- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Died
- July 22, 1970
Fritz Kortner
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 direct…
Filmography
Kortnergeschichten
movieKortnergeschichten
1980 · Self (archive footage)
movieHitler: A Career
1977 · Self (archive footage)
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieEmilia Galotti
1971 · Director
Clavigo
movieClavigo
1970 · Writer, Stage Director
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
movieDer Kaufmann von Venedig
1969 · Shylock
movieFritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
1966
movieFünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
1965
Leonce und Lena
movieLeonce und Lena
1964 · Director
Der eingebildete Kranke
movieDer eingebildete Kranke
1964 · Director
Das Profil
tvDas Profil
1962 · Self
movieDie Sendung der Lysistrata
1961 · Director, Writer
Androcles and the Lion
movieAndrocles and the Lion
1958 · Director
movieSarajevo
1955 · Director
movieSecrets of the City
1955 · Director, Writer
movieBluebeard
1951 · Haushofsmeister
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
movieEpilogue
1950 · Mr. P. L. Hoopman
movieThe Last Illusion
1949 · Professor Mauthner, Writer
movieThe Vicious Circle
1948 · Joseph Schwartz
movieBerlin Express
1948 · Otto Franzen
movieThe Brasher Doubloon
1947 · Vannier
movieThe Razor's Edge
1946 · Kosti
movieSomewhere in the Night
1946 · Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
movieThe Wife of Monte Cristo
1946 · Maillard
movieThe Hitler Gang
1944 · Gregor Strasser
movieThe Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
1943 · Bauer, Screenplay
The Purple V
movieThe Purple V
1943 · Thomas Forster
movieThe Eternal Jew
1940 · Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)
movieMidnight Menace
1937 · Minister Peters of Grovnia
movieThe Crouching Beast
1935 · Ahmed Bey
movieAbdul the Damned
1935 · The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
movieLittle Friend
1934 · Giant
movieEvensong
1934 · Arthur Kober
movieChu Chin Chow
1934 · Abu Hasan
movieA Girl You Don't Forget
1932 · Writer, Director
movieThe Upright Sinner
1931 · Writer, Director
movieThe Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
1931 · Dimitri Karamasoff
movieDanton
1931 · Danton
movieThe Love Storm
1930 · Captain Kell
movieThe Great Passion
1930 · Himself
movieDreyfus
1930 · Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
movieThe Other
1930 · Staatsanwalt Hallers
Giftgas
movieGiftgas
1929 · Konzernpräsident Straaten
movieAtlantic
1929 · Heinrich Thomas
Die stärkere Macht
movieDie stärkere Macht
1929
movieThe Ship of Lost Men
1929 · Capt. Fernando Vela
Die Frau im Talar
movieDie Frau im Talar
1929
movieThe Woman One Longs For
1929 · Dr. Karoff
movieThe Somnambulist
1929
moviePandora's Box
1929 · Dr. Ludwig Schön
movieThe Last Night
1928 · Montaloup
Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
movieMarquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
1928
movieFrau Sorge
1928 · Der alte Meyhöfer
movieDie Geliebte des Gouverneurs
1927 · , Writer
Die Ausgestoßenen
movieDie Ausgestoßenen
1927
Alpentragödie
movieAlpentragödie
1927 · Father
Primanerliebe
moviePrimanerliebe
1927 · Karsten
movieMata Hari: the Red Dancer
1927 · Graf Bobrykin
movieThe Life of Beethoven
1927 · Ludwig van Beethoven
movieDraga Maschin
1927
movieShould We Be Silent?
1926 · Der annoncirende Arzt
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża
movieKiedy kobieta zdradza męża
1924 · lokaj
Moderne Ehen
movieModerne Ehen
1924
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1924 · Nera
Dr. Wislizenus
movieDr. Wislizenus
1924 · Dr. Wislizenus
Armes kleines Mädchen
movieArmes kleines Mädchen
1924
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
movieEin Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
1923 · Urmensch
movieWarning Shadows
1923 · The Count
Nora
movieNora
1923 · Krogstadt
movieThe Ghost with the Deadly Kiss
1923
movieAm Rande der Großstadt
1922
What Belongs to Darkness
movieWhat Belongs to Darkness
1922 · Gangster
moviePeter the Great
1922 · Patriarch Adrian
movieDer Graf von Essex
1922 · Lord Nottingham
movieAm roten Kliff
1922 · Henning Rinkens
movieDer Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921
movieDer Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921
movieBackstairs
1921 · The Postman
movieDie Brüder Karamasoff
1921
movieDanton
1921 · Minor Role (rumored)
movieLandstraße und Großstadt
1921 · Mendel Hammerstein
Die Verschwörung zu Genua
movieDie Verschwörung zu Genua
1921 · Gianettino
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
movieHaschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
1921 · Sultan
movieThe House on the Moon
1921 · Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
movieDie Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
1921 · Bhirma
The Night of Queen Isabeau
movieThe Night of Queen Isabeau
1920 · Connetable
movieChristian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920 · Iwan Becker
movieDer Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
Catherine the Great
movieCatherine the Great
1920 · Potemkin
movieVa banque
1920
movieSatan
1920 · Pharao Amenhotep
Die Verschleierte
movieDie Verschleierte
1920
Gerechtigkeit
movieGerechtigkeit
1920
Das Auge des Buddha
movieDas Auge des Buddha
1919
movieDer Sonnwendhof
1918
Frauenehre
movieFrauenehre
1918
Her Other Self
movieHer Other Self
1918 · Professor
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
movieDer Märtyrer seines Herzens
1918 · Ludwig van Beethoven, Writer
Der Sturm
movieDer Sturm
— · Director, Teleplay