Samuel Berlach
Bellachini
(1827-1885)
Berlach was the most famous and popular magician of the 19th century.
Contrary to his reputation that he "only" performed apparatuses, there is evidence to the contrary. One of his posters explicitly announces feats without apprates.
His life story has been rewritten by Prof. Dr. Natascha Würzbach.
Lucas Strack
Bellachini
(1861-1930)
Lucas Strack also became very famous as Bellachini. He received numerous awards from crowned heads.
He made a large fortune and later settled in Marburg.
Today there is a commemorative plaque on the house where he lived.
His vita was recorded by Karl-Heinz Gimbel from Marburg.
Franz Schweizer
Bellachini
(1886-1969)
Franz Schweizer was initially an assistant to Lucas Strack and was allowed to continue using the name Bellachini after Strack's retirement from the stage. During the Nazi era, he temporarily called himself "Garvin" and also became very well known under this name.
In his hometown of St. Martin, a fountain was later named in his honour, which still exists today.
Theodor von Schledorn
Bellachini
(1896-1975)
Theodor von Schledorn was probably the last "great" Bellachini.
One of his highlights was his appearance before Kaiser Wilhelm II, who subsequently gave him a pin with the imperial crown and the imperial "W" with diamonds.
Once very wealthy with several houses in Düsseldorf, he died almost impoverished in his log cabin in Attendorn.
Weitere Bellachinis: Rüdiger Deutsch – Bellachini XIII (* 28. März 1941 –† 19. Mai 2015, Flein); Albert Marcus Franja – Bellachini (* 18. März 1862 Richtersdorf – † 16. Dezember 1943); Alois Groasser – Bellachini (* 20. November 1895 – † 14. August 1981, Mannheim; Arthur Heine – Bellachini (* 29. Oktober 1905– † nach 1968); Hermann Hempel – Bellachini, Leipzig
(* 1872 – † 1957); Richard Heufel und Frau aus Leipzig, Cagliostro-Bellachini (* 13. November 1873 – † 3. April 1953); W. Jochum – Joachim Bellachini (* 1856 – † 16. Juni 1901), Ludwig Lebram – Leonardi-Bellachini (* 29. März 1884 – † 27. Dezember 1969); Wilhelm Mann – Arado Bellachini (* 1. April 1893 – † 12. August 1971); Alfred-Albert Schiffel – Bellachini (* 15. Februar 1900 – † 22. Oktober 1957); Alfred Schilling Stuart Bellachini (* 11. Oktober 1884, Plauen); Eugen Schröder – Bellachinis Zauberschau (* 16. Juni 1864 – † 13. Juni 1933); Horst Schwichtenberg – Bellachini, auch Congar (* 3. Juni 1921 – † 15. März 1993); Julius Winkelmann – Joachim Bellachini (* 1. Januar 1871 – † 18. März 1928)
