Hans Olden

Hans Olden
Born	30 June 1892 Vienna, Lower Austria Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	20 January 1975 Franzhausen, Lower Austria Austria
Other names	Josef Brandl
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931 - 1965 (film)

Hans Olden (1892–1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Olden appeared in more than eighty films during his career, mostly in Austria but occasionally also in Germany. He was a supporter of the Austrian Nazi Party, his interest in Nazism pre-dating the Anchluss by some years. After the Second World War Olden appeared in a number of Heimat films.

Selected filmography

• Irene in Trouble (1932)
• Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)
• Catherine the Last (1936)
• An Orphan Boy of Vienna (1936)
• Such Great Foolishness (1937)
• The Singing Gate (1939)
• Linen for Ireland (1939)
• Men Are That Way (1939)
• Vienna Tales (1940)
• My Daughter Lives in Vienna (1940)
• Love is Duty Free (1941)
• Two Happy People (1943)
• Music in Salzburg (1944)
• Two Times Lotte (1950)
• A Rare Lover (1950)
• Kissing Is No Sin (1950)
• The Colourful Dream (1952)
• Knall and Fall as Imposters (1952)
• The Immortal Vagabond (1953)
• A Night in Venice (1953)
• Open Your Window (1953)
• Irene in Trouble (1953)
• Money from the Air (1954)
• Sarajevo (1955)
• Three Men in the Snow (1955)
• Emperor's Ball (1956)
• Charley's Aunt (1956)
• The Simple Girl (1957)
• The Count of Luxemburg (1957)
• Mikosch, the Pride of the Company (1958)
• Love, Girls and Soldiers (1958)
• Mikosch of the Secret Service (1959)
• La Paloma (1959)

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Hans Olden at IMDb