruen
102:Years active
1230:
1104:
1087:
1037:Alexander Moissi
1010:
1005:
996:
983:
977:
963:
957:
949:
943:
936:Lisa Silverman.
934:
928:
916:
907:
906:
904:
902:
879:
873:
872:
870:
868:
845:
839:
828:
822:
821:
819:
817:
794:
788:
787:
785:
783:
760:
754:
753:
751:
749:
726:
720:
719:
717:
715:
692:
633:Luigi Pirandello
458:Spring Awakening
341:Spartacus League
309:Saint Petersburg
180:Alexander Moissi
173:
150:(great-grandson)
78:
56:
54:
47:Alexander Moissi
35:
25:Alexander Moissi
21:
20:
1238:
1237:
1233:
1232:
1231:
1229:
1228:
1227:
1108:
1107:
1102:
1068:
1031:Wayback Machine
1019:
1014:
1013:
1006:
999:
993:Wayback Machine
984:
980:
964:
960:
950:
946:
935:
931:
917:
910:
900:
898:
896:
880:
876:
866:
864:
862:
846:
842:
829:
825:
815:
813:
811:
795:
791:
781:
779:
777:
761:
757:
747:
745:
743:
727:
723:
713:
711:
709:
693:
682:
677:
647:
616:
607:Gedeon Burkhard
581:Heinz Berggruen
561:
544:as well as the
518:
443:
399:Machtergreifung
204:
156:
151:
148:Gedeon Burkhard
146:
141:
126:
114:
89:
80:
76:
67:
65:Austria-Hungary
58:
52:
50:
49:
48:
38:
26:
19:
12:
11:
5:
1236:
1226:
1225:
1220:
1215:
1210:
1205:
1200:
1195:
1190:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1165:
1160:
1155:
1150:
1145:
1140:
1135:
1130:
1125:
1120:
1106:
1105:
1096:Moissi speaks
1093:
1088:
1066:
1043:
1034:
1018:
1017:External links
1015:
1012:
1011:
997:
978:
958:
944:
929:
908:
894:
874:
860:
840:
823:
809:
789:
775:
755:
741:
721:
707:
679:
678:
676:
673:
672:
671:
663:
646:
643:
642:
641:
635:
629:
623:
615:
612:
611:
610:
603:
600:Johanna Terwin
592:
577:Bettina Moissi
560:
557:
517:
514:
442:
439:
394:Bertolt Brecht
390:Erwin Piscator
293:Together with
212:Ottoman Empire
203:
200:
175:
174:
166:
165:
161:
160:
135:
131:
130:
128:Bettina Moissi
123:
119:
118:
116:Johanna Terwin
111:
107:
106:
103:
99:
98:
95:
91:
90:
81:
79:(aged 55)
73:
69:
68:
59:
46:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
17:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1235:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1209:
1208:Moisiu family
1206:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1191:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1179:
1176:
1174:
1171:
1169:
1166:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1156:
1154:
1151:
1149:
1146:
1144:
1141:
1139:
1136:
1134:
1131:
1129:
1126:
1124:
1121:
1119:
1116:
1115:
1113:
1101:
1099:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1085:
1081:
1077:
1073:
1069:
1063:
1059:
1055:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1042:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1028:
1024:
1021:
1020:
1009:
1004:
1002:
994:
990:
987:
982:
975:
970:
968:
962:
955:
954:
948:
942:
940:
933:
927:
923:
921:
915:
913:
897:
891:
887:
886:
878:
863:
857:
853:
852:
844:
837:
833:
827:
812:
806:
802:
801:
793:
778:
772:
768:
767:
759:
744:
742:9783870245139
738:
734:
733:
725:
710:
704:
700:
699:
691:
689:
687:
685:
680:
669:
668:
667:The Royal Box
664:
661:
660:
656:
655:
651:
640:
636:
634:
630:
628:
624:
622:
618:
617:
608:
605:German actor
604:
601:
597:
593:
590:
586:
582:
578:
574:
570:
566:
565:
564:
