Biography
Rudolf Rittner (30 June 1869 – 4 February 1943) was a German actor born in Weissbach, Moravia, famous for playing knight and folk hero Florian Geyer in Gerhart Hauptmann's drama of the same name. The well-known German painter Lovis Corinth portrayed him in 1906. Only one year later, at the age of 38, Rittner being at the peak of his career retired as theatrical actor.
In 1922, he returned as actor in several German movies, especially in Fritz Lang's 1924 silent masterpiece Die Nibelungen with Rittner starring as Markgraf Rüdiger von Bechlarn.
When he died in 1943, Rittner left two dramas, one of them being Narrenglanz (A Fool's Glory), an allegory on modern acting. Rudolf Rittner died in Weissbach and is buried on the local cemetery.
Filmography
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Movies 9
Markurell, Gastwirt
Father and Son (1930)
Movie
Jean Baptiste Gunderloch
Der fröhliche Weinberg (1927)
Movie
Hans Sachs
The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
Movie
Johann Michael
Der Mann im Feuer (1926)
Movie
Andreas Weiler
Der Wilderer (1926)
Movie
Owe Heiken
The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925)
Movie
Margrave Rüdiger von Bechlarn
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Movie
Ruediger von Bechlarn
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Movie
Lord Heinrich von Bolingbroke
A Glass of Water (1923)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1869-06-30
Deathday1943-02-04 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceBílý Potok, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsGerman Empire
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