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Erich Karl Löwenberg (8 April 1894 – 15 July 1974), known as Erik Charell, was a German theatre and film director, dancer and actor. He is best known as the creator of musical revues and operettas, such as The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rössl) and The Congress Dances (Der Kongress tanzt).
Erik Charell (* 8. April 1894 in Breslau ; † 15. Juli 1974 in München ; eigentlich Erich Karl Loewenberg ) war ein deutscher Regisseur und Schauspieler .
Feb 19, 2014 · The director, Erik Charell, is the Ziegfeld of the German musical comedy stage” and another noting that “It is a charming spectacle of Vienna in 1814, filled with tuneful melodies that one likes to remember and blessed with pleasing light comedy”.The international success of Der Kongreß tanzt led to an engagement in Hollywood, where ...
Jan 7, 2021 · The locomotive pulling the train and its many, many wagons was Erik Charell, a gay, Jewish director-producer of revues who had resettled in the U.S. after fleeing Nazi Germany, and a fascinating...
Jul 10, 2016 · It’s rare, these days, to encounter such personal enthusiasm for operetta history as is demonstrated in the picturesque town of Neustrelitz with an awe-inspiring Erik Charell exhibition. You’ll recall that Neustrelitz also has a local summer festival devoted to operetta.
Jun 15, 2018 · The overwhelming and instant success of Erik Charell’s operetta spectacle Im weißen Rössl at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus (the so-called “Theater der 5000” [1]) on 8 November 1930 sparked immediate interest from foreign producers.
Erik Charell was born on 9 April 1895 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Congress Dances (1931), Fireworks (1954) and Im Weissen Rössl (1952). He died on 15 July 1974 in Zurich, Switzerland.
