Fritz Kortner
Acting
Born May 12, 1892 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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…
Known For · 40 titles
German Film Award
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Pandora's Box
Das Profil
Die Ausgestoßenen
Bluebeard
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
The Razor's Edge
Dr. Wislizenus
Hitler: A Career
The Hands of Orlac
Danton
The Other
Der Sonnwendhof
Frau Sorge
The Eternal Jew
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Somewhere in the Night
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Am Rande der Großstadt
Frauenehre
Berlin Express
Backstairs
Draga Maschin
The House on the Moon
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Die stärkere Macht
Der Graf von Essex
Die Brüder Karamasoff
Nora
Am roten Kliff
The Brasher Doubloon
Landstraße und Großstadt
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Peter the Great
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Primanerliebe
Little Friend
The Life of Beethoven
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler