Fritz Kortner

Fritz Kortner

Рождение : 1892-05-12, Vienna - Austria

Смерть : 1970-07-22

История

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fritz Kortner, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Профиль

Fritz Kortner

Фильмы

Kortnergeschichten
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about director Fritz Korner
Emilia Galotti
Director
Clavigo
Writer
Clavigo
Stage Director
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
Shylock
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
Film by Syberberg.
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
This documentation of a Kortner stage rehearsal shows in detail and fascinatingly how Kortner developed psychological tensions with meticulous precision in linguistic expression and gestural construction.
Leonce und Lena
Director
Der eingebildete Kranke
Director
Миссия Лисистраты
Writer
Телефильм, поставленный по мотивам древнегреческой комедии Аристофана «Лисистрата».
Миссия Лисистраты
Director
Телефильм, поставленный по мотивам древнегреческой комедии Аристофана «Лисистрата».
Androcles and the Lion
Director
Sarajewo
Director
Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
Director
Bluebeard
Haushofmeister
Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.
Epilogue
Mr. P. L. Hoopman
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
The Last Illusion
Writer
Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.
The Last Illusion
Professor Mauthner
Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.
The Vicious Circle
Joseph Schwartz
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him, except for a few properties owned by Jewish families. Infuriated at their refusal to sell to him, he attempts, with the help of some corrupt local police, to have the men charged with the murder of a local woman, who in reality actually committed suicide.
Berlin Express
Franzen
Robert Ryan leads a group of Allied agents fighting an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Кровавые деньги
Vannier
Филип Марлоу ввязывается в историю, когда хромой жулик Лесли Мёрдок крадёт редкий дублон у своей матери, чтобы обменять его у фотографа киножурнала на фильм, необходимый в целях шантажа. Причастность Марлоу к этому делу столкнула его с девушкой, которая впадает в истерику от прикосновения мужчины; с женщиной, убившей своего мужа; с тремя трупами; с несколькими драками, в которых он теряет свои часы; с секретарем, которая уверена, что она убила своего босса, и с сыном (его можно назвать «сукиным сыном» по двум определениям), который шантажирует свою овдовевшую мать.
На краю лезвия
Kosti
Начало двадцатых годов прошлого века. Обеспеченный молодой человек по имени Лэрри Даррелл , в одночасье разрывает свои отношения с близкими людьми и, раздумав жениться на своей давней подруге Изабель, решает искать смысл жизни в путешествиях в дальние страны. Поиски просвещения приводят его в Гималаи. Насытившись впечатлениями, герой решает вернуться в родные пенаты, но он и не предполагает, что его возвращение сродни шагам по лезвию бритвы… В этом «Оскароносном» фильме за взаимоотношениями персонажей, страстей и натур отчетливо проступает художественно-философский анализ «вечных» тем мировой литературы: смысла жизни, назначение искусства, любви и смерти.
Где-то в ночи
Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
Джордж Тэйлор получил на войне амнезию. Он не помнит ничего, даже своего имени, но записка найденная в его бумажнике, говорит о том, что кто-то его ненавидит. Приехав в Лос-Анджелес, в отель, где по некоторым сведениям он жил раньше, он пытается найти хоть что-то, связанное с его прошлым. Он забирает из бюро хранения свой портфель, там он находит еще одну записку от его друга Ларри Кравэта. И, пытаясь найти своего друга, он вскоре понимает, что этого человека окружает странная тайна...
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Maillard
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to Paris to get revenge but soon finds himself pursued by a cruel policeman (John Loder). The count's brave wife Haydée (Lenore Aubert) throws the cop off her husband's scent by dressing up as the masked avenger herself and proving that she too is most competent with a sword.
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Screenplay
A man who is a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler plans to murder him and take over his identity.
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Bauer
A man who is a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler plans to murder him and take over his identity.
The Purple V
Thomas Forster
German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a downed American flyer (John Archer) reached Allied lines with vital war information. As usual, the Nazis are incredibly stupid and lead-footed, enabling the flyer to accomplish his mission.
The Eternal Jew
(archive footage)
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
Bombs Over London
Minister Peters of Grovnia
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a vengeful industrialist may be trying to manipulate an international peace conference to stage a bombing attack on London.
The Crouching Beast
Ahmed Bey
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
Abdul the Damned
The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
Little Friend
Giant
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Evensong
Arthur Kober
Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
Восточная сказка
Abu Hasan
«Чу-Чин-Чоу» (оригинальное название фильма, в послевоенном прокате в нашей стране он демонстрировался под названием «Восточная сказка») — это щедрое развлечение с удивительной историей в стиле арабских ночей, исключительным актерским составом, великолепным музыкальным сопровождением и яркой постановкой. Фильм представляет собой музыкальный пересказ приключений Али-Бабы и сорока разбойников. В постановке были представлены роскошные декорации Эрна Метцнера и выдающаяся работа оператора Макса Гринбаума, лучших художников эпохи немецкого экспрессионизма.
A Girl You Don't Forget
Writer
A GIRL YOU DON'T FORGET can be thought of as a backstage musical that treats the whole world as backstage. Melodies seem to be buzzing through the air, available to anyone in the right state of mind. Willi Forst always is, and he is also an actor who can transform any space into a stage. Fritz Kortner, one of the defining personalities of the German theatre scene of the 1920s, makes the most of his star’s talent in an intricately constructed romantic comedy that believes in the truth of artifice. Forst plays Paul Hartwig, a wannabe actor who is reduced to selling books in the cold streets of Berlin. While pursuing his big break, he meets Lisa Brandes (Dolly Haas), another victim of the global financial crisis who has just learned a new trick: cheating horny old men out of their money by selling promises she does not intend to keep. Dedicated theatre man Paul decides to win her over by putting on an act, but a misplaced slap leads to unintended consequences. - Lukas Foerster
A Girl You Don't Forget
Director
A GIRL YOU DON'T FORGET can be thought of as a backstage musical that treats the whole world as backstage. Melodies seem to be buzzing through the air, available to anyone in the right state of mind. Willi Forst always is, and he is also an actor who can transform any space into a stage. Fritz Kortner, one of the defining personalities of the German theatre scene of the 1920s, makes the most of his star’s talent in an intricately constructed romantic comedy that believes in the truth of artifice. Forst plays Paul Hartwig, a wannabe actor who is reduced to selling books in the cold streets of Berlin. While pursuing his big break, he meets Lisa Brandes (Dolly Haas), another victim of the global financial crisis who has just learned a new trick: cheating horny old men out of their money by selling promises she does not intend to keep. Dedicated theatre man Paul decides to win her over by putting on an act, but a misplaced slap leads to unintended consequences. - Lukas Foerster
The Upright Sinner
Writer
Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than expected and the director leaves for Vienna without it. But Pichler sees himself as a reliable man, and so he and his assistant Wittek follow the director to Vienna with the money kept in a bag. In Vienna, the two provincials however are mistaken for guests of the director and spend an evening at a posh night club. But when it transpires that the director actually won't come to the night club that evening, Pichler and Wittek have to pay the bill with the money from the bank. And their subsequent attempts at reimbursing the money lead to situations of ever-increasing hilariousness...
The Upright Sinner
Director
Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than expected and the director leaves for Vienna without it. But Pichler sees himself as a reliable man, and so he and his assistant Wittek follow the director to Vienna with the money kept in a bag. In Vienna, the two provincials however are mistaken for guests of the director and spend an evening at a posh night club. But when it transpires that the director actually won't come to the night club that evening, Pichler and Wittek have to pay the bill with the money from the bank. And their subsequent attempts at reimbursing the money lead to situations of ever-increasing hilariousness...
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Dimitri Karamasoff
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.
Danton
Danton
This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre. The film also presents an interesting, if not historically inaccurate, portrayal of Louis XVI.
The Love Storm
Captain Kell
This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).
The Great Longing
Himself
During lunch break at the movie studio, the extras rush to the canteen Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Maria Paudler and Luis Trenker are chatting. Eva von Loe a beautiful young extra rushes past; she is looking for her fiancé, Paul Wessel, who is also an extra. She has to return to the set where the famous director Regisseur Hall is shooting a scen. He is dissatisfied with his star, Carla Marventa, who is wrong for the scene he must photograph. Hall notices Eva, but laughs at her desire to replace Marventa. At that moment Conrad Veidt comes on the scene and assumes that Eva is the star.
Dreyfus
Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.
The Other
Staatsanwalt Hallers
The Other (Der Andere) is a psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme.
Giftgas
Konzernpräsident Straaten
Arnold Horn, a young idealistic chemist, discovers a compound that can be used for the production of an effective deadly poisonous gas. Against his will the chemical factory starts production of the poison gas to increase the value of their shares.
Atlantik
Heinrich Thomas
German-language version of the film Atlantic (1929).
Корабль потерянных душ
