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Fritz Kortner

Fritz Kortner

Actor, Director, Writer

Born May 12, 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died July 22, 1970

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Kortner (12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.

Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year he made his first appearance in a silent film. He became one of Germany's best known character actors. His speciality was playing sinister and threatening roles, though he also appeared in the title role of 1930's Dreyfus.

With the coming to power of the Nazis, Kortner, being Jewish, chose to flee Germany in 1933. He emigrated to the United States, where he found work as a character actor and theatre director for a time before returning to Germany in 1949. Upon his return, he became noted for his innovative staging and direction, particularly of classics such as his Richard III (1964) in which the king crawls over piles of corpses at the end.

Kortner died in Munich.

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Filmography

Actor

125

Type

Year

Holtzmanns Erzählungen - Mit dem Münchner Schauspieler auf Welt- und Theaterreise Documentary2007Self

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters Poster

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters TV Series2002Self

Hitler: A Profile Mini-Series1995Self

Kortnergeschichten Documentary1980Self

Hitler: A career Poster

Hitler: A career Documentary1977Self

The Memory of Justice Poster

The Memory of Justice Documentary1976Self

Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland Poster

Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland TV Series1975Self

Theater-Donner '69 - Das Stück heißt Revolution Documentary1969Self

Der Kaufmann von Venedig TV Movie1968Shylock

Der schwierige Kortner - Zum 75. Geburtstag Documentary1967Self

Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte Poster

Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte Documentary1966Self

Fritz Kortner spricht Shylock Documentary1966Self

Als sie noch jung waren TV Series1965Self

Fünfter Akt, siebte Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe Poster

Fünfter Akt, siebte Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe Documentary1965Self

Premieren von gestern Poster

Premieren von gestern TV Series1965Self - Guest

Im Literarischen Kaffeehaus TV Series1964Self

Das letzte Band TV Movie1962Krapp

Das Profil TV Series1962Self

Monitor TV Series1958Self

Zu Ehren Fritz Kortners Documentary1957Self

Bluebeard Poster

Bluebeard Feature Film1951Haushofsmeister

Epilogue Poster

Epilogue Feature Film1950Mr. P. L. Hoopman

Der Ruf Feature Film1949Professor Mauthner

Berlin Express Poster

Berlin Express Feature Film1948Franzen

The Vicious Circle Poster

The Vicious Circle Feature Film1948Joseph Schwartz

The Brasher Doubloon Poster

The Brasher Doubloon Feature Film1947Rudolph Vannier

Somewhere in the Night Poster

Somewhere in the Night Feature Film1946Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle

The Razor's Edge Poster

The Razor's Edge Feature Film1946Kosti

The Wife of Monte Cristo Poster

The Wife of Monte Cristo Feature Film1946Maillard

The Hitler Gang Poster

The Hitler Gang Feature Film1944Gregor Strasser

The Purple V Poster

The Purple V Feature Film1943Thomas Forster

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler Poster

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler Feature Film1943Bauer

The Eternal Jew Poster

The Eternal Jew Documentary1940Dimitri Karamasoff

Bombs Over London Poster

Bombs Over London Feature Film1937Minister Peters of Grovnia

Jews without Masks Short Film1937

Abdul the Damned Poster

Abdul the Damned Feature Film1935Sultan Abdul Hamid II

The Crouching Beast Poster

The Crouching Beast Feature Film1935Ahmed Bey

Chu Chin Chow Poster

Chu Chin Chow Feature Film1934Abu Hasan

Evensong Poster

Evensong Feature Film1934Arthur Kober

Little Friend Poster

Little Friend Feature Film1934Giant

Danton Feature Film1931Danton

Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff Poster

Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff Feature Film1931Dimitri Karamasoff

Les frères Karamazoff Feature Film1931Dimitri Karamazoff

Der Andere Poster

Der Andere Feature Film1930Staatsanwalt Hallers

Die große Sehnsucht Poster

Die große Sehnsucht Feature Film1930Self - Fritz Kortner

The Dreyfus Case Poster

The Dreyfus Case Feature Film1930Alfred Dreyfus

The Love Storm Poster

The Love Storm Feature Film1930Captain Kell

Atlantik Poster

Atlantik Feature Film1929Heinrich Thomas, author

Die Frau im Talar Feature Film1929Konsul Backhaug

Die Nacht des Schreckens Feature Film1929Prince Wagarin

Giftgas Feature Film1929Konzernpräsident Straaten

Pandora's Box Poster

Pandora's Box Feature Film1929Dr. Ludwig Schön

The Ship of Lost Men Poster

The Ship of Lost Men Feature Film1929Kapitän Vela - Captain Fernando Vela

The Somnambulist Poster

The Somnambulist Feature Film1929Fabrikant Bingen

Three Loves Poster

Three Loves Feature Film1929Dr. Karoff

Dame Care Poster

Dame Care Feature Film1928Der alte Meyhöfer

Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour Poster

Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour Feature Film1928Zar Paul von Rußland

Mein Leben für das Deine Feature Film1928Frontenac

The Last Night Poster

The Last Night Feature Film1928Montaloup

Alpentragödie Feature Film1927Mairas Vater

Caught in Berlin's Underworld Poster

Caught in Berlin's Underworld Feature Film1927Lord

Das Leben des Beethoven Poster

Das Leben des Beethoven Feature Film1927Ludwig van Beethoven

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs Poster

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs Feature Film1927Zarewitsch Alexander

Draga Maschin Poster

Draga Maschin Feature Film1927Zarewitsch Alexander

Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2 Feature Film1927Marschall Bothwell

