12 Facts About Karl Paryla

Karl Paryla was an Austrian theater actor and director, and later a film maker as well.

Karl Paryla is remembered for his work ethic and his fervent belief in the emancipatory power of the theater.

Karl Paryla trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and began a career as an actor with the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1924 and by 1926 was working in theaters in Germany, where he became involved with communist workers' organizations.

Karl Paryla was fired in Darmstadt in 1933 for political reasons and fled to Vienna, where he found work with the Theater in der Josefstadt.

Karl Paryla had over 90 roles at the Schauspielhaus, performing in classical tragedy and comedy.

Karl Paryla worked with Bertolt Brecht and played the role of Schweizerkas in the first performance of Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.

Karl Paryla worked at Scala Wien from 1948 to its closing in 1956, at which point he moved his family to East Berlin.

In 1952 already he had been prevented by American pressure from participating in the Salzburg Festival, where he was an annual regular; Karl Paryla was supposed to have performed in Jedermann.

Karl Paryla died on 14 July 1996 in his native city, Vienna.

Karl Paryla was praised for his realism in acting, especially in Johann Nestroy's plays, and as a director for his dynamic mise-en-scene.

Karl Paryla is credited as one of the actors that made the Schauspielhaus Zurich "the best theatre in Europe".

Karl Paryla was married to the German-born stage and film actress Hortense Raky from 1939 until his death.