Bernd Aldor (23 March 1881 – 20 October 1950) was a German

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. Aldor was a leading star of German cinema during the 1910s and 1920s. He appeared regularly in the films of

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, often in detective thrillers. Aldor also notably appeared in the 1917 social enlightenment film ''

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''.Rogowski p.26

Selected filmography

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'' (1917) * ''

'' (1917) * '' The Lord of Hohenstein'' (1917) * '' The Mirror of the World'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Fear of Women'' (1921) * ''

Count Cohn ''Count Cohn'' (German: ''Graf Cohn'') is a 1923 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hermann Vallentin, Frida Richard and Bernd Aldor.Bock & Bergfelder p.168 The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. C ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Orient Fever'' (1923) * ''

The Affair of Baroness Orlovska ''The Affair of Baroness Orlovska'' () is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Hans Werckmeister and starring Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 film ...

'' (1923) * '' The Doomed'' (1924) * '' Semi-Silk'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Old Fritz'' (1928) * '' Indizienbeweis'' (1929) * '' Vendetta'' (1929) * '' Dreyfus'' (1930) * '' Two People'' (1930) * '' Elisabeth of Austria'' (1931)

References

Bibliography

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: 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...'. Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Eine Gesamtübersicht. p. 68, Acabus-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, * Rogowski, Christian. ''The Many Faces of Weimar cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy''. Camden House, 2010.

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* 1881 births 1950 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors German male stage actors Male actors from Istanbul Jewish German male actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub