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Ernst Busch was a German male singer, stage actor, and film director born in Kiel in 1900. He worked at the Volksbühne, Berliner Ensemble, and Deutsches Theater. His career included roles in film and theater, with work locations in Kiel, Frankfurt (Oder), Szczecin, and Moscow. He spoke German and performed using his voice.
Busch was a member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR and held citizenship in the German Reich and the German Democratic Republic. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party of Germany, and Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany. He received the Lenin Peace Prize, National Prize of East Germany, Order of Friendship of Peoples, and Order of Karl Marx.
He participated in the Kiel mutiny and the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades. He was detained at Moabit Prison. Busch died in East Berlin in 1980. He was married to Eva Busch.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Moderne deutsche Prosa
- Ursprung und wesen der wirtschaftlichen krisis
- Das Problem eines neuen Geschichtsunterrichts
- Handbuch Sekretariat
- Die Stellung des deutschen Konsuls im Schiffahrtsverkehr
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Film & TV
Kiel, Germany
German singer and actor.
Known for
- Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts — Himself1982
- Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment — Jovellanos1971
- Comrade Berlin — himself1969
- Mother Courage and Her Children — Koch1961
- Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder — Koch1957
- Der Kampf — Judge1936
- Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? — Fritz1932
- Gilgi: One of Us — Peter1932
- The Two from South Express — Hans, Heizer1932
- Raid in St. Pauli — Sänger1932
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1980
Discography
- Der heilige Krieg / Frieden der Welt1967
- Majakowski-Eisler-Lieder1968
- Zeit-, Leid-, Streitgedichte: Ernst Busch singt Erich Mühsam und Klabund1972
- Hanns Eisler auf Aurora Schallplatten1973
- Lieder1974
- Rosen auf den Weg gestreut. Busch singt Tucholksy1981
- I: Lieder der Arbeiterklasse & Lieder aus dem spanischen Bürgerkrieg1989
- Der Barrikaden-Tauber1994
- II: Tucholsky Eisler Wedekind1994
- Ernst Busch singt Brecht1997
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18,171
- Total plays
- 292,652
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Ernst Busch (22 January 1900 - 8 June 1980) was a singer and actor. He was born in Kiel, Germany, and died in Berlin. Busch first rose to prominence as an interpreter of political songs, particularly those of Kurt Tucholsky, in the Berlin cabaret scene of the 1920s. He starred in the original 1928 production of Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera, as well as the subsequent 1931 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. A lifelong Communist, Busch fled Nazi Germany in 1933 with the Gestapo on his heels, eventua
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Family name
- Busch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Kiel
- Place of death
- East Berlin
- Spouse
- Eva Busch
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Eterna
- Conflict
- Kiel mutiny
- Military branch
- International Brigades
- Image
- Fotothek df pk 0000249 051.jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
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- Commons category
- Ernst Busch (actor)
- date of birth
- 1900-01-22
- date of death
- 1980-06-08
- name in native language
- Ernst Busch
- place of detention
- Moabit Prison
- P8168
- homograph
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