
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
May 12, 1892
Died
July 22, 1970 (age 78)
Place of Birth
Vienna - Austria
Fritz Kortner
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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Known For
TV
German Film Award
Self
1951

Film
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Iwan Becker
1920

Film
Backstairs
The Postman
1921
Film
Dr. Wislizenus
Dr. Wislizenus
1924

Film
Va banque
1920

Film
The Hands of Orlac
Nera
1924

TV
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage)
1975

Film
Pandora's Box
Dr. Ludwig Schön
1929

Film
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
1977
TV
Das Profil
Self
1962

Film
The Razor's Edge
Kosti
1946

Film
Little Friend
Giant
1934

Film
The Eternal Jew
Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)
1940
Film
Nora
Krogstadt
1923
Film
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Connetable
1920

Film
Somewhere in the Night
Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
1946

Film
The Other
Staatsanwalt Hallers
1930

Film
The Ship of Lost Men
Capt. Fernando Vela
1929

Film
The Brasher Doubloon
Vannier
1947

Film
Satan
Pharao Amenhotep
1920
Filmography
1980FilmKortnergeschichtenas Self (archive footage)1977FilmHitler: A Careeras Self (archive footage)1975TVFilm Emigration from Nazi Germanyas Self (archive footage)1969FilmDer Kaufmann von Venedigas Shylock1966FilmFritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte1965FilmFünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe1962TVDas Profilas Self1951FilmBluebeardas Haushofsmeister1951TVGerman Film Awardas Self1950FilmEpilogueas Mr. P. L. Hoopman1949FilmThe Last Illusionas Professor Mauthner1948FilmThe Vicious Circleas Joseph Schwartz1948FilmBerlin Expressas Franzen1947FilmThe Brasher Doubloonas Vannier1946FilmThe Razor's Edgeas Kosti1946FilmSomewhere in the Nightas Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle1946FilmThe Wife of Monte Cristoas Maillard1944FilmThe Hitler Gangas Gregor Strasser1943FilmThe Strange Death of Adolf Hitleras Bauer1943FilmThe Purple Vas Thomas Forster1940FilmThe Eternal Jewas Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)1937FilmMidnight Menaceas Minister Peters of Grovnia1935FilmThe Crouching Beastas Ahmed Bey1935FilmAbdul the Damnedas The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar1934FilmLittle Friendas Giant1934FilmEvensongas Arthur Kober1934FilmChu Chin Chowas Abu Hasan1931FilmThe Murderer Dmitri Karamazovas Dimitri Karamasoff1931FilmDantonas Danton1930FilmThe Love Stormas Captain Kell1930FilmThe Great Passionas Himself1930FilmDreyfusas Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus1930FilmThe Otheras Staatsanwalt Hallers1929FilmGiftgasas Konzernpräsident Straaten1929FilmAtlanticas Heinrich Thomas1929FilmDie stärkere Macht1929FilmThe Ship of Lost Menas Capt. Fernando Vela1929FilmDie Frau im Talar1929FilmThe Woman One Longs Foras Dr. Karoff1929FilmThe Somnambulist1929FilmPandora's Boxas Dr. Ludwig Schön1928FilmThe Last Nightas Montaloup1928FilmMarquis d’Eon, der Spion der Pompadour1928FilmFrau Sorgeas Der alte Meyhöfer1927FilmDie Geliebte des Gouverneurs1927FilmDie Ausgestoßenen1927FilmAlpentragödieas Father1927FilmPrimanerliebeas Karsten1927FilmMata Hari: the Red Danceras Graf Bobrykin1927FilmThe Life of Beethovenas Ludwig van Beethoven1927FilmDraga Maschin1926FilmShould We Be Silent?as Der annoncirende Arzt1924FilmKiedy kobieta zdradza mężaas lokaj1924FilmModerne Ehen1924FilmThe Hands of Orlacas Nera1924FilmDr. Wislizenusas Dr. Wislizenus1924FilmArmes kleines Mädchen1923FilmEin Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamantas Urmensch1923FilmWarning Shadowsas The Count1923FilmNoraas Krogstadt1923FilmThe Ghost with the Deadly Kiss1922FilmAm Rande der Großstadt1922FilmWhat Belongs to Darknessas Gangster1922FilmPeter the Greatas Patriarch Adrian1922FilmDer Graf von Essexas Lord Nottingham1922FilmAm roten Kliffas Henning Rinkens1921FilmDer Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon1921FilmDer Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod1921FilmBackstairsas The Postman1921FilmDie Brüder Karamasoff1921FilmDantonas Minor Role (rumored)1921FilmLandstraße und Großstadtas Mendel Hammerstein1921FilmDie Verschwörung zu Genuaas Gianettino1921FilmHaschisch, das Paradies der Hölleas Sultan1921FilmThe House on the Moonas Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler1921FilmDie Lieblingsfrau des Maharadschaas Bhirma1920FilmThe Night of Queen Isabeauas Connetable1920FilmChristian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrandas Iwan Becker1920FilmDer Schädel der Pharaonentochter1920FilmCatherine the Greatas Potemkin1920FilmVa banque1920FilmSatanas Pharao Amenhotep1920FilmDie Verschleierte1920FilmGerechtigkeit1919FilmDas Auge des Buddha1918FilmDer Sonnwendhof1918FilmFrauenehre1918FilmDas andere Ichas Professor1918FilmDer Märtyrer seines Herzensas Ludwig van Beethoven