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 coming to power of the Nazis, Kortner, being Jewish, chose to flee Germany in 1933. He emigrated to the United States, where he found work as a character actor and theatre director for a time before returning to Germany in 1949. Upon his return, he became noted for his innovative staging and direction, particularly of classics such as his Richard III (1964) in which the king crawls over piles of corpses at the end.
Kortner died in Munich.
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Filmography
all 94
Movies 89
self 10
Director 10
TV Shows 5
Kortnergeschichten (1980)
Hitler: A Career (1977)
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)
Emilia Galotti (1971)
Clavigo (1970)
Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1969)
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte (1966)
Premieren von gestern (1965)
Schaufenster Deutschland (1965)
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe (1965)
Leonce und Lena (1964)
Der eingebildete Kranke (1964)
Das Profil (1962)
Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961)
Androcles and the Lion (1958)
Sarajevo (1955)
Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse (1955)
Bluebeard (1951)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Epilogue (1950)
The Last Illusion (1949)
The Vicious Circle (1948)
Berlin Express (1948)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
The Purple V (1943)
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Midnight Menace (1937)
The Crouching Beast (1935)
Abdul the Damned (1935)
Little Friend (1934)
Evensong (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
A Girl You Don't Forget (1933)
The Upright Sinner (1931)
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov (1931)
Danton (1931)
The Love Storm (1930)
The Great Longing (1930)
Dreyfus (1930)
The Other (1930)
Giftgas (1929)
Atlantik (1929)
Die stärkere Macht (1929)
The Ship of Lost Men (1929)
Die Frau im Talar (1929)
The Woman Men Yearn For (1929)
The Somnambulist (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Last Night (1928)
Marquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour (1928)
Frau Sorge (1928)
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs (1927)
Die Ausgestoßenen (1927)
Primanerliebe (1927)
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer (1927)
Beethoven (1927)
Draga Maschin (1927)
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża (1924)
Moderne Ehen (1924)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Dr. Wislizenus (1924)
Armes kleines Mädchen (1924)
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant (1923)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Nora (1923)
Am Rande der Großstadt (1922)
What Belongs to Darkness (1922)
Peter the Great (1922)
Der Graf von Essex (1922)
Am roten Kliff (1922)
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod (1921)
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon (1921)
Backstairs (1921)
Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921)
Die Verschwörung zu Genua (1921)
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle (1921)
The House on the Moon (1921)
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha (1921)
The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920)
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand (1920)
Catherine the Great (1920)
Va banque (1920)
Satanas (1920)
Die Verschleierte (1920)
Das Auge des Buddha (1919)
Der Sonnwendhof (1918)
Frauenehre (1918)
Das andere Ich (1918)
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (1918)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1892-05-12
Deathday1970-07-22 (78 years old)
Birth NameFritz Nathan Kohn
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
RelationshipsJohanna Hofer (1924-01-01 - 1970-07-22)
CitizenshipsAustria, Germany
AwardsKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kainz Medal, Ernst Reuter Medal, Berliner Kunstpreis, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
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