Max Hansen

Max Hansen was born on Dec 22, 1897 in Germany. Max Hansen's big-screen debut came with Schuberts Frühlingstraum directed by Richard Oswald in 1931, strarring .

Max Hansen was born in Mannheim, Germany, but was raised by his step parents in Munich. His mother was a Danish Actress, Eva Haller, his father's name was von Waldheim. In his school days, he already sang at the Opera House, so he earned the nickname "The Little Caruso" ("Der kleine Caruso"). Later he studied Music and Voice and got a job at the Simplizissimus Cabaret in Munich. From 1914 he played Operettas in Vienna and became a good friend of Franz Lehár. After that he worked in Berlin at the Metropole Theater and became there a superstar of operettas, revues, cabaret and radio. He began acting in five silent films, from 1926 to 28. His first talkie was