Adolf Klein (15 August 1847 – 11 March 1931) was an
Austrian
actor and
theatre director. Klein appeared in around sixty films, mainly during the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
. He appeared in a number of the
epics made by the German film industry during the early 1920s such as his role as
Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey ( – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figur ...
in
Ernst Lubitsch's ''
Anna Boleyn'' (1920).
[Fletcher p. 191]
Selected filmography
* ''
Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917)
* ''
The Mirror of the World
''The Mirror of the World'' (German: ''Der Weltspiegel'') is a 1918 German silent film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Adolf Klein, Fritz Richard and Gertrude Welcker. It was the directoral debut of PickKreimeier p.44 who had been a prominent a ...
'' (1918)
* ''
The Seeds of Life'' (1918)
* ''
Veritas Vincit'' (1919)
* ''
The Panther Bride'' (1919)
* ''
The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* ''
Anna Boleyn'' (1920)
* ''
The Secret of the Mummy'' (1921)
* ''
Lady Hamilton'' (1921)
* ''
Ilona'' (1921)
* ''
The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921)
* ''
The Amazon'' (1921)
* ''
The Inheritance of Tordis'' (1921)
* ''
The Maharaja's Favourite Wife
''The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (german: Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha) is a silent adventure film directed by Max Mack and starring Gunnar Tolnæs, Fritz Kortner, and Erna Morena. Originally produced in Denmark by Nordisk Film, whose Germ ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Passion of Inge Krafft'' (1921)
* ''
The Women of Gnadenstein'' (1921)
* ''
The Three Aunts'' (1921)
* ''
Phantom'' (1922)
* ''
Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
* ''
The Black Cover
''The Black Cover'' (german: Das schwarze Kuvert) is a 1922 German silent film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Thomas p. 119
The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Frauenmoral
''Frauenmoral'' (English: ''Women's Morals'', nl, Het recht tot trouwen) is a 1923 cinema of Germany, German-cinema of the Netherlands, Dutch silent film directed by Theo Frenkel.
Cast
* Olga Engl
* Helena Makowska – Jane Williams
* Theo Mann ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Last Battle'' (1923)
*''
Rivals'' (1923)
* ''
Judith'' (1923)
* ''
The Hungarian Princess'' (1923)
* ''
Carlos and Elisabeth'' (1924)
* ''
Strong Winds
''Strong Winds'' (German: ''Windstärke 9. Die Geschichte einer reichen Erbin'') is a 1924 German silent film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Maria Kamradek, Alwin Neuss and Albert Bennefeld.Das Ufa-Buch p.126
The film's sets were d ...
'' (1924)
* ''
A Free People'' (1925)
* ''
Bismarck'' (1925)
* ''
Wood Love'' (1925)
* ''
Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925)
* ''
Shadow of the World City
A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The City of Temptation'' (1925)
* ''
Maytime'' (1926)
* ''
The Great Duchess'' (1926)
* ''
Bismarck 1862–1898'' (1927)
* ''
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
'' (1931)
References
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1847 births
1931 deaths
Austrian male film actors
Austrian male silent film actors
Austrian male stage actors
Male actors from Vienna
20th-century Austrian male actors
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