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Paul Graetz or Paul Grätz (4 August 1889 – 16 February 1937) was a German actor and comedian star of the Weimar cabaret.


Exile and Death

In 1933, he was exiled from Germany by the Nazi regeime. "Half Berlin had laughed at his jokes," wrote his friend
Erika Mann Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann. Erika lived a bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and became a critic of National Socialism. After Hitler came to power ...
1939, "and called him 'our Paul.' The Nazis, however, regarded him as an 'alien element'; 'our Paul' was banished." Graetz died in Hollywood in 1937. "most likely," wrote Mann, "his heart had not been able to endure the long absence from Berlin. He could act no longer."
Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born Theatre director, theatre and film director, theater manager, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his radically innovative and avant-gard ...
delivered a eulogy at Graetz's funeral.Mann, Erika (1939), ''Escape to Life.'' Pan Macmillan. p186. https://archive.org/details/escapetolife0000unse


Partial filmography

* '' The Peruvian'' (1919) - Sonnenschein - spekulant * ''Die Gelbe Fratze'' (1919) - Buckliger * ''Der Doppelmord von Sarajewo'' (1920) - Javrilo Princip * ''
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'' (1920) - Der alte Schneider * ''Pension Lautenschlag'' (1920) - Paukenschläger * ''
The Princess of the Nile ''The Princess of the Nile'' (German: ''Die Prinzessin vom Nil'') is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Martin Zickel and starring Lya Mara, Julius Falkenstein and Lotte Stein.Bock & Bergfelder p.549 The film's sets were designed b ...
'' (1920) - Thobin * ''
The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienn ...
'' (1920) - Bassillo * ''
Sumurun ''Sumurun'' (a.k.a. ''One Arabian Night'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch based on a pantomime by . Plot A company of travelling performers arrive at a fictional oriental city. It includes the beautiful dancer Yannaia, ...
'' (1920) - Pufti, 2nd Servant of Nur-al-Djin * ''Sehnsucht'' (1920) * '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * ''Die Beichte einer Toten'' (1920) - Kritiker * '' The House on the Moon'' (1921) - Kornill - Schauspieler * '' The Wildcat'' (1921) - Zofano * ''Aus dem Schwarzbuch eines Polizeikommissars'' (1921, part 2) * ''
Your Bad Reputation ''Your Bad Reputation'' () is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Werner Funck, Olga Limburg and Paul Graetz.Caneppele p. 56 The film's sets were designed by the art director Adolf von Marées. Cast * ...
'' (1922) * '' She and the Three'' (1922) - Der Regisseur * ''
Monna Vanna ''Monna Vanna'' () is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Rachmaninoff had completed Act I in short vocal score, with piano accompaniment, and then he went to ask for permission to set the text in a ful ...
'' (1922) - Gennezzano * ''
Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ...
'' (1923) - Botenjunge * ''
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'' (1923) * '' Tragedy of Love'' (1923) * '' The Countess of Paris'' (1923) * ''
A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond ''A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond'' () is a 1923 German silent film directed by Hanns Kobe and starring Charlotte Ander, Fritz Kortner and Paul Bildt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 385 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lück and Wa ...
'' (1923) * '' I.N.R.I.'' (1923) - Jairus * '' Debit and Credit'' (1924) - Veitel Itzig * '' Doctor Wislizenus'' (1924) - Iltis * '' The Man in the Saddle'' (1945) - Manager * '' The Woman in Gold'' (1926) * '' Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (1926) - Hotel Manager * ''
The Three Mannequins ''The Three Mannequins'' () is a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Hans Albers, Anton Pointner, and Paul Graetz. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jac ...
'' (1926) - Lagerist Meyer * '' Kissing Is No Sin'' (1926) - Paul Polizzer * ''Les voleurs de gloire'' (1926) * '' Department Store Princess'' (1926) * '' A Crazy Night'' (1927) - Pille, Apotheker in Essig an der Gurke * '' The Impostor'' (1927) - Juwelier * '' The Pink Slippers'' (1927) - Sally Löwenherz * '' The Champion of the World'' (1927) * '' The Indiscreet Woman'' (1927) - Noel * '' The Great Leap'' (1927) - Paule * ''
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'' (1928) - Polizeischreiber Reisacher * '' Sixteen Daughters and No Father'' (1928) * '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) - Luc Meynet - der Bucklige * '' Trust of Thieves'' (1929) - Einbrecher * '' The Veil Dancer'' (1929) * '' Vienna, City of Song'' (1930) - Piefke, Reisender aus Berlin * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Schumacher Mendel * ''
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'' (1931) - Bobby Brown * '' The Yellow House of Rio'' (1931) - Phlegmatiker * ''Gesangverein Sorgenfrei'' (1931) - Paul * '' Mountains on Fire'' (1931) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) - Max Schultze * '' The Scotland Yard Mystery'' (1934) - Isaac Frenton (uncredited) * '' Blossom Time'' (1934) - Alois Wimpassinger * '' Jew Süss'' (1934) - Landauer * '' Murder at Monte Carlo'' (1935) - Dr. Heinrich Becker * '' Mimi'' (1935) - Durand * ''
18 Minutes ''18 Minutes'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gregory Ratoff, John Loder and Benita Hume. It was shot at Walton Studios near London. Plot A lion tamer adopts an orphaned girl and marries her, only to find th ...
'' (1935) - Pietro * '' Bulldog Jack'' (1935) - Salvini * '' Heart's Desire'' (1935) - Florian * ''
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk ''Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk'', also known as ''Father Takes a Walk'', is a 1935 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, and Chili Bouchier, and based on a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This ...
'' (1935) - Jake Cohen * '' Car of Dreams'' (1935) - Mr. Hart * '' Public Enemy's Wife'' (1936) - Mr. Schultz - Tailor (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1936) - Dr. David * ''
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'' (1936) - Carl Homan * '' Isle of Fury'' (1936) - Captain Deever * '' Black Legion'' (1937) - minor role, scenes deleted scenes


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Paul Graetz as Diener Paul
1889 births 1937 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors Male actors from Berlin Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom 20th-century German male actors Immigrants to the United States {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub