From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Kortner (12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Kortnergeschichten
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/08/1980
Hitler: A Career
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/07/1977
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
Character:Shylock
Release Date:02/03/1969
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
Character:
Release Date:05/07/1966
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
Character:
Release Date:19/05/1965
Bluebeard
Character:Haushofmeister
Release Date:27/09/1951
Epilogue
Character:Mr. P. L. Hoopman
Release Date:28/09/1950
The Last Illusion
Character:Professor Mauthner
Release Date:19/04/1949
The Vicious Circle
Character:Joseph Schwartz
Release Date:21/07/1948
Berlin Express
Character:Franzen
Release Date:01/05/1948
The Brasher Doubloon
Character:Vannier
Release Date:06/02/1947
The Razor's Edge
Character:Kosti
Release Date:19/11/1946
Somewhere in the Night
Character:Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
Release Date:12/06/1946
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Character:Maillard
Release Date:22/04/1946
The Hitler Gang
Character:Gregor Strasser
Release Date:26/04/1944
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Character:Bauer
Release Date:10/09/1943
The Purple V
Character:Thomas Forster
Release Date:12/03/1943
The Eternal Jew
Character:Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/1940
Midnight Menace
Character:Minister Peters of Grovnia
Release Date:04/05/1937
The Crouching Beast
Character:Ahmed Bey
Release Date:29/08/1935
Abdul the Damned
Character:The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
Release Date:05/08/1935
Little Friend
Character:Giant
Release Date:18/11/1934
Evensong
Character:Arthur Kober
Release Date:03/09/1934
Chu Chin Chow
Character:Abu Hasan
Release Date:01/05/1934
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Character:Dimitri Karamasoff
Release Date:05/02/1931
Danton
Character:Danton
Release Date:21/01/1931
The Love Storm
Character:Captain Kell
Release Date:21/11/1930
The Great Passion
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/08/1930
Dreyfus
Character:Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
Release Date:15/08/1930
The Other
Character:Staatsanwalt Hallers
Release Date:11/08/1930
Giftgas
Character:Konzernpräsident Straaten
Release Date:13/11/1929
Atlantic
Character:Heinrich Thomas
Release Date:28/10/1929
Die stärkere Macht
Character:
Release Date:23/09/1929
The Ship of Lost Men
Character:Capt. Fernando Vela
Release Date:17/09/1929
Die Frau im Talar
Character:
Release Date:22/08/1929
The Woman One Longs For
Character:Dr. Karoff
Release Date:29/04/1929
The Somnambulist
Character:
Release Date:07/02/1929
Pandora's Box
Character:Dr. Ludwig Schön
Release Date:30/01/1929
The Last Night
Character:Montaloup
Release Date:11/10/1928
Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
Character:
Release Date:06/09/1928
Frau Sorge
Character:Der alte Meyhöfer
Release Date:07/02/1928
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1927
Die Ausgestoßenen
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1927
Alpentragödie
Character:Father
Release Date:19/09/1927
Primanerliebe
Character:Karsten
Release Date:02/06/1927
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
Character:Graf Bobrykin
Release Date:02/05/1927
The Life of Beethoven
Character:Ludwig van Beethoven
Release Date:18/02/1927
Draga Maschin
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1927
Should We Be Silent?
Character:Der annoncirende Arzt
Release Date:05/04/1926
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża
Character:lokaj
Release Date:27/12/1924
Moderne Ehen
Character:
Release Date:10/12/1924
The Hands of Orlac
Character:Nera
Release Date:24/09/1924
Dr. Wislizenus
Character:Dr. Wislizenus
Release Date:03/03/1924
Armes kleines Mädchen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1924
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Character:Urmensch
Release Date:01/11/1923
Warning Shadows
Character:The Count
Release Date:16/10/1923
Nora
Character:Krogstadt
Release Date:02/02/1923
The Ghost with the Deadly Kiss
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1923
Am Rande der Großstadt
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1922
What Belongs to Darkness
Character:Gangster
Release Date:08/12/1922
Peter the Great
Character:Patriarch Adrian
Release Date:02/11/1922
Der Graf von Essex
Character:Lord Nottingham
Release Date:14/09/1922
Am roten Kliff
Character:Henning Rinkens
Release Date:29/04/1922
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
Character:
Release Date:29/12/1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
Character:
Release Date:29/12/1921
Backstairs
Character:The Postman
Release Date:11/12/1921
Die Brüder Karamasoff
Character:
Release Date:20/07/1921
Danton
Character:Minor Role (rumored)
Release Date:03/05/1921
Landstraße und Großstadt
Character:Mendel Hammerstein
Release Date:22/04/1921
Die Verschwörung zu Genua
Character:Gianettino
Release Date:25/02/1921
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
Character:Sultan
Release Date:07/02/1921
The House on the Moon
Character:Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
Release Date:28/01/1921
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
Character:Bhirma
Release Date:20/01/1921
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Character:Connetable
Release Date:18/11/1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Character:Iwan Becker
Release Date:12/11/1920
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Character:
Release Date:11/11/1920
Catherine the Great
Character:Potemkin
Release Date:22/10/1920
Va banque
Character:
Release Date:27/06/1920
Satan
Character:Pharao Amenhotep
Release Date:30/01/1920
Die Verschleierte
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1920
Gerechtigkeit
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1920
Das Auge des Buddha
Character:
Release Date:21/03/1919
Der Sonnwendhof
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1918
Frauenehre
Character:
Release Date:20/09/1918
Das andere Ich
Character:Professor
Release Date:06/09/1918
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Character:Ludwig van Beethoven
Release Date:08/02/1918
Television Appearances
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