05/12/1892
Vienna - Austria:
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fritz Kortner, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kortnergeschichten (1980) as Self (archive footage) |
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Hitler - Eine Karriere (1977) as Self (archive footage) |
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Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1969) as Shylock |
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Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte (1966) as |
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Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe (1965) as |
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Blaubart (1951) as Haushofsmeister |
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Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid (1950) as Mr. P. L. Hoopman |
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Der Ruf (1949) as Professor Mauthner |
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The Vicious Circle (1948) as Joseph Schwartz |
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Berlin Express (1948) as Franzen |
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The Brasher Doubloon (1947) as Vannier |
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The Razor's Edge (1946) as Kosti |
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Somewhere in the Night (1946) as Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle |
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The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) as Maillard |
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The Hitler Gang (1944) as Gregor Strasser |
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The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) as Bauer |
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The Purple V (1943) as Thomas Forster |
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Der ewige Jude (1940) as Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage) |
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Midnight Menace (1937) as Minister Peters of Grovnia |
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The Crouching Beast (1935) as Ahmed Bey |
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Abdul the Damned (1935) as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar |
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Little Friend (1934) as Giant |
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Evensong (1934) as Arthur Kober |
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Chu Chin Chow (1934) as Abu Hasan |
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Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931) as Dimitri Karamasoff |
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Danton (1931) as Danton |
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Menschen im Käfig (1930) as Captain Kell |
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Die große Sehnsucht (1930) as Himself |
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Dreyfus (1930) as Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus |
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Der Andere (1930) as Staatsanwalt Hallers |
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Giftgas (1929) as Konzernpräsident Straaten |
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Atlantic (1929) as Heinrich Thomas |
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Die stärkere Macht (1929) as |
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Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (1929) as Capt. Fernando Vela |
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Die Frau im Talar (1929) as |
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Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt (1929) as Dr. Karoff |
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Somnambul (1929) as |
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Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) as Dr. Ludwig Schön |
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Revolutionshochzeit (1928) as Montaloup |
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Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour (1928) as |
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Frau Sorge (1928) as Der alte Meyhöfer |
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Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs (1927) as |
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Die Ausgestoßenen (1927) as |
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Alpentragödie (1927) as Father |
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Primanerliebe (1927) as Karsten |
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Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin (1927) as Graf Bobrykin |
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Das Leben des Beethoven (1927) as Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Draga Maschin (1927) as |
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Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926) as Der annoncirende Arzt |
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Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża (1924) as lokaj |
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Moderne Ehen (1924) as |
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Orlacs Hände (1924) as Nera |
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Dr. Wislizenus (1924) as Dr. Wislizenus |
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Armes kleines Mädchen (1924) as |
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Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant (1923) as Urmensch |
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Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (1923) as The Count |
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Nora (1923) as Krogstadt |
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Le Revenant au baiser mortel (1923) as |
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Am Rande der Großstadt (1922) as |
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Die Finsternis und ihr Eigentum (1922) as Gangster |
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Peter der Große (1922) as Patriarch Adrian |
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Der Graf von Essex (1922) as Lord Nottingham |
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Am roten Kliff (1922) as Henning Rinkens |
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Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon (1921) as |
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Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod (1921) as |
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Hintertreppe (1921) as The Postman |
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Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921) as |
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Danton (1921) as Minor Role (rumored) |
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Landstraße und Großstadt (1921) as Mendel Hammerstein |
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Die Verschwörung zu Genua (1921) as Gianettino |
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Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle (1921) as Sultan |
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Das Haus zum Mond (1921) as Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler |
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Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha (1921) as Bhirma |
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Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau (1920) as Connetable |
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Weltbrand (1920) as Iwan Becker |
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Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter (1920) as |
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Catherine the Great (1920) as Potemkin |
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Va banque (1920) as |
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Satanas (1920) as Pharao Amenhotep |
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Gerechtigkeit (1920) as |
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Die Verschleierte (1920) as |
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Das Auge des Buddha (1919) as |
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Der Sonnwendhof (1918) as |
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Frauenehre (1918) as |
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Das andere Ich (1918) as Professor |
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Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (1918) as Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Emilia Galotti (1971) Director |
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Clavigo (1970) Stage Director |
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Clavigo (1970) Writer |
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Leonce und Lena (1964) Director |
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Der eingebildete Kranke (1964) Director |
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Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961) Director |
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Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961) Writer |
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Androklus und der Löwe (1958) Director |
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Sarajewo (1955) Director |
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Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse (1955) Director |
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Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse (1955) Writer |
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Der Ruf (1949) Writer |
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The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) Screenplay |
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So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht (1932) Director |
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So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht (1932) Writer |
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Der brave Sünder (1931) Director |
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Der brave Sünder (1931) Writer |
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Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs (1927) Writer |
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Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (1918) Writer |