Arthur Schröder

Nacimiento : 1892-11-20, Hamburg, Germany

Muerte : 1986-02-04

Historia

German character actor, an ex-bank employee. On stage from 1910 despite lack of formal training. Performed primarily in Hamburg and Berlin during the 1910's and 20's. In films for almost half a century, beginning in 1916. Often played physicians, aristocrats, judicial figures or officers. Noted for strong performances in several East German Defa productions. Also provided the German dubbing voice for Claude Rains, Robert Taylor and Gig Young. His activity in front of the camera decreased after the war but especially in the 50's he took part in great productions once more, among them "Das Beil von Wandsbek" (1951), "Der Untertan" (1951), "Canaris" (1954) and "Madeleine und der Legionär" (1958). During the war he was able to continue his career and he entertained the audience with movies like "Quax, der Bruchpilot" (1941), "Diesel" (1942) and "Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an" (1943). The actor Arthur Schröder was a popular support actor whose film career covers 47 years.

Películas

The Night of the Storm
Judge
Despised by her husband and son after an affair, Marianne moves in with her lover, an unsuccessful painter, until she is purified.
Almirante Canaris
Herr von Harbeck
Basada en hechos reales, sobre la figura de Wilhelm Franz Canaris, veterano de las dos Guerras Mundiales conocido con el sobrenombre de El Pequeño Almirante debido a su baja estatura. Con la subida al poder del nazismo, Canaris llega a jefe de inteligencia de la Kriegsmarine y la Wehrmacht. Pero el horror que le produce conocer en primera persona el trato que se les da a los judíos lo lleva a facilitar información incompleta a Hitler y evitar, así, que éste inicie determinadas campañas bélicas. Debido a sus conocimientos de español, Canaris viaja a España para tratar de convencer a Franco de aliarse con Alemania en la Guerra, pero Canaris le aconseja al dictador español que se mantenga al margen
The Kaiser's Lackey
Landgerichtsdirektor
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those below. In this way, he always succeeds: as a student in a duel-fighting student fraternity and as a businessman in a paper factory. He cajoles the obese district administrative president Von Wulkow and wins his favor. He slanders his financial rivals and hatches a plot with the social democrats in the town council. On his honeymoon with his rich wife Guste, he finally finds a chance to do his beloved Kaiser a favor. And when a memorial to the Kaiser is unveiled in the town where Diederich lives and works, he delivers the address. He stands behind the lectern in the pouring rain, saluting his Kaiser. The crowd is dispersed. Everything is laid in ruins...
The Axe of Wandsbek
Dr. Koldewey
Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.
The Blum Affair
Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.
Das Leben ruft
Reschke
Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an
Kurt
Diesel
Lucien Vogel
Hauptsache glücklich!
Rechtsanwalt Mohrig
Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
Der Etappenhase
Der Herr Veterinär
Moral
von Schmettau - Adjutant
The double standards of a social class, which pontificates with big words what is proper and improper in the world of morality, while in its heart thinks very differently and acts accordingly.
Die selige Exzellenz
der Fürst
Once a Great Lady
A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.
Erdgift
Björn Romberg
Based on the play Der Erdgeist by Frank Wedekind.
Mania. Die Geschichte einer Zigarettenarbeiterin
Hans van der Hof
Kain
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
Prinzgemahl von Illyrien
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Aphrodite
The young sculptor Cramer is inspired by the idea of ​​modeling a statue of Aphrodite that reflects the beauty and perfection of the female body. He found his ideal model in the happily married Frau von Versen. After initial hesitation, the lady, flattered by the offer, agrees to be a model. But suddenly she is overcome by moral concerns, because as the wife of a respected legation councilor, this could cause social misunderstandings.
Mirko Pasqua