Martin Herzberg (1911-1972) was a German
film actor
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. As a
child actor
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he appeared in over thirty films during the
silent and early
sound era
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s. Herzberg was of
Jewish
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heritage.
[Prawer p.213]
He retired from films in 1930 at the age of nineteen and later settled in the
Canary Islands.
Selected filmography
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David Copperfield
''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from inf ...
'' (1922)
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Paganini'' (1923)
* ''
The Hungarian Princess'' (1923)
* ''
Comedians of Life
''Comedians of Life'' (german: Komödianten des Lebens) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Elga Brink, Georg Alexander and Bruno Kastner.
The film's art direction was by Ludwig Kainer.
Cast
* Elga Brink
* Geo ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Carlos and Elisabeth'' (1924)
* ''
A Free People'' (1925)
* ''
Students' Love'' (1927)
* ''
Mary Stuart'' (1927)
* ''
Band of Thieves'' (1928)
* ''
The Age of Seventeen
''The Age of Seventeen'' (german: Die Siebzehnjährigen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by Georg Asagaroff and starring Grete Mosheim, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Martin Herzberg.Kasten p. 146 It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Youths'' (1929)
* ''
Misled Youth'' (1929)
* ''
Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929)
* ''
The Last Company
''The Last Company'' (german: Die letzte Kompagnie) is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which p ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Father and Son Father and Son or Fathers and Sons may refer to:
Literature
* ''Father and Son'' (book), a 1907 memoir by Edmund Gosse
*Father and Son (comics), cartoon characters created by E. O. Plauen
* ''Fathers and Sons'' (novel), an 1862 novel by Ivan Tur ...
'' (1930)
References
Bibliography
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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1911 births
1972 deaths
Canarian Jews
German male film actors
German male silent film actors
German male child actors
20th-century German male actors
Male actors from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Spain
Male actors from the Canary Islands
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