Fritz Kortner
Date of birth: 1892-05-12
Place of birth: Vienna - Austria
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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 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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Pandora's Box
1929-01-30
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn
Nora
1923-02-02
Adaptation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.
The Brasher Doubloon
1947-02-06
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that bel
Catherine the Great
1920-10-22
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
The Hands of Orlac
1924-09-24
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrifi
Berlin Express
1948-05-01
In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt b
The Vicious Circle
1948-07-21
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby propertie
Die stärkere Macht
1929-09-23
Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
1928-09-06
The Razor's Edge
1946-11-19
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. Bu
Warning Shadows
1923-10-16
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th cen
Dr. Wislizenus
1924-03-03
Deep in the forest lives the bitter Dr. Wislizenus, whose childhood sweetheart Maria committed suici
The Woman One Longs For
1929-04-29
After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are
Backstairs
1921-12-11
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his bui
Chu Chin Chow
1934-05-01
Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.
The Ship of Lost Men
1929-09-17
A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman
Abdul the Damned
1935-08-05
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by t
Armes kleines Mädchen
1924-01-01
What Belongs to Darkness
1922-12-08
What Belongs to Darkness (German: Die Finsternis und ihr Eigentum) is a 1922 German silent drama fil
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
1943-09-10
Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into pl
The House on the Moon
1921-01-28
The House on the Moon
Midnight Menace
1937-05-04
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begi
Hitler: A Career
1977-07-08
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the T
Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his o
The Other
1930-08-11
A psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme involving a strict legal official.
Danton
1931-01-21
This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Da
Dreyfus
1930-08-15
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accu
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
1931-02-05
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.
The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920-11-18
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
The Last Illusion
1949-04-19
Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germ
Epilogue
1950-09-28
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 1
Should We Be Silent?
1926-04-05
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use inste
The Last Night
1928-10-11
The fate of a French aristocrat is revealed in this historical costume drama, who, in 1792, finds he
The Love Storm
1930-11-21
This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).
Evensong
1934-09-03
Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
Giftgas
1929-11-13
Arnold Horn, a young idealistic chemist, discovers a compound that can be used for the production of
Little Friend
1934-11-18
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Kortnergeschichten
1980-08-13
Documentary about director Fritz Korner
Das andere Ich
1918-09-06
A professor discovers a way to separate the soul from the body.
The Great Passion
1930-08-24
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a stor
Landstraße und Großstadt
1921-04-22
Two poor musicians rise from rags to riches. Money, fame and their love for the same woman begin to
The Eternal Jew
1940-11-28
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
1969-03-02
The Purple V
1943-03-12
German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a dow
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920-11-11
A pharaonic tragedy to the content that spans six different eras. In the first episode, the emergenc
The Crouching Beast
1935-08-29
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish p
Alpentragödie
1927-09-19
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
1927-05-02
Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin (English: Mata Hari: The Red Dancer), often shortened on release to Mat
Der Sonnwendhof
1918-11-15
The young, dissolute Mathias, in conflict with his father, doesn't hesitate to set fire to his fathe
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
1918-02-08
The film traces the individual stages in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Die Verschwörung zu Genua
1921-02-25
Frau Sorge
1928-02-07
Young peasant Paul's life is one of poverty and hardship from an early age. His lifelong struggle as
Primanerliebe
1927-06-02
An exploration of the misery of youth. A student, his friends, and the girl he loves all suffer due
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
1921-02-07
Die Verschleierte
1920-01-01
Bluebeard
1951-09-27
Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, di
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920-11-12
Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
1965-05-19
This documentation of a Kortner stage rehearsal shows in detail and fascinatingly how Kortner develo
Am Rande der Großstadt
1922-12-12
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
1923-11-01
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946-04-22
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to P
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
1966-07-05
Fritz Kortner performs a monologue.
Am roten Kliff
1922-04-29
A man is found dead on the small German island of Sylt. There is speculation that it may have been a
Va banque
1920-06-27
Die Brüder Karamasoff
1921-07-20
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
1921-01-20
The Maharaja of Odhapur goes on a trip to Europe and meet the young dancer Ellen Esmond. In her Lond
Der Graf von Essex
1922-09-14
The Earl of Essex, a person favourite of the Queen, is in jeopardy of losing his relationship with t
Satan
1920-01-30
A three-part historical film: the first episode takes place in ancient Egypt, the second is based on
Peter the Great
1922-11-02
Peter the Great, having become Tsar of Russia, using his shipbuilding knowledge acquired in a foreig
The Somnambulist
1929-02-07
Originally named "The Clairvoyant" presenting the many talents of parapsychologist Elsbeth Günther-G
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
1927-12-16
Das Auge des Buddha
1919-03-21
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921-12-29
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921-12-29
Draga Maschin
1927-01-01
Atlantic
1929-10-28
German-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and se
Moderne Ehen
1924-12-10
The Life of Beethoven
1927-02-18
Filmed in Austria for the hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's death, this 1927 silent film tells th
Die Ausgestoßenen
1927-11-01
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża
1924-12-27
When Professor Horski learns that his wife has published a volume of novellas under his name entitle
Die Frau im Talar
1929-08-22
The Ghost with the Deadly Kiss
1923-01-01
Two couples arrived to the village where an old legend of a ghost with the deadly kiss circulates in
Gerechtigkeit
1920-01-01
The Hitler Gang
1944-04-26
The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time