Life Alexander Kolowrat

count leopold kolowrat , children, 1903

he born in glen ridge, new jersey, part of now-neighboring town of bloomfield. son of count leopold filip kolowrat-krakowsky (cs) (1852–1910) , wife nadine freiin von huppmann-valbella (1858–1942), daughter of successful cigarette manufacturer saint petersburg. had 3 siblings: bertha, friedrich , heinrich.

the reason sascha kolowrat-krakowsky born in described in letter of march 30, 1984 nephew count colloredo-mansfeld austrian film scholar walter fritz:

after count leopold kolowrat had been granted reprieve emperor franz joseph of austria, family returned austria-hungary. sascha kolowrat studied @ catholic university of leuven (present-day katholieke universiteit leuven) in belgium became member of german catholic fraternity katholische academische verbindung lovania leuven. served in army , able speak many european languages. after had met charles pathé in paris in 1909, got cinematography, besides interests in motorcycle , car racing, aviation , ballooning. in 1909, privately filmed car racing @ semmering pass.

after death of father in 1910 , inheritance of estates in bohemia, alexander kolowrat founded sascha-film factory , film laboratory @ castle groß meierhöfen (today velké dvorce) in pfraumberg (přimda). in 1912, moved vienna , founded sascha-filmfabrik on pappenheimgasse 2/treustraße in brigittenau. 1 of first productions sascha-film documentary die gewinnung des erzes steirischen erzberg in eisenerz ( ore mining in styrian erzberg in eisenerz ). in 1915, took on film branch of k.u.k. kriegspressequartier (war media quarters) in vienna , produced several propaganda movies during world war i.

kolowrat memorial @ wien-film studio, vienna-sievering

kolowrat-krakowsky worked many actors, e.g. then-obscure marlene dietrich , willi forst, both performed in 1927 silent film café elektric directed gustav ucicky. did important pioneering work in film genres of time. high points of artistic work productions of monumental silent movies sodom , gomorrah (1922) or die sklavenkönigin (1924), both directed michael curtiz, on laaer berg in vienna-favoriten. in 1916, erected austria s first huge studio in vienna-sievering. sascha-film company, owner of several cinemas. loved attend münstedt cinema in prater park, burgkino , opernkino. in vienna prater, west of rotunde, erected old london in 1920 film shots, similar venice in vienna theme park nearby, smaller.

the count owned large city palace on wenceslas square in prague. enthusiastic mobilist financed development of lightweight sports car ( sascha-wagen ) designed austro-daimler engineer ferdinand porsche, ran @ 1922 targa florio alfred neubauer @ wheel.

kolowrat died of cancer in 1927 in vienna, aged 41. referenced in hit dietrich-von sternberg film collaboration dishonored (1931), in marlene dietrich plays spy civilian name marie kolowrat.