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.
Acted in 60
1960s
- 1966
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
Movie
- 1965
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
Movie
1950s
- 1958
- 1950
Epilogue
Mr. P. L. Hoopman
1940s
- 1949
The Last Illusion
Professor Mauthner
- 1948
The Vicious Circle
Joseph Schwartz
Berlin Express
Otto Franzen
- 1947
The Brasher Doubloon
Vannier
- 1946
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Maillard
- 1944
The Hitler Gang
Gregor Strasser
- 1943
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Bauer
The Purple V
Thomas Forster
- 1940
The Eternal Jew
Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)
1930s
- 1937
Midnight Menace
Minister Peters of Grovnia
- 1935
The Crouching Beast
Ahmed Bey
Abdul the Damned
The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
- 1934
Little Friend
Giant
Evensong
Arthur Kober
Chu Chin Chow
Abu Hasan
- 1931
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Dimitri Karamasoff
Danton
Danton
- 1930
The Love Storm
Captain Kell
Dreyfus
Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
1920s
- 1929
Giftgas
Konzernpräsident Straaten
Atlantik
Heinrich Thomas
The Ship of Lost Men
Capt. Fernando Vela
The Woman One Longs For
Dr. Karoff
The Somnambulist
Movie
- 1928
The Last Night
Montaloup, Kommissar des Sicherheitsausschusses
Odette
Frontenac
Frau Sorge
Der alte Meyhöfer
- 1927
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Movie
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
Graf Bobrykin
The Life of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Draga Maschin
Movie
- 1926
Should We Be Silent?
Der annoncirende Arzt
- 1924
- 1923
Warning Shadows
The Count
The Ghost with the Deadly Kiss
Movie
- 1922
Am Rande der Großstadt
Movie
Peter the Great
Patriarch Adrian
Der Graf von Essex
Lord Nottingham
Am roten Kliff
Henning Rinkens
- 1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
Movie
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
Movie
Backstairs
The Postman
Danton
Minor Role (rumored)
Landstraße und Großstadt
Mendel Hammerstein
The House on the Moon
Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
Bhirma
- 1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Iwan Becker
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Movie
The Brothers Karamazov
Movie
Va banque
Movie
Satan
Pharao Amenhotep
1910s
- 1918
Der Sonnwendhof
Movie
Wrote 7
1960s
- 1961
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
Writer
1950s
- 1955
Secrets of the City
Writer
1940s
- 1949
The Last Illusion
Writer
- 1943
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Screenplay
1930s
- 1932
A Girl You Don't Forget
Writer
- 1931
The Upright Sinner
Writer
1920s
- 1927
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Writer
Directed 6
1970s
- 1971
Emilia Galotti
Director
1960s
- 1961
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
Director
1950s
- 1955
Sarajevo
Director
Secrets of the City
Director
1930s
- 1932
A Girl You Don't Forget
Director
- 1931
The Upright Sinner
Director
Appearances3
1970s
- 1977
- 1975
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage) · 5 episodes
1930s
- 1930
The Great Desire
Himself