Axel von Ambesser

Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 16 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director.

Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburg Kammerspiele, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.

Works Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg, play, 1946 Begegnung im Herbst, play, 1967

Selected filmography Actor

The King's Prisoner (1935) - Tanzmeister A Hopeless Case (1939) - Verehrer Salonwagen E 417 (1939) - Ursulas Bräutigam Werner Die unheimlichen Wünsche (1939) - Jouet, Luftschiffer Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1939) - Baron Egon Ritorno (1940) Traummusik (1940) - Maestro Hutten The Heart of a Queen (1940) - Prinz Henry Darnley Annelie (1941) - Georg Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941) - Kaiser Joseph II. Women Are No Angels (1943) - Richard Anden Carnival of Love (1943) - Pianist Frank Die kluge Marianne (1943) - Baldi Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl (1944) - Fridolin Beidermann Das Mädchen Juanita (1945) - Robert Henseling The Adventures of Fridolin (1948) - Fridolin Biedermann Verspieltes Leben (1949) - Stefan Marbach Verlobte Leute (1950) - Hans Schmidt, der Maler Three Girls Spinning (1950) - Professor Hartwig Dreaming Days (1951) - Herr Berger Kommen Sie am Ersten (1951) - Kommentator (voice) Der Mann in der Wanne (1952) Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt (1952) - Kommentator Dancing Stars (1952) - Sir Thomas Gregorian (1953) - Direktor Brand Die Freundin meines Mannes (1957) - Mann im Flugzeug Adorable Arabella (1959) - Lord Fleetwood The Good Soldier Schweik (1960) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) Gustav Adolf's Page (1960) - Wallenstein It Can't Always Be Caviar (1961) - Narrator (voice) Breakfast in Bed (1963) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) (1963) - Thomas Andermatt I Learned It from Father (1964) - Regisseur / Himself - Narrator (uncredited) Who Wants to Sleep? (1965) - Ronald (1965) - Wilhelm Busch

Director (1953) — (based on Youth at the Helm) (1954) — (based on a play by Karl Costa) Her First Date (1955) — (screenplay by Max Colpet, remake of Premier rendez-vous) (1957) The Crammer (1958) (1959) (1959) — (based on a play by and ) Adorable Arabella (1959) — (based on Arabella by Georgette Heyer) The Good Soldier Schweik (1960) — (based on The Good Soldier Švejk) (1960) One Prettier Than the Other (1961) He Can't Stop Doing It (1962) — (Father Brown film) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1962) — (remake of Kohlhiesels Töchter) Breakfast in Bed (1963) — (based on a novel by ) I Learned It from Father (1964) Marry Me, Cherie (1964) — (based on a novel by Gábor Vaszary) Who Wants to Sleep? (1965, anthology film) (1965) — (based on illustrated stories by Wilhelm Busch) Die schöne Helena (1975, TV film) — (based on the opera La belle Hélène)