Fritz Genschow (15 May 1905 – 21 June 1977) was a German actor, film director and screenwriter.

Selected filmography

* '' Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1929) - Russenphilipp * ''

Beyond the Street ''Beyond the Street'' () is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Lissy Arna, Paul Rehkopf, and Fritz Genschow. The film is in the Weimar tradition of "street films", which examined the lower-depths of society, a ...

'' (1929) - Der Arbeitsloser / The Unemployed man * ''

Inherited Passions ''Inherited Passions'' () is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Walter Rilla, Fritz Alberti, and Valerie Boothby Valerie Boothby (born Wally Drucker, 18 October 1904 – 14 April 1982) was a German actress, ...

'' (1929) - Ottokar Kiekebusch * ''Kennst Du das Land'' (1931) - Silvano * ''Gesangverein Sorgenfrei'' (1931) - Fritz * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) - Oberleutnant 'Phipps' Fredericks * ''

Refugees A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as ...

'' (1933) - Hermann * ''

At the End of the World ''At the End of the World'' is a 1921 American silent action drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play ''At the End of the World'' by and starred Betty Compson and Milton Sills. ...

'' (1934) - Le sibérien * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1934) - Leutnant v. Naugaard * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) - Erich Bürger, Büroangestellter * ''Hundert Tage'' (1935) - Lucien * ''

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

'' (1935) - Hauptmann * ''Eine Seefahrt, die ist lustig'' (1935) - Fritz Schmitz * '' The Student of Prague'' (1935) - Dahl * '' Hangmen, Women and Soldiers'' (1935) - Buschke * ''Die Entführung'' (1936) - Bobby Biscot * ''Die letzte Fahrt der Santa Margareta'' (1936) - Zollkapitän Holt * ''

Street Music Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is pr ...

'' (1936) - Hans Lünk - Straßenmusikant * ''Eine Nacht mit Hindernissen'' (1937) - Rolf Eltze - Erster Offizier der 'Nymphe' * ''

Dangerous Crossing ''Dangerous Crossing'' is a 1953 American mystery film starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie and directed by Joseph M. Newman. Based on the 1943 play '' Cabin B-13'' by John Dickson Carr, the story revolves around newlyweds who become physic ...

'' (1937) - Fritz Buchholz - U-Bahn-Beamter * ''

Talking About Jacqueline ''Talking About Jacqueline'' (German: ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Wera Engels, Albrecht Schoenhals and Sabine Peters.Heins p.50 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in B ...

'' (1937) - Lionel Clark * ''Wie der Hase läuft'' (1937) - Gustav Hase, Bahnhofsvorsteher * ''Ein Volksfeind'' (1937) - Kapitän Holster * ''Geld fällt vom Himmel'' (1938) - Gusdav Pasemann * ''Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone'' (1938) * '' Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939) - Unteroffizier Fritz Kohlhammer * ''Roman eines Arztes'' (1939) - Schofför Dr. Üdings * ''Sommer, Sonne, Erika'' (1939) - Fritz Brochet * ''Verdacht auf Ursula'' (1939) - Gutsinspektor Arndt * ''Rote Mühle'' (1940) * ''

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

'' (1940) - Forstmeister Jürgens * '' Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree'' (1940) - Alfred Schulze * ''

Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius ''Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius'' () is a 1940 German film, based on the novel ''Passion'' by Norbert Jacques. The film focuses on the early career of the German poet Friedrich Schiller. The film was released in Italy under th ...

'' (1940) - Student Kapff * ''Floh im Ohr'' (1943) - Großknecht Karl Lührmann * ''

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers a ...

'' (1943) - Landarbeiter Henry (uncredited) * ''So ein Affentheater'' (1953) * ''

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" () is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European Fable, folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Broth ...

'' (1953) - Jäger * ''Hänsel und Gretel'' (1954) * ''Struwwelpeter'' (1955, director, based on ''

Struwwelpeter ''Der Struwwelpeter'' ('Shock-Headed Peter') is an 1845 German children's book written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson ...

'') - Erzähler * ''Ina, Peter und die Rasselbande'' (1955) - Tobbi * '' The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (1955) - Franz Wagner, Eisenbahner * ''

Cinderella "Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a Folklore, folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. The protagonist is a you ...

'' (1955) - Der Vater / Father * ''

Sleeping Beauty "Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...

'' (1955) - König * ''

The Wishing-Table ''The Wishing-Table'' () is a 1956 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow and starring Werner Stock, Wolfgang Draeger and Harald Dietl.Nelmes & Selbo It is based on the ''The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack, sto ...

'' (1956) - Woodworker * ''Kalle wird Bürgermeister'' (1957) * ''Die Gänsemagd'' (1957) * ''Schneewittchen'' (1959) - (final film role)

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