Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German

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and

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.Giesen p.221 During the

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he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. 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 ...

'' (1921) * ''

Your Bad Reputation ''Your Bad Reputation'' () 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 Adolf von Marées. Cast * ...

'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Red Rider'' (1923) * ''

Maud Rockefeller's Bet ''Maud Rockefeller's Bet'' () 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 Maud * Karl Elzer as John ...

'' (1924) * '' The Doomed'' (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.Meyer, Michael Lever ...

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

Battle of the Butterflies ''Battle of the Butterflies'' () 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 Hermann Sudermann. It was shot at the Nat ...

'' (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 County of Tyrol, Tyrolean innkeeper and Droving, drover who became the leader of the 1809 Tyrolean Rebellion during the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was subsequently captured and exe ...

'' (1929) - Pater Haspinger * '' The Way Through the Night'' (1929) * ''

Marriage in Name Only ''Marriage in Name Only'' () is a 1930 German drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Evelyn Holt, Erika Dannhoff, and Wolfgang Zilzer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 397 The film's sets were designed by Robert A. Dietrich. Cast References B ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1932) * '' The Lake Calls'' (1933) - Der alte Jansen * ''

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (), also called ''The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse'', is a 1933 German crime-thriller film directed by Fritz Lang. The movie is a sequel to Lang's silent film ''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) and features many cast a ...

'' (1933) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) * ''

Love and the First Railway ''Love and the First Railway'' () is a 1934 German historical comedy film directed by Hasso Preiss, produced by Robert Neppach and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Ida Wüst, and Karin Hardt. The plot revolves around the construction of the railway line ...

'' (1934) * '' The Two Seals'' (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 * ''

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

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

'' (1937) - Herzog de Laverrière * ''

To New Shores ''To New Shores'' () is a 1937 Cinema of Germany, German drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk) and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Viktor Staal. It was Leander's first film for the German studio ...

'' (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 Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( ; ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he i ...

'' (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), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

'' (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'' (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 Male actors from Cologne {{Germany-film-bio-stub