Mata Hari: the Red Dancer Poster

Mata Hari: the Red Dancer Feature Film1927Graf Bobrykin

Students' Love Feature Film1927Karsten

Dürfen wir schweigen? Poster

Dürfen wir schweigen? Feature Film1926Der annoncierender Arzt

Armes kleines Mädchen Short Film1924

Dr. Wislizenus Feature Film1924Dr. Wislizenus

Kiedy kobieta zdradza meza Feature Film1924Lokaj

Moderne Ehen Feature Film1924Diener

The Hands of Orlac Poster

The Hands of Orlac Feature Film1924Nera

Wenn Männer schweigen Feature Film1924Forsthüter Mathias Eger

Arme Sünderin Feature Film1923Canary

Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant Feature Film1923Urmensch

Le revenant au baiser mortel Poster

Le revenant au baiser mortel Feature Film1923

Nora Feature Film1923Krogstadt, Rechtsanwalt

Warning Shadows Poster

Warning Shadows Feature Film1923Man

Am Rande der Großstadt Poster

Am Rande der Großstadt Feature Film1922

Am roten Kliff Poster

Am roten Kliff Feature Film1922Henning Rinkens

Der Graf von Essex Poster

Der Graf von Essex Feature Film1922Lord Nottingham

Der Ruf des Schicksals Feature Film1922

Die Finsternis und ihr Eigentum Feature Film1922Gangster

Luise Millerin Poster

Luise Millerin Feature Film1922Miller

Peter the Great Poster

Peter the Great Feature Film1922Patriarch Adrian

Sterbende Völker - 1. Heimat in Not Feature Film1922

Sterbende Völker - 2. Brennendes Meer Feature Film1922

Aus dem Schwarzbuch eines Polizeikommissars, 1. Teil - Loge Nr. 11 Short Film1921Der Krüppel

Danton Feature Film1921

Das Haus der Qualen Feature Film1921Arzt

Das Haus zum Mond Poster

Das Haus zum Mond Feature Film1921Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon Poster

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon Feature Film1921

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod Poster

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod Feature Film1921

Die Jagd nach der Wahrheit Feature Film1921

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha Poster

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha Feature Film1921Bruder von Maharadscha Bhima

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 3. Teil Poster

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 3. Teil Feature Film1921Bhima, Bruder des Maharadschas

Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle Feature Film1921Sultan

Hintertreppe Poster

Hintertreppe Feature Film1921Der Postbote

Landstraße und Großstadt Poster

Landstraße und Großstadt Feature Film1921Mendel Hammerstein

The Genoa Conspiracy Feature Film1921Gianettino

Catherine the Great Feature Film1920Potemkin

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter Poster

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter Feature Film1920

Die Brüder Karamasoff Poster

Die Brüder Karamasoff Feature Film1920Der alte Karamasoff

Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau Poster

Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau Feature Film1920Connetable

Die Verschleierte Feature Film1920

Gerechtigkeit Feature Film1920

Va banque Poster

Va banque Feature Film1920S. M. Wulff

Weltbrand Poster

Weltbrand Feature Film1920Iwan Becker

Das Auge des Buddha Feature Film1919Indischer Diener

Else von Erlenhof Short Film1919

Ohne Zeugen Feature Film1919

Satanas Feature Film1919Pharao Amenhotep

Das andere Ich Feature Film1918Professor

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens Poster

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens Feature Film1918Ludwig van Beethoven

Der Sonnwendhof Poster

Der Sonnwendhof Feature Film1918

Der Stärkere Short Film1918

Frauenehre Short Film1918Mathias Enger

Der Brief einer Toten Short Film1917

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 2. Teil Poster

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 2. Teil Feature Film1917Bruder von Maharadscha Bhima

Das zweite Leben Feature Film1916

Das Geheimnis von D.14 Feature Film1915

Im Banne der Vergangenheit Feature Film1915

Manya, die Türkin Poster

Manya, die Türkin Feature Film1915

Police Nr. 1111 Feature Film1915Mac Waldy

Director

14

Type

Year

Emilia Galotti Poster

Emilia Galotti TV Movie1971

Clavigo TV Movie1970

Der Sturm TV Movie1969

Der Vater TV Movie1969

Der eingebildete Kranke TV Movie1964

Leonce und Lena TV Movie1964

Die Sendung der Lysistrata Poster

Die Sendung der Lysistrata TV Movie1961

Androklus und der Löwe TV Movie1958

Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse Poster

Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse Feature Film1955

Sarajevo Poster

Sarajevo Feature Film1955

A Girl You Don't Forget Poster

A Girl You Don't Forget Feature Film1932

The Upright Sinner Poster

The Upright Sinner Feature Film1931

Else von Erlenhof Short Film1919

Gregor Marold Short Film1918

Writer

12

Type

Year

Clavigo TV Movie1970

Der Sturm TV Movie1969

Der Vater TV Movie1969

Der eingebildete Kranke TV Movie1964

Die Sendung der Lysistrata Poster

Die Sendung der Lysistrata TV Movie1961

Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse Poster

Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse Feature Film1955

Der Ruf Feature Film1949

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler Poster

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler Feature Film1943

A Clown Must Laugh Poster

A Clown Must Laugh Feature Film1936

The Upright Sinner Poster

The Upright Sinner Feature Film1931

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs Poster

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs Feature Film1927

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens Poster

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens Feature Film1918

Other Crew

1

Emilia Galotti Poster

Emilia Galotti TV Movie1971

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