Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß (17 June 1879 – 30 October 1935) was a German film director and actor, noted for playing

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in a series of

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s during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish silent film version of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', directed by

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. He played Jekyll and Hyde again in the 1914 German silent film ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'' (translation: ''A Strange Case''), scripted by

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Selected filmography

* ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1908) * ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (Danish silent film, 1910) * ''Hamlet'' (1911) * ''The Flight'' (1912) * ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'' (1914) a German film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * '' Detektiv Braun'' (1914) * ''

Der Hund von Baskerville ''Der Hund von Baskerville'' is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', the first film adaptation of the work. According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered los ...

''/ ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1914) German film directed by Rudolph Meinert * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1915) rival German film directed by

Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 73. * ''Dynamite'' (1916) * ''The Cowboy'' (1918) * ''The Man From Havelock'' (1917) * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Bettler GmbH'' (1919) * '' Revenge Is Mine'' (1919) * ''

The Diadem of the Czarina ''The Diadem of the Czarina'' () is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Richard Löwenbein and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Dora Bergner, and Carl Auen Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German ...

'' (1922) * ''

By Order of Pompadour ''By Order of Pompadour'' () is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Alwin Neuß, Lya Mara, and Frida Richard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893– ...

'' (1924) * '' Strong Winds'' (1924) * '' Two and a Lady'' (1926) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1929) * ''The Old Life'' (1930) * '' Dance Into Happiness'' (1930)

Bibliography

* Hardy, Phil (ed.). ''The BFI Companion to Crime''. Continuum, 1997. * Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 211. . * Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. .

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* 1879 births 1935 deaths Film directors from North Rhine-Westphalia German male film actors German male stage actors German male silent film actors Film people from Cologne 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Cologne German silent film directors {{Germany-film-actor-1870s-stub