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Fritz Kortner

Austrian actor and theatre director (1892-1970) · Austria · Actors · Died at 78

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Fritz Kortner was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director.

A life in dates

1970Died22 July 1970Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward1967Ernst Reuter MedalAwardHonorary Golden Medal of the State Capital MunichAwardKainz MedalAward1964Leonce und LenaFilm, Director1963Berliner KunstpreisAward1962Das ProfilSeries1958MonitorSeries1957Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1951German Film AwardSeries1950EpilogueFilm, Mr. P. L. Hoopman1949The Last IllusionFilm, Writer1947The Brasher DoubloonFilm, Vannier1944The Hitler GangFilm, Gregor Strasser1940The Eternal JewFilm, Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)1937Midnight MenaceFilm, Minister Peters of Grovnia1934Chu Chin ChowFilm, Abu Hasan1931DantonFilm, Danton1929AtlantikFilm, Heinrich Thomas1927The Life of BeethovenFilm, Ludwig van Beethoven1923Warning ShadowsFilm, The Count1918Der Märtyrer seines HerzensFilm, Writer1892Born12 May 1892

Also in Deutsch

Photos 2

Kortner at the age of 19, c. 1911Kortner at the age of 19, c. 1911

Filmography 40

HCHitler: A Career1977 · ★ 7.4
DVDer Kaufmann von VenedigShylock1969
LLLeonce und LenaDirector1964
SASarajevoDirector1955
SCSecrets of the CityDirector, Writer1955
EPEpilogueMr. P. L. Hoopman1950
TIThe Last IllusionWriter1949
BEBerlin ExpressOtto Franzen1948 · ★ 6.3
TCThe Vicious CircleJoseph Schwartz1948
TDThe Brasher DoubloonVannier1947
TEThe Razor's EdgeKosti1946 · ★ 6.9
SNSomewhere in the NightAnzelmo aka Dr. Oracle1946 · ★ 6.7
TCThe Wife of Monte CristoMaillard1946
TGThe Hitler GangGregor Strasser1944
THThe Strange Death of Adolf HitlerWriter1943
TJThe Eternal JewDimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)1940 · ★ 4.7
MMMidnight MenaceMinister Peters of Grovnia1937
ADAbdul the DamnedThe Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar1935
CCChu Chin ChowAbu Hasan1934
LFLittle FriendGiant1934
EVEvensongArthur Kober1934
AFA Girl You Don't ForgetDirector, Writer1932
TKThe Murderer Dmitri KaramazovDimitri Karamasoff1931
DADantonDanton1931
TSThe Upright SinnerDirector, Writer1931
DRDreyfusHauptmann Alfred Dreyfus1930
TOThe OtherStaatsanwalt Hallers1930
TDThe Great DesireHimself1930
PBPandora's BoxDr. Ludwig Schön1929 · ★ 7.4
TMThe Ship of Lost MenCapt. Fernando Vela1929
TFThe Woman One Longs ForDr. Karoff1929
ATAtlantikHeinrich Thomas1929
GIGiftgasKonzernpräsident Straaten1929
TBThe Life of BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven1927
TOThe Hands of OrlacNera1924 · ★ 6.9
DWDr. WislizenusDr. Wislizenus1924
WSWarning ShadowsThe Count1923
BABackstairsThe Postman1921
DADantonMinor Role (rumored)1921
DHDer Märtyrer seines HerzensWriter1918

111 credits on file

Television 4

FGFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany1975
DPDas Profil1962
MOMonitor1958
GAGerman Film Award1951

Awards

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order1970
Ernst Reuter Medal1967
Kainz Medal1967
Honorary Golden Medal of the State Capital Munich1967
Berliner Kunstpreis1963
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1957

In their orbit

Spouse: Johanna Hofer

About this person

Country
Austria
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1970 · aged 78

In common with Fritz

Max BrodAlso in The Woman One Longs For (1929)Anna May WongAlso in Chu Chin Chow (1934)Georg Wilhelm PabstAlso in Pandora's Box (1929)Horst TappertAlso in Leonce und Lena (1964)Robert WieneAlso in The Hands of Orlac (1924)Rosemary MurphyAlso in The Last Illusion (1949)

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