847 - Carl Weber, Portrait of Hans Albers in Tailcoat with Cigar, as in "F.P.1 antwortet nicht", 1934

Carl Weber, Portrait of Hans Albers in Tailcoat with Cigar, as in "F.P.1 antwortet nicht", 1934 Oil on chipboard, signed and dated (19)34 upper right, half-length portrait of the actor Hans Albers as he appeared in the film "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" (1932), in black tailcoat with white waistcoat, white shirt, white bow tie and pocket square, reddish-blond hair combed back, gaze directed to the right, the right hand holding a cigar at waist height, ground in yellow-beige and blue-grey, age-appropriate condition, paint losses, scratches, image 100x70 cm (HxW), framed, frame chipped, frame width 4 cm Hans Albers (1891 Hamburg – 1960 Kempfenhausen) was one of the most popular German film actors of the 1930s. In the UFA film "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" (English version "F.P.1"), directed by Karl Hartl and produced by Erich Pommer, he played the aviator Ellissen; the film about a floating airfield in the Atlantic premiered on 22 December 1932 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. The portrait, dated 1934, shows Albers in tailcoat with cigar, as cinema audiences knew him from this film.