Millenkovich was born in
Vienna, the son of the writer Stephan von Millenkovich and the brother of Admiral Benno von Millenkovich. After taking a law degree he worked for many years as an Imperial civil servant, ultimately in the Ministry for Arts. In 1917 he took over the direction of the Hofburgtheater after the departure of
Hugo Thimig. However, Emperor
Karl I (abdicated November 1918) intended the
Burgtheater to take a special cultural role in his desire for the cohesion of the multi-ethnic state, which was entirely at odds with Millenkovich's openly-declared support for
pro-German nationalism, so Millenkovich was rapidly displaced. A highlight from his short time as director was the engagement of the popular actor
Alexander Girardi. In 1918, for the first time at the Burgtheater, he produced
Ferdinand Raimund's
Der Bauer als Millionär with Girardi as Fortunatus Wurzel. While still a civil servant Millenkovich began writing about music, often under the pseudonym "Max Morold". From 1930 he was Viennese correspondent for the
Völkischer Beobachter, and in 1931 he became a member of the board of the Austrian branch of the nationally minded, anti-Semitic
Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur. By his own admission, he was a member of the Austrian
Nazi Party from 1 November 1932 (membership number 1,305,829). published in
Leipzig in 1940. In 1941 he published his memoirs entitled
Vom Abend bis zum Morgen ("From Evening to Morning"), in which he described
Adolf Hitler as "the embodiment of what we ourselves, between intuition and knowledge, longed for and strived for" (""). In the same year he was awarded the
Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Goethe Medal for Art and Science) and the
Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna. Millenkovich died in
Baden bei Wien on 5 February 1945 and was buried in the
Vienna Central Cemetery (group 15H, row 2, number 27). ==Works (selection)==