11 Facts About Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas was a Czech film actor, director and writer.

Hugo Haas appeared in more than 60 films from 1926 to 1962 and directed 20 films from 1933 to 1962.

Pavel Hugo Haas went on to become a noted composer before he was killed in Auschwitz in 1944.

In 1930, the Czech director, critic, and poet Karel Hugo Hilar made Haas a member of the Prague National Theatre drama company, where he remained until his emigration in 1939.

Hugo Haas made his film debut as Notary Voborsky in the silent film Jedenacte prikazani in 1923.

Hugo Haas later directed Kvocna, The White Disease and Co se septa.

Hugo Haas usually cast himself as the male lead in the films, but the female role almost always dominated the storyline and was usually exclusively promoted on film posters.

Cleo Moore starred in six films for Hugo Haas, becoming a well-known film star in that era.

Independent studios were not atypical at this time, but Hugo Haas' operating procedures were.

Hugo Haas financed his own films, and the budgets were minuscule compared to most Hollywood fare.

Hugo Haas's ventures were risky; he did not secure distribution deals with larger studios until after the movies were made, sometimes delaying their release for months or even years.