Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director.

Biography

Gülstorff was born in

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. He first appeared in 1900 at the

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municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. In 1911 Gülstorff went to the ''Schillertheater''

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and became a member of the ensemble of

Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he is regarded as one of the most promi ...

's Deutsches Theater in 1915. He also acted at the

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and the

Volksbühne Berlin The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Rosa Luxemburg Square) in what was the GDR's capital. It has been called Berlin's most iconic theatre. About The Vo ...

. In 1923 Gülstorff moved to

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, where he worked as a stage director at the Theater in der Josefstadt. Gülstorff died in Berlin and was buried at the Lichtenrade cemetery.

Filmography

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Biography with picture (German)pictures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulstorff, Max 1882 births 1947 deaths 20th-century German male actors German male film actors German male stage actors German male silent film actors People from East Prussia People from Tilsit