Erik Charell was dubbed The German Mr Ziegfeld. He was a legendary stage director and producer, and the creator of the glamourous stage revues of the 1920’s at the Grosse Schauspielhaus, a 3500- seater theatre at Friedrichstraße, the entertainment centre of Berlin. His revues were epic in scale and featured most of the big names working in Theatre and Cabaret at the time, including Marlene Dietrich, The Comedian Harmonists, Max Hansen , Paul Morgan, Claire Waldoff , Trude Hesterberg and many others.
One of his biggest hits was ‘Im Weissen Rössl’ ( The White Horse Inn) which went on to become a world-wide success.
From Cabaret Berlin.
