Lothar Müthel (né Lothar Max Lütcke; 18 February 1896 – 4 September 1964) was a German stage and film actor and director.
Career
Müthel was born in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
, where he attended the acting school of
Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he is regarded as one of the most pro ...
, ''Schauspielschule, Berlin''. Following the
Anchluss of Austria to
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
, Müthel was appointed as director of the
Burgtheater in Vienna. He held that position from 1939 until the fall of the Nazi regime in 1945. Under his directorship in 1943, a notoriously extreme production of ''
The Merchant of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Although classified as ...
'' was staged at the Burgtheater, with
Werner Krauss
Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud S ...
as
Shylock.
Death
Müthel died in
Frankfurt am Main
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at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Galley Slave'' (1919)
* ''
The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) as Knight Florian
*''
The Woman in Heaven'' (1920) as Feodor
* ''
The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) as Juan
* ''
The Night of Queen Isabeau
''The Night of Queen Isabeau'' (german: Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau) is a 1920 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Fern Andra, Fritz Kortner, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski and Elsa Wagner. The film dep ...
'' (1920) as Jehan
*''
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fate
Although often ...
'' (1921) as the messenger
* ''
The False Dimitri'' (1922) as the Polish envoy
* ''
Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) as
Juan Borgia
* ''
Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (1925) as Brother Martin
*''
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540).
The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
'' (1956) as the monk
* ''
Yorck'' (1931) as
General von Clausewitz
References
Lothar Müthel biography cyranos.ch. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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1896 births
1964 deaths
German male stage actors
German male film actors
German male silent film actors
German theatre directors
Opera managers
Sturmabteilung personnel
20th-century German male actors