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Hannes Stelzer (20 June 1910 – 27 December 1944) was an Austrian film actor. Stelzer was a leading actor in German cinema during the Nazi era.

Hannes Stelzer
Born	20 June 1910 Graz, Styria Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	27 December 1944 (aged 34) Komárom, Hungary
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936 – 1943 (film)

As well as appearing in dramas and light comedies, Stelzer also featured in more propagandistic works, including leading roles in the war films Stukas[1] and The Crew of the Dora (1943), his final film.

During the Second World War Stelzer served in the German Air Force. In 1944 he was killed in a plane crash near Komáron, Hungary,[2] possibly as the result of enemy action. By Reichskulturkammer, dated 27 January 1945, he was returning from mission during heavy snowstorm and hit the power lines. [3]

Stelzer married Johanna Weyand in 1935 and, after they divorced, the German actress Maria Bard in 1940, whom he remained married to until her death in 1944.

Selected filmography

• The Dreamer (1936)
• Truxa (1937)
• Signal in the Night (1937)
• Travelling People (1938)
• A Hopeless Case (1939)
• Stukas (1941)
• Venus on Trial (1941)
• Above All Else in the World (1941)
• The Crew of the Dora (1943)

References

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus: The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 1999.
• Giesen, Rolf: Nazi propaganda films: a history and filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2003.
• Gillespie, William: Karl Ritter. His Life and 'Zeitfilms' under National Socialism. 2nd exp. edition. Potts Points, NSW: German Films Dot Net 2014. (Chapter: 6. Ritter, Hannes Stelzer and a Hero's Death).

External links

• Hannes Stelzer at IMDb
• http://www.germanfilms.net/hannes-stelzer/

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