Siegfried Weiss (18 April 1906 – 8 October 1989) was an East German actor.

Biography

Weiss made his artistic debut on the stage of the

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Theater, at 1924. He continued his career in the theaters of

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and Berlin, where he acted in the Berlin Ensemble, among others. Weiss' film career started already in the Nazi era, with the 1937

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inspired movie ''Die Graue Dame'' (The Gray Lady), and had lasted for almost fifty years. After the

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he returned to acting on screen, working with the East German studio

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and with the television producers DFF. He appeared in more than fifty independent GDR productions and in co-productions with other Eastern Bloc countries, such as the epic movies '' Ernst Thaelmann'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He retired in 1984. Weiss retired at 1987, making his last appearance on stage in the Berlin Ensemble on 25 October that year.Various authors.
Notate, Volume 10
'' Brecht-Zentrum der DDR (1989). Page 17.

Partial filmography

* '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) - Ganove * ''

The Call of the Sea ''The Call of the Sea'' or ''The Oceans Are Calling'' () is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany returns to the East, having become disillu ...

'' (1951) * '' Die Unbesiegbaren'' (1953) - Kriminalbeamter * '' Die Störenfriede'' (1953) - Erichs Vater * ''

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'' (1954) - Graf Pfeil * '' Alarm in Zirkus'' (1954) - Hepfield * '' Ernst Thaelmann - Leader of his Class'' (1955) - industrialist * ''

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'' (1956) - Hanussen * ''

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'' (1956) - Direktor Tappert * ''Rivalen am Steuer'' (1957) - Alvarez * ''

Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser… ''Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner'' () is an East German crime film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1957. Plot summary Dieter, Angela, Kohle and Karl-Heinz are part of a group of delinquent youths who prowl Schönhauser Allee, in Berl ...

'' (1957) - Fritz Erdmann * ''

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'' (1957) - Balduin * ''

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'' (1957) - Eleganter Herr * ''

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'' (1958) - Dr. Blei * ''Der Prozeß wird vertagt'' (1958) * ''

Das Lied der Matrosen ''The Sailor's Song'' () is an East German black-and-white film directed by Kurt Maetzig and Günter Reisch. It was released in 1958. Plot As the news of the October Revolution sweep through the world, the German High Seas Fleet's command, wary ...

'' (1958) * ''

Erich Kubak ''Erich Kubak'' is an East German film. It was released in 1959. Story A film about lignite Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from ...

'' (1959) - Egon Hempel * '' Doctor Ahrendt's Decision'' (1960) - Kripphahn * ''Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy'' (1961) - Colonel Nelson * ''Henker - Der Tod hat ein Gesicht'' (1961) - Sekretär * ''Das Stacheltier - Der Dieb von San Marengo'' (1963) - Syndikus der Hohlkörper AG * ''Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes'' (1963) - Geschworener : Herr Meier * '' Engel im Fegefeuer'' (1964) - Polizeioffizier * ''Das Stacheltier - Das blaue Zimmer'' (1964) - (voice) * '' The Story of a Murder'' (1965) - Dr. Rotholz * ''

Solange Leben in mir ist Solange Leben in mir ist (English: As Long As There's Life in Me) is a 1965 German biopic from the East German state-owned DEFA studios and director Günter Reisch following the life of the German communist leader Karl Liebknecht during the first ...

'' (1965) - Franz Mehring * '' The Escape In The Silent'' (1966) - Juwelier * ''Ohne Kampf kein Sieg'' (1966, TV Mini-Series) * ''Ich - Axel Caesar Springer'' (1968, TV Series) * ''Mohr und die Raben von London'' (1968) - Ender * ''Der Mord, der nie verjährt'' (1968) - Prosecutor General * ''Lebende Ware'' (1969) - Ferenc Chorin * ' (1970) - Oberst am Klavier * '' KLK Calling PTZ - The Red Orchestra'' (1971) - Canaris * '' Husaren in Berlin'' (1971) - Gotzkowsky * '' Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow'' (1971) - Manstein * ''Trotz alledem!'' (1972) * ''Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow'' (1973) - Obersekretär Dollwitz * ''Зарево над Драва'' (1974) * '' Take Aim'' (1975) - Niels Bohr * ''Komödianten-Emil'' (1980) - Meyer sen. * ''Die Gerechten von Kummerow'' (1982) - Amtsrichter * ''Romeo and Julia auf dem Dorfe'' (1984) - Richter * ''

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'' (1984, TV Series) - Alois Hauber

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Siegfried 1906 births 1989 deaths Male actors from Chemnitz German male film actors German male television actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors