Axel von Ambesser

Who was Axel von Ambesser?

Axel Eugen Alexander von Österreich, better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German actor and film director.

Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburger Kammerspielen, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.