Biography
Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage and film actor. Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career selling dental products. However, he then chose his father's profession and had his first theatrical engagement at the end of 1905 in Koblenz.
In 1910, he appeared in New York City, and in 1911, he was a stage actor in Berlin. A year later, he took roles in the still undervalued cinema. Pittschau personified elegant lovers and was a partner of Hanni Weisse and Henny Porten, among others.
In the 20s, his film roles became smaller; after that, he barely received work. He now mostly played at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, at the Komödie and at the Tribüne. In the 1940s, he lived in poverty and had to rely on the support of the Goebbels-supported foundation for people who worked in the arts, "Künstlerdank."
After World War II, the Italian director Roberto Rossellini brought the almost forgotten actor in front of the camera again. In the survival drama Germany, Year Zero (1948), he played the bedridden father.
His half-brother was the stage and film actor Werner Pittschau (1902-1928) who died in a car crash.
Filmography
all 43
Movies 43
Germany, Year Zero (1948)
Philharmoniker (1944)
Die Degenhardts (1944)
Die Affäre Roedern (1944)
Die Zaubergeige (1944)
Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
A Waltz by Strauss (1931)
The love doctor (1931)
Lumpenball (1930)
Trust der Diebe (1929)
Der Biberpelz (1928)
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden (1926)
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen (1926)
Reveille, das große Wecken (1925)
Aschermittwoch (1925)
Lena Warnstetten (1925)
Die Radio Heirat (1924)
The Second Shot (1923)
Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer (1922)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Die fünf Frankfurter (1922)
Im Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Feind (1922)
Cocain (1921)
Der Mann im Schrank (1921)
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund (1920)
Wenn Colombine winkt (1920)
Um der Liebe Willen (1920)
Können Gedanken töten? (1920)
The Double Murder of Sarajevo (1920)
Der Meisterschuß (1920)
Die Rose von Stambul (1919)
Different from the Others (1919)
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Die tolle Heirat von Laló (1918)
Der Volontär (1918)
Der ewige Zweifel (1918)
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil (1918)
Der Weg ins Freie (1918)
Durchlaucht amüsiert sich (1917)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917)
Nirwâna (1916)
Die silberne Kugel (1916)
The Black Ball; or, The Mysterious Sisters (1913)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1883-10-05
Deathday1951-06-02 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceAltona, Germany
FatherErnst Pittschau
SiblingsWalther Pittschau
RelativesWerner Pittschau, Hilde Hofer-Pittschau, Hermann Pittschau
CitizenshipsGermany
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