559:Personal life
556:
554:
549:
547:
543:
539:
535:
531:
522:
513:
511:
507:
502:
496:
494:
493:
488:
487:
482:
481:
476:
472:
468:
464:
460:
459:
454:
453:
448:
438:
436:
432:
428:
424:
420:
416:
411:
409:
405:
401:
400:
395:
391:
387:
383:
382:Expressionist
379:
375:
374:
369:
368:
363:
355:
354:
348:
344:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
325:
320:
319:
314:
310:
306:
302:
301:
296:
291:
289:
288:Max Reinhardt
285:
281:
280:
275:
271:
266:
264:
260:
256:
255:
250:
249:
244:
240:
236:
232:
227:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
199:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
172:
167:
162:
159:
158:Alfred Moisiu
155:
149:
144:
139:
136:
132:
129:
125:Beate Moissi
124:
120:
117:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
88:
84:
75:22 March 1935
74:
70:
66:
62:
45:
41:
34:
29:
22:
16:
1097:
1057:
1052:
981:
972:
966:
961:
952:
947:
938:
932:
925:
920:The Jacobean
919:
899:. Retrieved
884:
877:
865:. Retrieved
850:
843:
835:
831:
826:
814:. Retrieved
799:
792:
780:. Retrieved
765:
758:
746:. Retrieved
731:
724:
712:. Retrieved
697:
665:
657:
639:Stefan Zweig
572:
562:
550:
527:
509:
505:
501:antisemitism
497:
490:
484:
480:Volkstheater
478:
474:
456:
450:
444:
412:
397:
386:epic theatre
371:
370:adaption of
365:
359:
351:
322:
316:
298:
292:
277:
267:
258:
252:
246:
228:
205:
179:
178:
154:Spiro Moisiu
77:(1935-03-22)
57:2 April 1879
15:
1123:1935 deaths
1118:1879 births
1103:(in German)
1033:2009-10-25)
621:Franz Kafka
435:Switzerland
431:Lake Lugano
333:World War I
263:Josef Kainz
259:Burgtheater
202:Early years
1112:Categories
1076:2007423414
901:1 November
867:1 November
816:1 November
782:1 November
748:1 November
714:1 November
675:References
546:university
224:Florentine
145:(grandson)
140:(grandson)
94:Occupation
53:1879-04-02
1100:soliloquy
971:page 76|"
415:pneumonia
367:Jedermann
226:doctor.
164:Signature
134:Relatives
110:Spouse(s)
105:1899–1935
1084:62309181
1027:Archived
989:Archived
627:Max Brod
598:actress
530:Salzburg
495:(1913).
483:and the
404:Albanian
353:Turandot
254:Tartuffe
220:Arbëresh
184:Albanian
122:Children
589:Olivier
569:Teplice
534:Albania
508:" and "
427:Morcote
376:at the
318:Oedipus
257:of the
231:Trieste
214:(today
208:Trieste
192:Italian
87:Austria
61:Trieste
1098:Hamlet
1082:
1074:
1064:
892:
858:
807:
773:
739:
732:Moissi
705:
670:(1929)
662:(1920)
614:Quotes
596:German
553:Kavajë
542:Tirana
516:Legacy
467:Œdipus
463:Hamlet
452:Ghosts
447:Berlin
419:Vienna
329:German
305:Russia
284:Berlin
274:Prague
243:Vienna
235:Durrës
216:Kavajë
83:Vienna
1056:[
974:many.
471:Faust
97:Actor
1080:OCLC
1072:LCCN
1062:ISBN
1041:IMDb
903:2013
890:ISBN
869:2013
856:ISBN
818:2013
805:ISBN
784:2013
771:ISBN
750:2013
737:ISBN
716:2013
703:ISBN
441:Work
392:and
384:and
239:Graz
237:and
72:Died
43:Born
1039:at
540:in
445:In
433:in
408:Zog
364:'s
282:in
272:in
1114::
1078:.
1070:.
1025:(
1000:^
911:^
683:^
512:"
469:,
465:,
437:.
410:.
343:.
290:.
233:,
194::
190:;
186::
85:,
63:,
1086:.
976:"
905:.
871:.
820:.
786:.
752:.
718:.
602:.
504:"
182:(
55:)
51:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
.svg){kind=small}