Heinrich Lisson was born on August 18, 1867 in Gebweiler, Alsace, Germany [now Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, France] as Heinrich Nischwitz. He was a director and actor, known for Im Krug zum grünen Kranze (1925), Barfüßele - Ein Schwarzwaldidyll (1924) and Ans Vaterland, ans teure (1915). He died on January 6, 1933 in Berlin, Germany.