Capt. Fernando Vela
Молодой врач помог доставить на корабль пострадавшего в драке помощника капитана торгового судна. От желчного капитана сей факт скрыли, тот дал приказ к отплытию, не зная, что на борту оказался случайный пассажир. О возвращении капитан не пожелал и слышать, нашему герою предстояло провести три месяца в компании отборного отребья - среди них есть даже беглый преступник, подстрекающий команду к бунту... По-человечески к врачу-американцу отнёсся лишь русский кок Гриша. Однажды ночью они вдвоём спасают лётчицу из потерпевшего катастрофу аэроплана, им приходится прятать её в трюме от жестокого капитана и взбунтовавшейся команды.
Die Frau im Talar
Женщина, которая желанна
Dr. Karoff
Молодой человек из семьи сталелитейных баронов по имени Анри Лебланк собирается жениться на очаровательной дочери богатого и малоприятного господина. Этот брак призван поправить пошатнувшиеся дела семьи. Невеста молода, прекрасна собой. Жить бы да радоваться. Однако в первый же день своего медового месяца Анри встречает в поезде прекрасную незнакомку, которая молит о помощи. Рядом с ней ошивается подозрительный тип с угрожающим видом и манерами. Молодожён ставит ради незнакомки под угрозу всё - семейную жизнь, будущее сталелитейной империи и бросается за ней в ночь в никуда...
The Somnambulist
Originally named "The Clairvoyant" presenting the many talents of parapsychologist Elsbeth Günther-Geffers. First banned, later extensively reworked.
Ящик Пандоры
Dr. Ludwig Schön
Фильм рассказывает о девушке одинаково сексуально привлекательной как для мужчин, так и для женщин, охотнице за богатым «патроном» (сейчас бы сказали спонсором).
The Last Night
Montaloup
A film by A. W. Sandberg.
Frau Sorge
Der alte Meyhöfer
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Writer
Die Ausgestoßenen
Primanerliebe
Karsten
"First Love" - Karsten, a college boy, oppressed to the point of suicide by harsh teachers, calls on the girl he loves Ellen. He finds her about to be raped by a seducer. Karsten shoots the attacker.
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin (English: Mata Hari: The Red Dancer), often shortened on release to Mata Hari, is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Wolfgang Zilzer and Fritz Kortner. It depicts the life and death of the German World War I spy Mata Hari. It was the first feature-length portrayal of Hari.
Das Leben des Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Draga Maschin
Should We Be Silent?
Der annoncirende Arzt
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża
lokaj
When Professor Horski learns that his wife has published a volume of novellas under his name entitled "Wife" he feels compromised and is angered at her. But as he reads them, he finds that they are great. Also, he reads in them a warning to himself: one should not neglect one's wife for the sake of academic work. The film is considered to be lost.
Moderne Ehen
The Hands of Orlac
Nera
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
Dr. Wislizenus
Dr. Wislizenus
Deep in the forest lives the bitter Dr. Wislizenus, whose childhood sweetheart Maria committed suicide ten years ago. The visit of a childhood friend, he who wrote a poem about Mary, triggers a tragedy.
Armes kleines Mädchen
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Urmensch
Warning Shadows
The Count
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Nora
Krogstadt
Am Rande der Großstadt
Peter the Great
Patriarch Adrian
Der Graf von Essex
Lord Nottingham
The Earl of Essex, a person favourite of the Queen, is in jeopardy of losing his relationship with the monarch after secretly marrying one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.
Am roten Kliff
Henning Rinkens
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
Backstairs
Der Postbote
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman provides the maid with letters that get her hopes up... but tragedy will soon befall all three.
Die Brüder Karamasoff
Die Verschwörung zu Genua
Gianettino
Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
Sultan
The House on the Moon
Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler
The House on the Moon
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
Bhirma
The Maharaja of Odhapur goes on a trip to Europe and meet the young dancer Ellen Esmond. In her London accommodation, the Savoy Hotel, the Indian prince can prove to be a gallant gentleman and protect Ellen from an intrusive theatrical agent. The Maharaja asks the artist to entertain his guests the following evening with her dancing skills, including England's representatives in India. The maharaja is thrilled with both the person Ellen and her dance performances. His brother Bhima, who was always in the shadow of the Maharajah, drinks excessively and also is also magically attracted to Ellen Esmond.
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Connetable
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Iwan Becker
Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Va banque
Satanas
Pharao Amenhotep
A lost film. Only 40 seconds survive today.
Die Verschleierte
Das Auge des Buddha
Der Sonnwendhof
Das andere Ich
Professor
A professor discovers a way to separate the soul from the body.
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Writer
The film traces the individual stages in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
Ludwig van Beethoven
The film traces the individual stages in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven.