Fritz Kortner

Darsteller, Autor, Regie

12. Mai 1892 — 22. Juli 1970 (78 Jahre)
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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Bekannt aus

  • Die Büchse der Pandora
    Die Büchse der Pandora1929
  • Der ewige Jude
    Der ewige Jude1940
  • Irgendwo in der Nacht
    Irgendwo in der Nacht1946
  • Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination
    Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination1923
  • Orlacs Hände
    Orlacs Hände1924
  • Berlin-Express
    Berlin-Express1948
  • The Brasher Doubloon
    The Brasher Doubloon1947
  • Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff
    Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff1931
  • Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt
    Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt1929
  • Danton
    Danton1931
  • Der brave Sünder
    Der brave Sünder1931
  • Die Sendung der Lysistrata
    Die Sendung der Lysistrata1961
  • The Vicious Circle
    The Vicious Circle1948
  • Der Andere
    Der Andere1930
  • Evensong
    Evensong1934
  • Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
    Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse1955

Filmografie

1951
Bluebeard · as Haushofsmeister
1950
Epilogue · as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
1949
Der Ruf · as Professor Mauthner
1948
The Vicious Circle · as Joseph Schwartz
1948
Berlin Express · as Franzen
1947
The Brasher Doubloon · as Vannier
1946
The Razor's Edge · as Kosti
1946
Somewhere in the Night · as Anzelmo Aka Dr. Oracle
1946
1944
The Hitler Gang · as Gregor Strasser
1943
1940
The Eternal Jew · as Dimitri Karamasoff (archive Footage)
1937
Bombs Over London · as Minister Peters Of Grovnia
1935
Abdul the Damned · as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid Ii & Kislar
1934
Evensong · as Arthur Kober
1934
Little Friend · as Giant
1934
Chu Chin Chow · as Abu Hasan
1931
Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff · as Dimitri Karamasoff
1931
Danton · as Danton
1930
The Dreyfus Case · as Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
1930
Der Andere · as Staatsanwalt Hallers
1929
1929
The Ship of Lost Men · as Capt. Fernando Vela
1929
Atlantic · as Heinrich Thomas
1929
Three Loves · as Dr. Karoff
1929
Pandora's Box · as Dr. Ludwig Schön
1927
Das Leben des Beethoven · as Ludwig Van Beethoven
1924
1924
Wenn Männer schweigen · as Forsthüter Mathias Eger
1923
Warning Shadows · as The Count
1923
Nora · as Krogstadt
1921
Hintertreppe · as The Postman
1921
Danton · as Minor Role (rumored)
1919
Satanas · as Pharao Amenhotep
1917
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 2. Teil · as Bruder Von Maharadscha Bhima
1916
1915