Fritz Rasp
Date of birth: 1891-05-13
Place of birth: Bayreuth, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Fritz Heinrich Rasp
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891; Bayreuth – 30 November 1976; Gräfelfing) was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976. His most notable film roles were J.J. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (1931), as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and as "Der Schmale" ("The Thin Man") in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Many of the scenes in which he appears in the latter film are part of the Metropolis footage long believed lost until their recovery in 2008. Rasp's obituary in Der Spiegel described him as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." He played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the 1920s. He is considered to be one of the most successful film villains in German film history.
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Metropolis
1927-02-06
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind
Woman in the Moon
1929-10-14
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's to
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962-03-01
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
Emil and the Detectives
1931-12-02
When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad think
The Terrible People
1960-08-25
The ghost of a hanged man returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die!
Docks of Hamburg
1928-10-10
When Hamburg ship's mate Klaus Brandt catches a thief one night at the port, his downfall is pre-ord
Charley's Aunt
1934-08-16
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Braz
Fellowship of the Frog
1959-09-04
Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog.
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929-09-27
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes
The 3 Penny Opera
1931-02-18
In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum withou
Pero and Jovo
1972-07-31
The Black Sheep
1960-12-19
Father Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especia
The Cruel Girlfriend
1932-07-12
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
The Squeeker
1931-07-30
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927-12-06
In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she l
Lina Braake
1975-07-11
After the death of the owner of the house Lina Braake is living in, the house is accrued to the bank
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris
1958-03-24
Hocuspocus
1966-03-03
Kurt Hoffmann's remake of his own 1953 movie based on the play by Curt Goetz.
Fritz Rasp Interview
1972-01-27
A talk with actor Fritz Rasp about his career.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1937-01-12
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles
Lockspitzel Asew
1935-04-12
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
1938-12-21
The Red Circle
1960-03-02
A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious
The Strange Countess
1961-11-08
Strange fortune hunters are behind a girl's murder in this Edgar Wallace tale.
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1965-01-14
Dr. med. Job Prätorius enjoys great popularity among patients, doctors and students alike thanks to
Dreyfus
1930-08-15
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accu
It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939-08-12
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love
Haus des Lebens
1952-09-11
The Ringer
1932-07-21
A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Austra
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
1931-02-05
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.
Paracelsus
1943-03-12
The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theoph
Black-White-Red Four Poster
1962-11-22
Der Judas von Tirol
1933-08-25
In the year 1810, the Tyrol is suffering under French occupation. A servant, who believes himself o
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
1938-04-05
Tausend Francs Belohnung
1974-01-01
Alarm
1941-01-31
Hokuspokus
1953-08-31
A murder trial becomes a farce when a widow tries to convince the district attorney that she didn't
Somewhere in Berlin
1946-12-18
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventu
Land, das meine Sprache spricht
1959-01-01
Dorothea Merz
1976-05-22
Herodes und Mariamne
1965-01-01
Togger
1937-02-12
Bezaubernde Julia
1960-03-19
Lockvogel
1934-11-10
Viktor Schott, daredevil and womanizer, is charged by his father, a jeweler, to go to Istanbul and p
Frau im Strom
1939-10-12
Alois, Wendelin, Schani and Franz operate an auto repair shop in Vienna. One evening, Alois fishes
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
1960-01-01
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
1953-09-17
Spies
1928-03-22
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lad
Die Leuchter des Kaisers
1936-02-14
Little Dorrit
1934-08-20
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a
Time Is Money
1923-07-19
The neglected young wife of a workaholic businessman looks for love.
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917-11-01
A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Spring Awakening
1929-01-01
Moritz Stiefel faces expulsion due to poor marks. When he is caught with an essay titled “Shame and
Three Around Edith
1929-11-12
Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. No
Kasimir und Karoline
1959-09-23
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
Volpone oder Der Fuchs
1966-02-27
The Pranks
1931-11-10
German-Italian crime drama with a racing milieu: The International criminal, "The Paw", who kills hi
Magic Fire
1955-06-30
Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Th
Der Cornet
1955-12-16
Adventure film based on a Rilke poem.
Caroussel of Passion
1963-10-23
Children's Souls Accuse You
1927-03-24
Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and star
Zwölftausend
1956-11-09
Wo war David Preston?
1956-09-29
Der Revisor
1955-09-19
Gericht über Las Casas
1960-01-01
Das mittlere Fenster
1959-06-10
Don Carlos
1957-11-25
Maria Stuart
1963-06-01
Leidenschaft
1940-02-20
Die Bauernpassion
1955-04-05
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
1926-01-01
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
1959-06-29
Der sündige Hof
1933-05-11
1933 German film.
Squirrel
1955-05-02
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
1925-10-13
Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Ro
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
1956-04-10
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916-06-09
Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from
Die Weber
1971-06-05
Onkel Bräsig
1936-09-24
The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also
Die Verspätung
1969-10-17
The Last Waltz
1927-08-18
Comedians
1925-02-23
"Comedians" - Axel Swinborne is a celebrated stage star. Although much in demand, he now wants to re
Arabella
1924-10-01
A foal runs away from its native pasture, falls into a swamp and is rescued by the circus dancer Ara
Das verschwundene Haus
1922-02-24
Jugend
1922-10-01
The four from Bob 13
1932-04-09
Schuß am Nebelhorn
1934-07-30
Johanna aus Lothringen
1959-03-26
Oberst Chabert
1956-05-19
Superfluous People
1926-11-02
Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj.
Man by the Roadside
1923-06-11
A shoemaker and his wife become the parents of a little girl, but they cannot find anyone willing to
Menschen am Meer
1925-01-01
Gottes Utopia
1955-10-13
Madame Aurélie
1955-06-12
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
1925-07-07
Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa
1955-12-21
Die Heiratskomödie
1955-11-04
Schinderhannes
1928-02-01
Qualen der Nacht
1926-04-23
Tropical Nights
1931-05-27
"Tropical Nights" - The young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zan
Grenzfeuer
1934-05-27
Between Evening and Morning
1923-08-03
A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
Skandal in der Botschaft
1950-12-08
Der öffentliche Ankläger
1958-07-20
The House of Lies
1926-01-22
Adaptation of Ibsen's play Vildanden.
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
1928-03-01
A mirror in a creepy old Bavarian castle has the magical ability to reveal the future of whoever loo
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1929-08-28
One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
Altgermanische Bauernkultur
1934-04-14
A Nazi propaganda film meant to glorify German history and to persuade people that the Teutons weren