Vivica Bandler
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Vivica Bandler, 1997
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| Born | Vivica von Frenckell 5 February 1917 Helsinki, Finland |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Helsinki, Finland |
| Spouse(s) | Kurt Bandler |
Vivica Bandler (5 February 1917 – 30 July 2004) was a Finnish theater director and agronomist.[1] She founded a theater in Helsinki and is credited popularizing avant-garde Finnish theater.[citation needed]
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Early life and education
Vivica von Frenckell was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1917. She was the daughter of Helsinki Mayor Erik von Frenckell and theater historian Ester-Margaret Lindberg.[2] She studied agronomy, graduating in 1943. She then maintained her family home, Saari Manor, a historic home located in Tammela, Finland.[3] She served in the Lotta Svärd during World War II and eventually married Austrian Kurt Bandler.[citation needed]
Theater work
After the war she started working in an amateur theater in Tammela.[2] She studied, in Paris, France in the 1930s, under a French movie director. Upon her return to Helsinki she sought to become a film director, but because of her gender, the opportunity was lacking. She went on to get her degree in agriculture, instead.[3]
In 1939, she founded Helsinki's first Swedish student theater, Studentteaternin. Bandler also served as director of the theater. When visiting film directors came to film in Finland she often served as translator, such as Jacques Feyder.[2] In 1969, she was awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland.[citation needed]
Legacy
Film director Tuija-Maija Niskanen made the film Jäähyväiset (Avskedet) based on Bandler's life.[citation needed]
References
Further reading
- Bengt Ahlfors: Människan Vivica Bandler: 82 skisser till ett porträtt, Helsinki: Schildts, 2011.
- Vivica Bandler ja Carita Backström: Vastaanottaja tuntematon, omaelämäkerta, Otava 1992 (alkuteos Adressaten okänd, Tukholma: Norstedt 1992).
- Lasse Pöysti: Jalat maahan. Otava 1991. ISBN 951-1-11611-8
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- 1917 births
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- Artists from Helsinki
- People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish people of German descent
- Finnish nobility
- Finnish theatre directors
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- Finnish military personnel of World War II
