Hanna Waag

{{Short description|German actress (1904–1995)}} {{Infobox person | name = Hanna Waag | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 24 May 1904 | birth_place = [[Giessen]], [[Hesse]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|13 August 1995|24 May 1904}} | death_place = Giessen, Hesse, [[Germany]] | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1929–1937 (film) }} '''Hanna Waag''' (1904–1995) was a German [[film actress]].<ref>Prawer p.213</ref> Amongst her performances were playing [[Queen Victoria]] in the 1933 film ''[[Waltz War]]'' and the title role in ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1935 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' in 1935. Of [[Jewish]] heritage, in 1937 she went into exile from the [[Nazi]] regime in Germany. Her husband, the Jewish [[art director]] [[Rudolf Bamberger]] was killed at [[Auschwitz]].

==Selected filmography== * ''[[The Burning Heart (film)|The Burning Heart]]'' (1929) * ''[[Marriage (1929 film)|Marriage]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Merry Widower]]'' (1929) * ''[[Love's Carnival (1930 film)|Love's Carnival]]'' (1930) * ''[[The King of Paris (1930 German film)|The King of Paris]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1931 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1931) * ''[[Waltz War]]'' (1933) * ''[[Farewell Waltz (film)|Farewell Waltz]]'' (1934) * ''[[Music in the Blood (1934 film)|Music in the Blood]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934 film)|The Gentleman Without a Residence]]'' (1934) * ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1935 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Accusing Song]]'' (1936)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0905087}} {{authority control}}

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