Egon Erwin Kisch was born on April 29, 1885 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for
Tonka Sibenice (1930),
Pasák holek (1930) and
Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl (1931). He was married to Gisela Lyner. He died on March 31, 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.