Karl Conrad Elzer (2 August 1881 – 30 August 1938) was a German
film actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
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Elzer was born in
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
,
Baden-Württemberg
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, Germany and died in
Rottach-Egern
Rottach-Egern () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality (''Gemeinde Rottach-Egern am Tegernsee'') and town located at Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee in the district of Miesbach (district), Miesbach in Upper Bavaria, Germany, about 55 km ( ...
,
Bavaria
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, Germany at age 57.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Robber Bride'' (1916)
* ''
The Blue Lantern'' (1918)
* ''
Bummellotte'' (1922)
* ''
Maud Rockefeller's Bet'' (1924)
* ''
Set Me Free'' (1924)
* ''
Lena Warnstetten'' (1925)
* ''
The Proud Silence'' (1925)
* ''
The Humble Man and the Chanteuse
''The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (German: ''Der Demütige und die Tänzerin'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Lil Dagover, Olga Limburg and Margarete Kupfer. It was based on a novel by Felix Hollaender.
Th ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Young Blood'' (1926)
* ''
The Trumpets are Blowing'' (1926)
* ''
Excluded from the Public'' (1927)
* ''
Queen Louise'' (1927)
* ''
Venus in Evening Wear
''Venus in Evening Wear'' (German: ''Venus im Frack'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Carmen Boni, Georg Alexander and Henri De Vries.Grange p.255
The art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff and Er ...
'' (1927)
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A Girl of the People'' (1927)
* ''
Luther'' (1928)
* ''
Morass'' (1928)
* ''
The Page Boy at the Golden Lion'' (1928)
* ''
Indizienbeweis'' (1929)
* ''
Hungarian Nights'' (1929)
* ''
The Hero of Every Girl's Dream
''The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (German: ''Der Held aller Mädchenträume'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, Betty Bird and Hermine Sterler.Rogowski p.120
The film's sets were designed by R ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Vendetta'' (1929)
* ''
Queen of Fashion'' (1929)
* ''
End of the Rainbow'' (1930)
* ''
The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931)
* ''
Miss Madame'' (1934)
Bibliography
* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.
External links
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1881 births
1938 deaths
German male film actors
German male stage actors
German male silent film actors
Male actors from Karlsruhe
20th-century German male actors
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