- Born
- Died
- Paul Hoffmann was born on March 25, 1902 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Fanny Elssler (1937), Hedda Gabler (1963) and Die Entlassung (1942). He died on December 2, 1990 in Vienna, Austria.
- Besides his activity as an actor he was also very successful as a stage director.
- Although he had not acting lessons he was convincing as an actor during a student performance that he was engaged by the theater in Würzburg.
- In 1959 he went to the Viennese Burgtheater whose director he became from 1968 to 1971.
- In the 60s he also shot two TV productions as a director - "Hedda Gabler" (1963) and "Moral" (1967).
- Television already took over an important position in his film career and this went on in the next years too.
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