Fritz Kortner

ActorDirectorDirectingWriter May 12 (died age 78) Vienna - Austria 1918–1980 (62 year career)

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Biography

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 si…

Known For

Film

Pandora's Box

Dr. Ludwig Schön

Film

Hitler: A Career

Self (archive footage)

Film

The Hands of Orlac

Nera

Film

The Razor's Edge

Kosti

Film

Somewhere in the Night

Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle

Film

Berlin Express

Franzen

Film

Warning Shadows

The Count

Film

The Brasher Doubloon

Vannier

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (86)

Kortnergeschichten

1980

as Self (archive footage)

Hitler: A Career

1977

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Der Kaufmann von Venedig

1969

as Shylock

8.0

Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte

1966

Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe

Bluebeard

as Haushofsmeister

Epilogue

as Mr. P. L. Hoopman

The Last Illusion

as Professor Mauthner

The Vicious Circle

as Joseph Schwartz

Berlin Express

as Franzen

The Brasher Doubloon

as Vannier

The Razor's Edge

as Kosti

Somewhere in the Night

1946

as Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle

6.7

The Wife of Monte Cristo

as Maillard

The Hitler Gang

as Gregor Strasser

The Purple V

as Thomas Forster

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

1943

as Bauer

4.6

The Eternal Jew

1940

as Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)

4.5

Midnight Menace

1937

as Minister Peters of Grovnia

6.5

Abdul the Damned

1935

as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar

5.3

The Crouching Beast

1935

as Ahmed Bey

Little Friend

as Giant

Evensong

as Arthur Kober

Chu Chin Chow

as Abu Hasan

Danton

as Danton

The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov

1931

as Dimitri Karamasoff

5.9

The Other

1930

as Staatsanwalt Hallers

5.5

Dreyfus

1930

as Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus

The Great Passion

as Himself

The Love Storm

as Captain Kell

Die Frau im Talar

Die stärkere Macht

Pandora's Box

as Dr. Ludwig Schön

Giftgas

as Konzernpräsident Straaten

6.0

The Somnambulist

1929

The Ship of Lost Men

1929

as Capt. Fernando Vela

4.9

The Woman One Longs For

as Dr. Karoff

Atlantic

as Heinrich Thomas

The Last Night

as Montaloup

Frau Sorge

1928

as Der alte Meyhöfer

Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour

1928

Mata Hari: the Red Dancer

1927

as Graf Bobrykin

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs

1927

The Life of Beethoven

1927

as Ludwig van Beethoven

7.5

Die Ausgestoßenen

1927

Primanerliebe

1927

as Karsten

Alpentragödie

1927

as Father

Draga Maschin

1927

Should We Be Silent?

1926

as Der annoncirende Arzt

5.0

Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża

1924

as lokaj

The Hands of Orlac

as Nera

Dr. Wislizenus

as Dr. Wislizenus

Moderne Ehen

Armes kleines Mädchen

1924

Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant

1923

as Urmensch

Nora

1923

as Krogstadt

Warning Shadows

1923

as The Count

6.5

The Ghost with the Deadly Kiss

1923

What Belongs to Darkness

1922

as Gangster

Peter the Great

1922

as Patriarch Adrian

Der Graf von Essex

1922

as Lord Nottingham

Am roten Kliff

1922

as Henning Rinkens

Am Rande der Großstadt

1922

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod

1921

Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon

1921

Die Verschwörung zu Genua

1921

as Gianettino

The House on the Moon

1921

as Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler

Danton

1921

as Minor Role (rumored)

5.7

Backstairs

1921

as The Postman

6.2

Landstraße und Großstadt

1921

as Mendel Hammerstein

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

1921

as Bhirma

Die Brüder Karamasoff

1921

Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle

1921

as Sultan

The Night of Queen Isabeau

1920

as Connetable

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter

1920

Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand

1920

as Iwan Becker

Gerechtigkeit

1920

Va banque

1920

Catherine the Great

1920

as Potemkin

Satan

as Pharao Amenhotep

Die Verschleierte

Das Auge des Buddha

Das andere Ich

as Professor

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens

1918

as Ludwig van Beethoven

6.0

Der Sonnwendhof

1918

Frauenehre

1918

Television (3)

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

1975

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Das Profil

1962

as Self

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (19)

Movies (19)

Emilia Galotti

1971

Director

Clavigo

1970

Stage Director

Clavigo

1970

Writer

Der eingebildete Kranke

1964

Director

Leonce und Lena

1964

Director

9.5

Die Sendung der Lysistrata

1961

Director

Die Sendung der Lysistrata

1961

Writer

Androcles and the Lion

1958

Director

Sarajevo

Director

Secrets of the City

Director

Secrets of the City

Writer

The Last Illusion

Writer

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

1943

Screenplay

4.6

A Girl You Don't Forget

1932

Director

10.0

A Girl You Don't Forget

Writer

The Upright Sinner

Director

The Upright Sinner

Writer

Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs

1927

Writer

Der Märtyrer seines Herzens

1918

Writer

6.0