Fritz Kortner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1892
- Died
- July 22, 1970
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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.
Filmography
- Der Sturm
Der Sturm TBA
Director, Teleplay
- Kortnergeschichten
Kortnergeschichten 1980
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: A Career 1977
as Self (archive footage)
Emilia Galotti 1971
Director
- Clavigo
Clavigo 1970
Writer, Stage Director
- Der Kaufmann von Venedig
Der Kaufmann von Venedig 1969
as Shylock
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte 1966
Actor
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe 1965
Actor
- Leonce und Lena
Leonce und Lena 1964
Director
- Der eingebildete Kranke
Der eingebildete Kranke 1964
Director
Die Sendung der Lysistrata 1961
Director, Writer
- Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion 1958
Director
Sarajevo 1955
Director
Secrets of the City 1955
Director, Writer
Epilogue 1950
as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
The Last Illusion 1949
as Professor Mauthner, Writer
The Vicious Circle 1948
as Joseph Schwartz
Berlin Express 1948
as Otto Franzen
The Brasher Doubloon 1947
as Vannier
The Razor's Edge 1946
as Kosti
Somewhere in the Night 1946
as Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
The Wife of Monte Cristo 1946
as Maillard
The Hitler Gang 1944
as Gregor Strasser
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler 1943
as Bauer, Screenplay
The Purple V 1943
as Thomas Forster
The Eternal Jew 1940
as Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)
Midnight Menace 1937
as Minister Peters of Grovnia
The Crouching Beast 1935
as Ahmed Bey
Abdul the Damned 1935
as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
Little Friend 1934
as Giant
Evensong 1934
as Arthur Kober
Chu Chin Chow 1934
as Abu Hasan
A Girl You Don't Forget 1932
Writer, Director
The Upright Sinner 1931
Writer, Director
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov 1931
as Dimitri Karamasoff
Danton 1931
as Danton
The Love Storm 1930
as Captain Kell
The Great Desire 1930
as Himself
Dreyfus 1930
as Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
The Other 1930
as Staatsanwalt Hallers
Giftgas 1929
as Konzernpräsident Straaten
Atlantik 1929
as Heinrich Thomas
- Die stärkere Macht
Die stärkere Macht 1929
Actor
The Ship of Lost Men 1929
as Capt. Fernando Vela
- Die Frau im Talar
Die Frau im Talar 1929
Actor
The Woman One Longs For 1929
as Dr. Karoff
The Somnambulist 1929
Actor
Pandora's Box 1929
as Dr. Ludwig Schön
The Last Night 1928
as Montaloup, Kommissar des Sicherheitsausschusses
- Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour 1928
Actor
Odette 1928
as Frontenac
Frau Sorge 1928
as Der alte Meyhöfer
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs 1927
Actor, Writer
- Die Ausgestoßenen
Die Ausgestoßenen 1927
Actor
- Alpine Tragedy
Alpine Tragedy 1927
as Father
- Primanerliebe
Primanerliebe 1927
as Karsten
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer 1927
as Graf Bobrykin
The Life of Beethoven 1927
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Draga Maschin 1927
Actor
Should We Be Silent? 1926
as Der annoncirende Arzt
- Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża 1924
as lokaj
- Moderne Ehen
Moderne Ehen 1924
Actor
The Hands of Orlac 1924
as Nera
- Dr. Wislizenus
Dr. Wislizenus 1924
as Dr. Wislizenus
- Armes kleines Mädchen
Armes kleines Mädchen 1924
Actor
- Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant 1923
as Urmensch
Warning Shadows 1923
as The Count
- Nora
Nora 1923
as Krogstadt
The Ghost with the Deadly Kiss 1923
Actor
Am Rande der Großstadt 1922
Actor
- What Belongs to Darkness
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
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod 1921
Actor
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon 1921
Actor
Backstairs 1921
as The Postman
Danton 1921
as Minor Role (rumored)
Landstraße und Großstadt 1921
as Mendel Hammerstein
- Die Verschwörung zu Genua
Die Verschwörung zu Genua 1921
as Gianettino
- Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle 1921
as Sultan
The House on the Moon 1921
as Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha 1921
as Bhirma
- The Night of Queen Isabeau
The Night of Queen Isabeau 1920
as Connetable
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand 1920
as Iwan Becker
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter 1920
Actor
- Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great 1920
as Potemkin
The Brothers Karamazov 1920
Actor
Va banque 1920
Actor
Satan 1920
as Pharao Amenhotep
- Gerechtigkeit
Gerechtigkeit 1920
Actor
- Die Verschleierte
Die Verschleierte 1920
Actor
- The Eye of the Buddha
The Eye of the Buddha 1919
Actor
Der Sonnwendhof 1918
Actor
- Frauenehre
Frauenehre 1918
Actor
- Her Other Self
Her Other Self 1918
as Professor
- Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens 1918
as Ludwig van Beethoven, Writer
Credits from TMDB.