Martin Herzberg (1911-1972) 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. ...

. As a

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he appeared in over thirty films during the silent and early

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s. Herzberg was of

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heritage.Prawer p.213 He retired from films in 1930 at the age of nineteen and later settled in the

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Selected filmography

* ''

David Copperfield ''David Copperfield''Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work; see is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to matur ...

'' (1922) * '' Paganini'' (1923) * '' The Hungarian Princess'' (1923) * ''

Comedians of Life A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who ...

'' (1924) * '' Carlos and Elisabeth'' (1924) * ''

A Free People ''A Free People'' () is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Martin Berger and starring Albert Florath and Ellen Plessow. It is now considered a lost film. It was one of two films made by Berger under commission from the SPD along with ...

'' (1925) * '' Students' Love'' (1927) * '' Mary Stuart'' (1927) * '' Band of Thieves'' (1928) * '' The Age of Seventeen'' (1929) * '' The Youths'' (1929) * '' Misled Youth'' (1929) * '' Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929) * ''

The Last Company ''The Last Company'' () is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which portrayed patriotic scenes f ...

'' (1930) * '' Father and Son'' (1930)

References

Bibliography

* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

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* 1911 births 1972 deaths Canarian Jews German male film actors German male silent film actors German male child actors 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Berlin Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Spain Male actors from the Canary Islands {{Germany-film-actor-1910s-stub