Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...

and

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

.Giesen p.221 During the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...

he shot a number of films, many of them for

National Film National Film or National-Film was a German film production and distribution company which operated during the silent and early sound era. In the early 1920s it made an attempt to take over Erich Pommer's Decla-Bioscop, but the projected merger f ...

. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

* '' Lotte Lore'' (1921) * ''

Your Brother's Wife ''Your Brother's Wife'' (German: ''Deines Bruders Weib'') is a 1921 German silent film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Olaf Storm, Olga Limburg and Margarete Schlegel.Feld p.386 Cast * Werner Funck * Olga Limburg * Auguste Prasch-G ...

'' (1921) * ''

Your Bad Reputation ''Your Bad Reputation'' (german: Ihr schlechter Ruf) 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 Ad ...

'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

The Red Rider ''The Red Rider'' is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film ...

'' (1923) * ''

Maud Rockefeller's Bet ''Maud Rockefeller's Bet'' (german: Maud Rockfellers Wette) is a 1924 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Eriksen and starring Rita Clermont, Karl Elzer and Erich Kaiser-Titz.Grange p. 178 Cast In alphabetical order * Rita Clermont as ...

'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Set Me Free'' (1924) * '' Za La Mort'' (1924) * '' The Proud Silence'' (1925) * ''

Hedda Gabler ''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been ca ...

'' (1925) * '' Lena Warnstetten'' (1925) * ''

Battle of the Butterflies ''Battle of the Butterflies'' (german: Die Schmetterlingsschlacht) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Asta Nielsen, Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p. 183 It is based on a play by Herma ...

'' (1924)

Actor

* '' The Catwalk'' (1927) - Landrat von Krotkeim * '' The Old Fritz'' (1928) - Lordmarschall Keith * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' Fair Game'' (1928) - Regisseur Finke * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1928) - 2. Vagabund * ''Die von der Scholle sind'' (1928) * '' The Lord of the Tax Office'' (1929) - Udo von Langwitzs Vater * ''

Andreas Hofer Andreas Hofer (22 November 1767 – 20 February 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and drover, who in 1809 became the leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against the Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion during the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was sub ...

'' (1929) - Pater Haspinger * '' The Way Through the Night'' (1929) * '' Marriage in Name Only'' (1930) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Nachtwächter * '' M'' (1931) - Minister * '' The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) - Gesangslehrer * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1932) * '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932) - Kreisel in der Irrenanstalt * '' The Black Hussar'' (1932) - Der Spion * ''

The First Right of the Child ''The First Right of the Child'' (german: Das erste Recht des Kindes) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin ...

'' (1932) * '' The Lake Calls'' (1933) - Der alte Jansen * '' The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) * '' Love and the First Railway'' (1934) * ''

The Two Seals ''The Two Seals'' (german: Die beiden Seehunde) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Weiß Ferdl, Harry Gondi, and Walter Steinbeck. The film's art direction was by Kurt Dürnhöfer Kurt Dürnhöfer (1886–1958) ...

'' (1934) - Dr.Spärlich * ''

The Gypsy Baron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...

'' (1935) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1935) * ''A Pair of Lovers'' (1935) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) - Vater Christmann * '' Frisians in Peril'' (1935) - Christian Kröger * '' Pillars of Society'' (1935) - Ein Bürger * ''

Augustus the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as Ki ...

'' (1936) - Superintendent * ''Soldaten - Kameraden'' (1936) * ''Das schöne Fräulein Schragg'' (1937) - Schreiber * ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and em ...

'' (1937) - Herzog de Laverrière * '' To New Shores'' (1937) - Puritaner * '' La Habanera'' (1937) - Falk * ''Der nackte Spatz'' (1938) - Engel - Schneidermeister * ''Spaßvögel'' (1939) - Kimpel * ''Salonwagen E 417'' (1939) * '' Detours to Happiness'' (1939) - Dr. Lehmann * ''Die Geliebte'' (1939) * '' The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky'' (1939) - Dr. Ossorgin (uncredited) * '' Robert Koch'' (1939) - Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu * ''Kornblumenblau'' (1939) * ''Ein ganzer Kerl'' (1939) - Versicherungsbeamter * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1939) * ''Rheinische Brautfahrt'' (1939) - Hausknecht August * '' The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) - Hauptschriftleiter Grimm * '' Clothes Make the Man'' (1940) * ''Frieder und Catherlieschen'' (1940) * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) - Hofuhrmacher * ''

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally co ...

'' (1942) - Stadtschreiber * ''Der große Schatten'' (1942) - Zeitungsredakteur * '' Münchhausen'' (1943) - Leibjäger Rösemeyer (uncredited) * ''

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H ...

'' (1943) - Doctor * ''Die Zaubergeige'' (1944) * ''Shiva und die Galgenblume'' (1945) * ''

The Adventures of Fridolin ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (german: Die seltsamen Abenteuer des Herrn Fridolin B.) is an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that exi ...

'' (1948) - Der Standesbeamte * '' Knall and Fall as Detectives'' (1953) - Professor Brott * '' The Star of Rio'' (1955) - (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Rolf Giesen. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.

External links

* 1880 births 1958 deaths German male film actors German cinematographers Film people from Cologne Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-film-bio-stub