Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a

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family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to

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by the

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where he was murdered in 1943.Yad Vashem: The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
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Selected filmography

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Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter ''Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter'' (, ) is a 1922 German-Italian silent film, silent epic film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Helena Makowska and Ludwig Hartau. It was one of a series of films featuring ...

'' (1922) * '' A Crazy Night'' (1927) * '' The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (1927) * ''

Dolly Gets Ahead ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' () is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, and Grete Natzler. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenschel and J ...

'' (1930) * '' Rag Ball'' (1930) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1930) * '' Die zärtlichen Verwandten'' (1930) * '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * '' Susanne Cleans Up'' (1930) * '' My Leopold'' (1931) * '' The Soaring Maiden'' (1931) * '' Bobby Gets Going'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Every Woman Has Something'' (1931) * '' Grock'' (1931) * '' My Heart Longs for Love'' (1931) * '' The Secret of the Red Cat'' (1931) * ''

A Woman Branded ''A Woman Branded'' or ''Dangers of Love'' (German: ''Gefahren der Liebe'') is a 1931 German drama film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Toni van Eyck, Elsa Bassermann and Hans Stüwe. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.9 ...

'' (1931) * '' Headfirst into Happiness'' (1931) * ''

When the Soldiers ''When the Soldiers'' (German: ''Wenn die Soldaten'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer and Ida Wüst.Krautz p.149 Cast References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''I ...

'' (1931) * '' I'll Stay with You'' (1931) * '' Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * '' The Testament of Cornelius Gulden'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Scandal on Park Street'' (1932) * '' Gitta Discovers Her Heart'' (1932) * ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...

'' (1932) * ''

Greetings and Kisses, Veronika ''Greetings and Kisses, Veronika'' () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Franciska Gaal, Paul Hörbiger, and Otto Wallburg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Kurt ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Roberts Case ''The Roberts Case'' ( or ) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Erich Engels and starring Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Spira and Eduard von Winterstein.Moeller p. 65 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Cast References Bibl ...

'' (1933) * '' Manolescu, Prince of Thieves'' (1933) * '' What Women Dream'' (1933) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1933) * ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...

'' (1938) (German original dub)

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* 1882 births 1943 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors German male stage actors German male musical theatre actors 20th-century German male actors Jewish German male actors German Jews who died in the Holocaust German people who died in Sobibor extermination camp German male comedians Male actors from Berlin Comedians from Berlin {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub