Biography
Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in Halle, Wiesbaden and Hanover before he returned to Berlin about 1906.
He first appeared in the silent film Ringkampf Konkurrenz in 1910 and in Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910-11, five episode film serial) next to Viggo Larsen. In 1912 Otto directed his first own film Selbstgerichtet. In the beginning of the 1930s he also appeared in successful Sound movies like Der Hauptmann von Köpenick. After 1933, Otto returned to theaterstages and worked at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Kammerspiele Berlin. In 1937 he was awarded a Staatsschauspieler - title and in 1942 Joseph Goebbels promoted him to the head of the stagecouncil at the Reichskulturkammer.
In September 1943 his Jewish descent was discovered. To avoid his deportation Otto committed suicide on 30 November 1943, together with his wife Charlotte Klinder-Otto at his home in Berlin. Paul Otto at IMDb
Biography (German)
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Filmography
all 83
Movies 83
Writer 5
Director 3
Falstaff in Wien (1940)
The Star of Rio (1940)
Leidenschaft (1940)
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)
D III 88 (1939)
Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939)
Pour le Mérite (1938)
Little Country Court (1938)
Operation Michael (1937)
Togger (1937)
Das Schloß in Flandern (1936)
Final Accord (1936)
Du bist entzückend, Rosmarie! (1934)
Der Polizeibericht meldet (1934)
Ray of Sunshine (1933)
Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933)
Roman einer Nacht (1933)
Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen (1933)
Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933)
Love Story (1933)
Liebelei (1933)
Kiki (1932)
This One or None (1932)
Barbarina, the King's Dancer (1932)
Kitty cheats on happiness (1932)
Rasputin, Demon of the Women (1932)
Things Are Getting Better Already (1932)
Yorck (1931)
The Other Side (1931)
The Ball (1931)
Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
Children in court (1931)
Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
Three days of middle arrest (1930)
A Tango for You (1930)
Einbruch im Bankhaus Reichenbach (1930)
Trust der Diebe (1929)
Incest (1929)
Die Flucht vor der Liebe (1929)
The Alley Cat (1929)
Die geheime Macht (1928)
So küsst nur eine Wienerin (1928)
The Green Alley (1928)
The Bordellos of Algiers (1927)
Potsdam, das Schicksal einer Residenz (1927)
Benno Stehkragen (1927)
Das Schicksal einer Nacht (1927)
Die Straße des Vergessens (1926)
Der Herr ohne Wohnung (1925)
Frauen, die nicht lieben dürfen (1925)
Die Frau von vierzig Jahren (1925)
Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet (1924)
Thamar, das Kind der Berge (1924)
Inge Larsen (1924)
Ihr Fehltritt (1923)
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... (1922)
Seine Exzellenz von Madagaskar. 1. Das Mädchen aus der Fremde (1922)
Der Tod und die Liebe (1921)
Shattered (1921)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1921)
Arme Violetta (1920)
Judith Trachtenberg (1920)
Erdgift (1919)
Das ewige Rätsel (1919)
Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2. Teil - Hyänen der Lust (1919)
Die Insel der Glücklichen (1919)
Moral und Sinnlichkeit (1919)
Kreuzigt sie! (1919)
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern (1919)
Die Rache ist mein (1919)
Bettler GmbH (1919)
Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska (1917)
Das Mädel von nebenan (1917)
Die Spinne (1917)
Die Faust des Schicksals (1917)
Komteß Else (1916)
Frontstairs and Backstairs (1916)
Die Zwillingsschwestern (1916)
The Film Prima Donna (1913)
Die Sphinx (1913)
Sherlock Holmes contra Professor Moriarty (1911)
The End of Arsène Lupin (1911)
Arsène Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes (1910)
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GenderMale
Birthday1878-02-08
Deathday1943-11-25 (65 years old)
Birth NamePaul Otto Schlesinger
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany
AwardsStaatsschauspieler
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