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Fritz Kortner

Screenwriter / Film Director | * 05/12/1892 († 78, 07/22/1970) | Vienna (Austria)
Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn, 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Comedies

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George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million. ...

Somewhere in the Night

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1946 | 3.3/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer. ...

The Hands of Orlac

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1924 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Horror, Thriller
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Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale. ...

Chu Chin Chow

Certification unknown

1934 | 2.2/5 | 1h 43min
Music, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alw ...

Pandora's Box

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1929 | 3.8/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Fritz Kortner

Knight Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany Ernst Reuter Medal Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order Kainz Medal Berliner Kunstpreis
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Movies with Fritz Kortner as Actor(73)

as Self (archive footage)1980 Kortnergeschichten
as Shylock1969 Der Kaufmann von Venedig
1966 Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
1965 Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
as Haushofmeister1951 Bluebeard
as Mr. P. L. Hoopman1950 Epilogue
as Professor Mauthner1949 The Last Illusion
as Franzen1948 Berlin Express
as Joseph Schwartz1948 The Vicious Circle
as Vannier1947 The Brasher Doubloon
as Kosti1946 The Razor's Edge
as Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle1946 Somewhere in the Night
as Maillard1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo
as Bauer1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
as Thomas Forster1943 The Purple V
as (archive footage)1940 The Eternal Jew
as Minister Peters of Grovnia1937 Bombs Over London
as Ahmed Bey1935 The Crouching Beast
as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar1935 Abdul the Damned
as Abu Hasan1934 Chu Chin Chow
as Giant1934 Little Friend
as Arthur Kober1934 Evensong
as Danton1931 Danton
as Dimitri Karamasoff1931 The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
as Captain Kell1930 The Love Storm
as Staatsanwalt Hallers1930 The Other
as himself1930 The Great Longing
as Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus1930 Dreyfus
as Konzernpräsident Straaten1929 Giftgas
1929 Die Frau im Talar
as Dr. Karoff1929 The Woman Men Yearn For
as Dr. Ludwig Schön1929 Pandora's Box
1929 The Somnambulist
as Capt. Fernando Vela1929 The Ship of Lost Men
as Heinrich Thomas1929 Atlantik
as Montaloup1928 The Last Night
as Der alte Meyhöfer1928 Frau Sorge
as Karsten1927 Primanerliebe
1927 Draga Maschin
1927 Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
1927 Die Ausgestoßenen
1927 Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
as Ludwig van Beethoven1927 Das Leben des Beethoven
as Der annoncirende Arzt1926 Should We Be Silent?
as Dr. Wislizenus1924 Dr. Wislizenus
as Nera1924 The Hands of Orlac
1924 Moderne Ehen
1924 Armes kleines Mädchen
as lokaj1924 Kiedy kobieta zdradza meza
as Krogstadt1923 Nora
as The Count1923 Warning Shadows
as Urmensch1923 Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
as Henning Rinkens1922 Am roten Kliff
1922 Am Rande der Großstadt
as Patriarch Adrian1922 Peter the Great
as Lord Nottingham1922 Der Graf von Essex
as Der Postbote1921 Backstairs
as Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler1921 The House on the Moon
1921 Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921 Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
as Gianettino1921 Die Verschwörung zu Genua
as Bhirma1921 Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha
1921 Die Brüder Karamasoff
as Sultan1921 Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle
as Connetable1920 The Night of Queen Isabeau
as Iwan Becker1920 Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920 Die Verschleierte
as Pharao Amenhotep1920 Satanas
1920 Va banque
1919 Das Auge des Buddha
as Ludwig van Beethoven1918 Der Märtyrer seines Herzens
as Professor1918 Das andere Ich
1918 Der Sonnwendhof

TV Shows/Series with Fritz Kortner as Actor(1)

1962 Das Profil

Movies with Fritz Kortner as Crew(18)

Directing/Director1971 Emilia Galotti
Directing/Stage Director1970 Clavigo
Writing/Writer1970 Clavigo
Directing/Director1964 Der eingebildete Kranke
Directing/Director1964 Leonce und Lena
Directing/Director1961 Die Sendung der Lysistrata
Writing/Writer1961 Die Sendung der Lysistrata
Directing/Director1958 Androcles and the Lion
Directing/Director1955 Sarajewo
Directing/Director1955 Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
Writing/Writer1949 The Last Illusion
Writing/Screenplay1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Directing/Director1933 A Girl You Don't Forget
Writing/Writer1933 A Girl You Don't Forget
Directing/Director1931 The Upright Sinner
Writing/Writer1931 The Upright Sinner
Writing/Writer1927 Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
Writing/Writer1918 Der Märtyrer seines Herzens

Full Name: Fritz Kortner
Citizenships: Germany, Austria
Born: Thursday, 05/12 1892 (May) in Vienna (Austria)
Died: Wednesday, 07/22 1970 (July) in Munich (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: German (DE)
Spouses (current/former): Johanna Hofer
Other names for Fritz Kortner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Fritz Nathan Kohn"
Fritz Kortner frequently works together with these people:
Hans Otto Löwenstein (5x, Crew)
Richard Oswald (5x, Crew)
Conrad Veidt (5x, Actor)
Paul Leni (5x, Crew)
Leopold von Ledebur (5x, Actor)
Robert Wiene (5x, Crew)
Günther Krampf (5x, Crew)
Hanns Kobe (5x, Crew)
Fritz Rasp (4x, Actor)
William Dieterle (4x, Crew)
Magda Sonja (4x, Actress)
Golo Mann (1x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:486797, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024