Biography
Harry Giese (2 March 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a German theatre and voice actor born in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony. He is best known for providing voiceovers on German newsreels during the Second World War especially Die Deutsche Wochenschau which was shown weekly in cinemas. The newsreel presented the latest news from war time fronts using film from cameramen working with the Wehrmacht. Giese provided the voice-overs for Ufa Tonwoche and Die Deutsche Wochenschau from October 1939 to the end of the Second World War.
During the war Harry Giese was known as the "Großdeutscher Sprecher", or "Greater German Spokesperson".
Filmography
all 13
Movies 12
Narrator 10
Voice 3
TV Shows 1
Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Hass im Kopf (1994)
Movie
Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hitler: A Career (1977)
Movie
Narrator
Germany Awake! (1968)
Movie
Narrator
The Pamir (1959)
Movie
Narrator
Der goldene Garten (1954)
Movie
Narrator - Prologue only
Victory in the West (1941)
Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Movie
Narrator
Die Deutsche Wochenschau
TV
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-03-02
Deathday1991-01-20 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceMagdeburg, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
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